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TERRA TE C Audio Cen t er High Defi nition Audio Device User Manual Re v . 1.1 10 January 2013.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 2 T able of Cont ents R evision History ..................................................................................2 Chapter 1: Inst alling the Soft ware Package ................... 5 1.1 Installation .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 3 2.2.9 Xear Surround Speaker ..................................................... 34 2.2.10 Xear Audio Brilliant ........................................................ 35 2.2.11 Xear Dynamic Bass ..
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 4 2.5.4 Microphone Boost P age ..................................................... 60 2.5.5 Noise R eduction P age ....................................................... 61 2.6 Line-In Dev ice function introduction .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 5 Chapt er 1: Inst alling the Softwar e Pack age In sert TERRA TEC AURE ON 7.1 PCIe d river CD. Double click the setup.e xe file , if auto run is disabled. Press “Cancel” if y ou want t o quit ins tallation.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 6 Click on the “I nst all ” butto n to s tart inst alling. If you see a dialog as below , please press “O K” and then shut -down y our PC, and check your TERRA TEC AURE ON 7.1 PCIe was plug-in pro perty or not.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 7 Befor e go to the res tart confirmation window , t here is a message box to advise customer that they need to res tart PC to mak e the function be effective. Res tart confirmation and click fi nish butto n to c omplete ins talling.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 8 1.2 Un-Inst allation Double click the “ Progr ams/Uninstall a pr ogr am ” item from Window s Contr ol Pan el. Select “ TERRA TEC Audio Cent er ” item , and then click “ Uninstall ” butt on .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 9 Start uninst alling pr ocess. Befor e Uninstalli ng, you should close all audio progr ams to av oid the driver installa tion failed.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 10 Double confirma tion Starting rem ove… Uninstall d river su ccess f ully , it is recommend restarting your comput er to completely r e- move driver .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 11 Chapt er 2: TERRA TE C Audio Cent er 2. 0 Open TERR A TEC A UREON 7.1 PCIe Device Software CPL After the driver inst alling and rebooting, you will find the TERRA TEC Aud io Center icon on the s yst em tra y bar .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 12 The “ TERRA TEC Audio Center ” will appear as below diagr am. If the tray icon d oes not appear in your sys tem tra y , please go to the Windows contr ol panel and double click the “ TERRA TEC Audio Cent er ” CPL icon to open it.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 13 Windows XP.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 14 How to mak e CPL icon visible in the s ystem tr ay? 1. Open TERRA TEC Audio Cente r 2. Click on the “S et ting ” button t o open set ting window . 3. Check “Show Sys tem T ra y Icon” , the TERRA TEC Audio Center icon will show in the s yst em tra y .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 15 2.1 TERRA TEC Audio Cent e r Function Introduction Y ou can contr ol TERRA TEC A UREON 7.1 PCIe addition fea ture and sound ef fects by the TERRA TEC Audio Center as below .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manual R ev . 1.1 16 Set as De f ault Input Device (Mic) T o mouse over on the “Mic” d evice ( ), and click on the check box ( ) or Mic device icon to set the def au lt device in “Mic” ( ).
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 17 2.1.2 Maste r V olume / Mute & U n-Mute Mast er V olume A djusting Y ou can increase or decrease volume of all ou tput device (Speak er , Headphone and SPDIF-Out etc.) by this mater vol ume bar ( ).
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 18 2.1. 3 Function P op Menu TERRA TEC Audio Center provides sever al sound effects, there is a pop men u for each ou t- put/input device and you can entry into the sound effect page to enjoy your music, movie and gaming.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 19 2.1.4 X ear 3D EX Function In troduction Xear3D EX technology provides a complete and fully backward compatible 3D audio i n- terface f or Windows Vis ta/Win7/Win8.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 20 2.1.5 X ear Pro (ASIO) Function In troduction Xear Pro (ASIO) providing a low-latency and high fidelity interface between a soft war e application and a c omputer's sound c ard. (Rec ommend play er: Foobar200 0) F ace- Lift CPL supports launch ASIO 2.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 21 2.1. 6 Function P age Area When you click o ne of the function items in pop menu, it can entry into a function page as below area as below .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 22 2.1. 7 Audio Sta tus Panel 1. Pla yback (Speak ers Out) It indicat es the output def ault device. 2. Capture (Mic In) It indicat es the input def au lt device. 3. Speak er Numbers (2/4/5.1/7.1) It indicat es the speak er nu mber s for Spea k- er device only .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 23 2.1. 8 Profile P anel This is the profile for sound eff ect setting; it has the preset mode and u ser define mode, the user define mode c an be customizing. 1. Profile Mode: Y ou can set the prese t profile mode by these p rof ile buttons.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 24 2.2 Speak er-O utput Device fu nction page T o Access fu nction menu, please right click the Speak er-Output device icon, th is will provide y o u with the additional f eature and sound e ff ects.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 25 2.2.1 V olume contr ol Pag e Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a volume contr ol for Speak er device. 1. V ol ume contr ol bar: Mast er – It can adjust vo lume level f or all channels.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 26 2.2.2 Speak er Set t ings P age Function In troduction Y ou can set the speak er nu mber s (Stereo/ Quadraphonic/ 5.1 Surround/ 7.1 Surround) in this page. 1. LFE/Cen ter Channel Sw ap When this item enable, it can sw ap the audio st ream betw een Center /LFE.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 27 2.2. 3 Sample Ra te P age Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a sample rat e setting f or Speak er device. 1. Sa mple Rate butt on 44.1 KHz - set playb ack sample ra te to 4 4.1K 48 KHz - set playback sample ra te to 48K 88.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 28 2.2. 4 E qua lizer Function In troduction It pr ovides a 10-band EQ function; you will able to adjust the EQ band by manual and creat e cu stomiz e preset i tems or click on the prese t EQ mode 1.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 29 2.2.5.1 Envir onmen t E ffect Function In troduction It provides 28 special envir onment emulations; you can hear diff erent sound reflection and rev erbera t ion. 1. Envi ronment E ffect enable/disable switch Click on this check bo x to enable/disable Envir onment E ff ect.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 30 2.2. 6 7.1 Virtual Spe ak er Shift er Function In troduction Y ou can use this page to simulate t he speak er dir ection and dista nce. 1. 7.1 Virtual spea k er shifter enable/disable switc h Click on this check bo x to enable/disable 7.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 31 2.2. 7 Fle x Ba ss II Fu nction In troductio n Y ou can u se this function to increase/ decrease the LFE streng th. This function would cut the low frequency band (50~250Hz) of s tereo music conten t (ex .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 32 4. Spea k er Size (L/R/Ls/Rs/Lb/Rb/C/W) Small Speak er w/o bass When t he speak er size is setting to small, you can hear the sound resonance more obvious and r everber ation fr o m subw oofer .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 33 2.2.8 X ear SingFX Fu nction In troduction Xear SingF X page pr ovides 2 fea ture f or k araok e applica tion. 1. Key Shifting swit ch It provides the k ey change function, there are shifting -up 4 steps and shifting-down 4 ste ps, you can use slider bar to change the k ey lev el.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 34 2.2.9 X ear Surround Speak er Fu nction In troductio n Y ou can use this fun ction to simulate a multi-speak er home theater surround list ening ex perience by 2 channel (Stereo) Speak er device.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 35 2.2. 10 X ear Audio Brillian t Function In troduction Xear Audio Brilliant can restor e the clarity and details of compressed audio in music, movies and g ames (MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3, e tc.). 1. Enable Aud io Brilliant Click this check box to enable the X ear Audio Brilliant.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 36 2.2.1 1 X ear Dynamic Bass Function In troduction Xear D ynamic Bass can increases the bass reproduction capability of small speak er d ri v- ers by applyi ng psy cho ac oustic techniques. 1. Enable Dynamic Bass Click this check box to enable the X ear Dynamic Bass ef fect.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 37 2.2.1 2 X ear Smart V olume Function In troduction Xear Smart V olume can normalize sound levels of music to reduce the frequencies r e- quired for volume adjustmen t s on T elevisions, D ocking Speak ers, PCs and other co n- sumer products.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 38 2.2.1 3 X ear V oice Cla rity Function In troduction Xear V oice Clarity can Incr ea ses clarity , intelligibil ity , and prominence of receiving voice in VOIP , game , music, or movies without suppress ing or changing other audio.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 39 2.2.1 4 X ear Surroun d Max Function In troduction Xear Surround Max can expand ster eo audio cont ent to each output channel. When you playing mp3 music file and enable this function , you can hear music from each speaker (8 speak ers) .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 40 2.3 Headphone-O ut Device function intr oduction T o Access f unction menu, p lease right click the Headph one-Output device icon, t his will provid e you with the additional f eature and s ound ef fects.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 41 2.3.1 V olume contr ol Pag e Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a volume contr ol for Headphone devic e. 1. V ol ume contr ol bar: Headphone - It can adjus t volume level for Head phone device.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 42 2.3.2 Headpho ne Set tings P age Function In troduction Y ou can play a tes t sound for headphone in this pag e. 1. Hea dphone T est Click the “ Headphone T est ” butto n, th e CPL will auto play test sound.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 43 2. 3.3 Sample Ra te Pa ge Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a sample rat e setting f or Headphone device. 1. Sa mple Rate butt on 44.1 KHz - set playb ack sample ra te to 4 4.1K 48 KHz - set playback sample ra te to 48K 88.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 44 2. 3.4 E quali z er Function In troduction It pr ovides a 10-band EQ function; you will able to adjust t he EQ band by manual and creat e cust omiz e preset i tems or click on the pres et EQ mode 1.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 45 2. 3.5 En vironment E ffect Function In troduction It provides 28 special envir onment emulations; you can hear diff erent sound reflection and rev erbera t ion. 1. Envi ronment E ffect enable/disable switch Click on this check bo x to enable/disable Envir onment E ff ect.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 46 2.3.6 X ear SingFX Fu nction In troductio n Xear SingF X page pr ovides 2 featu re f or k araok e application. 1. Key Shifting swit ch It provides the k ey change function, there are shifting -up 4 steps and shifting-down 4 ste ps, you can use slider bar to change the k ey lev el.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 47 2. 3.7 7.1 Virtual S peak er Shif ter Function In troduction Y ou can use this page to simulate t he speak er direction and dist ance. 1. 7.1 Virtual spe ak er shifter enable/disable s witch Click on this check bo x to enable/disable 7.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 48 2.3.8 X ear Surround Headph one Fu nction In troduction Y ou can use this fun ction to simulate a multi -speak er home theater surround listeni ng ex perience by 2 channel (Stereo) Headphone device.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 49 2. 3.9 X ear Audio Brilliant Function In troduction Xear Audio Brilliant can restor e the clarity and details of compressed audio in music, movies and g ames (MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3, e tc.). 1. Enable Aud io Brilliant Click this check box to enable the X ear Audio Brilliant.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 50 2. 3. 10 X ear Dynamic Bass Function In troduction Xear D ynamic Bass can increases the bass reproduction capability of small speak er d ri v- ers by applyi ng psy cho ac oustic techniques. 1. Enable Dynamic Bass Click this check box to enable the X ear Dynamic Bass ef fect.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 51 2. 3 .1 1 X ear Smart V olume Function In troduction Xear Smart V olume can normalize sound levels of music to reduce the frequencies r e- quired for volume adjustmen t s on T elevisions, D ocking Speak ers, PCs and other co n- sumer products.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 52 2.2.1 2 X ear V oice Cla rity Function In troduction Xear V oice Clarit y can Increases clarity , intelligibility , and prominence of receiving voice in VOIP , game, music, or movies without suppressing or changing oth er a u- dio.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 53 2.4 SPDIF-Out Device function intr oductio n T o Access f unction menu, plea se right click t he SPDIF- Output device icon, this will pr o- vide you with the additional f eature and sound e ff ects.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 54 2.4.1 V olume contr ol Pag e Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a volume c o ntr ol f or S/ PDIF-Output device. 1. V ol ume contr ol bar: S/PDIF-Out - It can adjus t volume level f or S/PD IF-Out device.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 55 2.4. 2 Sample Ra te P age Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a sample rat e setting f or S/PDIF -Out device. 1. Sample Rate butto n 44 .1 KHz - set playb ack sample ra te to 44.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 56 2. 5 Mic- in Device f unction intr o duction T o Access function menu, p lease right click the Mic- In device icon, this will provide you with the additional f eature and sound e ff ects.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 57 2. 5.1 V olu me con trol P age Function In troduction This function p age provides the recording volume and monitor volume contr ol for M i- cr ophone device. (Same as Line-in device) 1. V ol ume contr ol bar: Mic-In – It can adjust v olume level f or recor ding.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 58 2. 5.2 Sample Ra te Pa ge Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a sample rat e setting f or Microphone device. 1. Sample Rate butto n 44. 1 K Hz - set r ecor ding sample r ate to 44.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 59 2. 5.3 X ear SingFX P age Function In troduction When you are talking to your friends over the network lik e messenger , VOIP , online g ame app lica tions, you can use “M agic V oice” ef fects to simulate some funny voice .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 60 2.5.4 Micr ophone Bo ost P age Function In troduction Y ou can increase the vo lume of the micr ophone r ecordi ng. 1. Mic Boos t slider bar Y ou can adjust the slider bar t o change boos t gain .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 61 2.5.5 Noise R eduction P age Function In troduction Noise Remov al eff ect can b e used to att enuat e const ant backgr ound noise such as ele c- tric fans or h ums. 1. Enable Noise R eduction Y ou can click this check bo x to enable the Noise R eduction eff ect.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 62 2. 6 Line-In Device function intr oduction 2.6.1 V olume contr ol Pag e Function In troduction This f unction page pr ovides th e recordi ng volume and monitor volume contr ol f or Line-in device.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 63 2. 6.2 Sample Ra te Pa ge Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a sample rat e setting f or Line-in device. 1. Sample Rate butto n 44 .1 K Hz - set rec o rding sample r ate to 44.1K 48 K Hz - set reco rding sample r ate to 48K 88.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 64 2. 7 SPDIF-I n Device function intr oduction 2.7.1 V olume contr ol Pag e Function In troduction This function page pr ovides the recor d ing volume c ontrol for S/PDIF-in device. 1. V ol ume contr ol bar: Line- In – It can adjus t volume lev el for r ecording.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 65 2.7.2 Sample Ra te P age Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a sample rat e setting f or S/PDIF-in device. 1. Sample Rate butto n 44 .1 K Hz - set rec o rding sample r ate to 44.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 66 2. 8 Stereo Mix Device function introduction 2.8.1 V olume contr ol Pag e Function In troduction This function page pr ovides the recor d ing volume c ontrol for S tereo Mix device. 1. V ol ume contr ol bar: Stere o Mix – It can adjust v olume level f or recor ding.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 67 2.8.2 Sample Ra te P age Function In troduction This function page pr ovides a sample rat e setting f or Stereo Mix d evice. 1. Sample Rate butto n 44 .1 K Hz - set rec o rding sample r ate to 44.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 68 2. 9 Inf ormation Page I ntr oduction This p age lists the driver information and t he technologies’ trademark logo. Y ou can get both hardw are/so f twar e details and also legal in formation r ef erences here.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 69 2.10 T r ay Icon Function Intr od uction Open the “CPL T r ay Ic on Function List ” by right -clicking on the tra y Icon on s ystem tra y . 1. O pen: When click the “Open” it em, will r estor e the T ERRA TEC Audio Center .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 70 3. W indows Media Pla yer: When click the “Windows Media Play er ” item, will open the Micr osoft Windows Media Pla yer . 4. Soun d Re corder: Click the “Sound Rec o rde r ” item to open the Windows Sound r ecorder .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 71 5. Multi media Proper ties: Open the multimedia properties page o f Windows OS, you can select the working sample ra te & bit ra te on the pro perty page. I. Select the “Speak ers” device and then click the “properties” butt on .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 72 III. Please foll ow th e same step to change the sample ra te & bit rat e for “ Micr o- phone ” device on rec ording tag.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 73.
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 74 6. Setting Click set ting item to ope n the “ TERRA TEC Audio Center ” setting page as below . I. Show Sys tem T r ay Ic on – Check “Show Sys tem T r ay Ic on” box, the TERRA TEC Audio Center i con will show in the s ystem tr ay .
TERRA TEC AUREON 7.1 PCIe User Manua l R ev . 1.1 75 Appendix A - Multi-Lingual Supporting Lis t TERRA TEC A UREON P CI-E Audio Driv er Multi-Lingual S upporting L ist Su pport 17 languages. D etail informa t ion: 1. En glish - En glish 2. Germ an - Deutsch 3.
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