Crystalizer applies an equalizer effect that boosts trebles and bass to give audio a more energetic sound. Surround applies an effect that simulates spaciousness and speaker distance.
Each slider can be enabled or disabled at a mouse click by pressing each checkbox while the power button icon enables and disables SBX Pro Studio effects. The first of these categories is SBX Pro Studio which provides semi-preset audio enhancement sliders. The Z-Series Control Panel is navigated by an index of tabs to the left. Pressing the Add or Edit button brings up this window for adding a game not detected by ALchemy or editing those settings in place. The menu consists of two tables with the table on the right indicating which games have ALchemy enabled. Modern games render 3D audio on the CPU instead of dedicated audio processing hardware. The installation package contains two programs, ALchemy for enabling Direct3D hardware acceleration and EAX 5.0 support for older games and the Z-Series Control Panel for accessing advanced codec features available to Sound Blaster Z-series cards.ĪLchemy is a tool that restores support for EAX 3D audio in a few older games which are listed here. The Sound Blaster Z and Zx come with a driver disk, though we opted to download, install, and use the newest version of the sound card software available from the Creative support website. Software: Sound Blaster Z-Series Control Panel and Creative ALchemy