Sound Card: Creative Labs Audigy Review :: Conclusion

10-16-2001 · Category: Hardware - Sound Cards

By Niso Levitas

SOFTWARE PACKAGES

Gamer MP3+ Platinum Plat.EX
Creative Play Center 3 + + + +
Creative Surround Mixer + + + +
Goldmine Demo + + + +
Firenet Unibrain + + + +
iM Tuner - iM Networks Inc - + + +
MixMeister 3.0 - MixMeister Technologies - + + +
Beatnik's Mixman Studio Remixer - + + +
Creative Remote Center - - + +
Oozic Reactor - - + +
Oozic Player + + - -
Deus-Ex + - + -
Cubasis VST - Creative Edition - - + +
Ulead VideoStudio 4.0 SE Basic - - + +
Recycle Lite - Steinberg - - + +
Vienna Soundfont Studio 2.3 - - + +
WaveLab-Lite - Steinberg - - + +
Fruityloops - Creative Edition - - - +
ACID DJ 2.0- Sonic Foundry - - - +

Conclusion

If you are buying a new computer, whether you are a gamer or MP3 Enthusiast, Auidgy is a nice piece of hardware. If you are a standard Office user or you just need basic sound then Audigy is not for you. For Live! users, if you are not a semi-professional musician you might want to wait a while to upgrade to Audigy. If you are a professional or semi-professional musician it may be worth it to change your card. On the other hand, I know some professional musicians out there are using different and more expensive cards than this.