Riviera is an affordable, high quality sound card for enjoying immersive PC game play and multi-channel DVD audio, MP3 or other digital PC game play and multi-channel DVD audio, MP3 or other digital music enhanced with the fullness of multi-speaker surround sound. With selectable 2, 4 or 6 channel outputs, plus a digital S/PDIF output for pass-through of Dolby® Digital and DTS® multi-channelDVD sound, RivieraÆs feature-rich surround sound environment makes it a perfect upgrade for the stereo sound capabilities of typical PCs.

Specifications:

• Surround sound available via digital audio connection to a home theater system or multiple analog audio outputs connected to a surround speaker system
• Optical S/PDIF output for playback of pure digital audio at resolutions of up to 24 Bits at 44.1KHz or 48KHz sampling rates, allowing for pass-through of Dolby® Digital and DTS® multichannel DVD sound to external A/V receivers
• Selectable 2, 4 or 6 analog line output channels with 16 Bit resolution at up to 48 KHz sampling rate
• Converts stereo sound sources to multi-channel format, for listening to MP3 digital music or movies with enhanced surround sound on 4 or 6 speakers
• Game port for analog joystick connection and MIDI In/Out (with optional interface cable)
• Supports Game Surround Sound APIs such as EAX, HRTF-based 3D positional audio, DirectSound 3D and A3D
• DirectMusic®-supported DLS-based wavetable music synthesizer
• Full-duplex codec
• 32-bit PCI bus master

Inputs/Outputs:

• Mic Input
• VersaJack™: Operates as either a Stereo Line Input or Center/Sub woofer channels out (5 & 6)
• Front channels L/R out (1 & 2)
• Rear channels L/R out (3 & 4)
• Optical S/PDIF Out
• MIDI/Game port D-15 connector
• Internal input connectors for CD and Aux audio sources