Creating Music

Creating Music

You can set up a home music studio using your Sound Blaster X-Fi.

The comprehensive array of connectivity options offered by the X-Fi I/O Drive* and X-Fi I/O Console* enable you to put together your own productions consisting of multiple music tracks from a MIDI Synthesizer, an electric guitar or a microphone.

Connect a microphone or a line-level source (such as an electric guitar running through a Pre-amp FX Box) to the FlexiJack.

If you have installed the X-Fi I/O Drive, you can also connect a MIDI Synthesizer, an electric guitar or a microphone to it.

	Jack, Connector or Cable	Description
1.	Optical cable (available separately)	Connects to the Optical SPDIF Out jack on the X-Fi I/O Drive and the SPDIF In jack on your MiniDisc recorder.
2.	Optical SPDIF Out jack	Connect recording devices with optical jacks to this jack.
3.	3.50 mm (1/8-inch) optical miniplug-to-optical SPDIF cable (available separately)	Connects to the Optical SPDIF Out jack on your X-Fi I/O Drive and to the Optical In jack on your portable MiniDisc player/recorder.
4.	Line In 2/Mic In 2 jack	Connect a microphone, an electric guitar running through a Pre-amp FX Box, or other line-level devices to this jack.
5.	Mini-MIDI-to-standard-MIDI adapter cables	Connect to the MIDI In/Out connectors on the X-Fi I/O Drive and two standard MIDI cables (available separately).
6.	Standard MIDI cables (available separately)	Connect to the MIDI In/Out connectors on your MIDI keyboard and the two mini-MIDI-to-standard-MIDI adapter cables provided.

The X-Fi I/O Console hosts all the connectors necessary to meet every conceivable music creation need. It features a Hi-Z connector which offers high input impedance to match the load delivered by low output impedance devices such as electric guitars, eliminating the need to run such devices through pre-amp equipment.

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