Live! to Live! 5.1 Hardware Upgrade（讓普通的四聲道SB Live!支援5.1），我用簡體中文轉鐵帖出來，有興趣的可以訪問（http://www.audio100.com）：在digit-life.com网站，我们看到了这样一个诱人的文章标题——《Live! to Live! 5.1 Hardware Upgrade》，很明显，意思是“普通的四声道SB Live！声卡通过硬件改动升级为SB Live！5.1”，这是许多人梦寐以求的事情啊！文章中阐述的很详细，方法较为复杂，感兴趣的朋友不妨自己DIY一下。以下為英文原版網站（http://www.digit-life.com/articles/livetolive51/index.html）内容摘錄如下：

This article is for those who got used to squeeze the maximum out of his or her hardware system. Today we will talk about modernization of 4-channel models of the SoundBlaster Live! cards in order to ensure their operation with modern acoustic 5.1 systems.

More than 3 years ago Creative released its famous Sound Blaster Live! based on the digital EMU10K1 audio processor. This chip was developed by E-MU (a department of Creative) which is known as a manufacturer of professional audio equipment. Due to an advanced EMU10K1 audio processor, high-quality AC'97 codecs and a competently designed printed-circuit card PC users got in 1998 a card with rich multimedia, game and audio possibilities and with a decent sound. The EMU10K1 processor is quite successful: a line of the Live! sound cards was twice updated but the EMU10K1 processor remained a heart of the system. This chip, thus, is used in a professional E-MU Audio Production Studio (E-MU APS) sound card and in some samplers of this company. I think that the potential of this chip is not entirely used even in the latest Live! 5.1 line (or even in Audigy).

A bit of history

Let's look at how the Sound Blaster Live! cards appeared and at their hardware possibilities.

The first generation Sound Blaster Live! cards appeared on the shelves in autumn of 1998. It was a Sound Blaster Live! (Model CT4620) and its light version Sound Blaster Live! Value (Model CT4670). They were quite different. The full version had 4 metallic mini-jacks and a large 40-pin Audio Extension (AUD_EXT) connector for digital inputs/outputs supplied with the card and other optional devices (Live! Drive I wasn't supplied with the card and became available a bit later for upgrade). The Value version didn't have an Audio Extension connector. It was replaced with a 12-pin SPDIF_EXT one which had only several Audio Extension signals (namely, inputs and outputs of S/PDIF digital interfaces). Besides, the Value had plastic mini-jacks.

The G2 Sound Blaster Live! appeared in autumn of 1999. This family consisted of the Sound Blaster Live! Platinum, Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer, Sound Blaster Live! MP3+, Sound Blaster Live! Player and a couple of OEM versions (Value versions). The retail versions of the Platinum, X-Gamer, MP3+ and Player were based on the CT4760 model. The CT4760 differed from the full version of the G1 card (CT4620) in a lack of a I2S connector, in an improved layout and in an additional stereo Digital-Out mini-jack which had front and rear channels in the S/PDIF format on the central and radial pins. The Platinum had a Live! Drive II, and the other cards differed only in software and in marketing outlets (the X-Gamer and MP3+ were meant only for America). The OEM versions were primarily based on the CT4830 and differed from the retail ones in plastic mini-jacks of different colors (and sometimes in codec chips). On some CT4830 versions the CD_DIGITAL connector wasn't unsoldered. There were also such exotic cards as Sound Blaster PCI 512 which were delivered to Compaq and Dell.

The G3 Sound Blaster Live! cards appeared on the market in autumn of 2000. The family consisted of the same cards as the second generation one; they, however, were marked "5.1" which meant a support of 6-channel acoustic systems. All cards were based on the SB0060 model, including the OEM versions. They differed from the G2 cards in color plastic mini-jacks and in an additional support of central and sub channels via a non-standard 4-pin Digital/Analog Out mini-jack which could have either 3 digital-outs in the S/PDIF format (front, rear and central/sub) or analog-outs of the central channel and of the subwoofer. The additional channels appeared due to a new 4-channel AC'97 codec (STAC9708) which replaced a dual-channel one (STAC9721 or CT1297). The Platinum 5.1 came with an updated version of the Live! Drive IR with a remote control support. 。。。。。。。

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