From ultra-realistic audio for gamers to theatre-quality digital surround sound and immersive 3-D positional audio technology, Intel® desktop boards continue to add a powerful new dimension to the PC experience with the most advanced audio technologies available.

Whether your customers are using speech recognition in business applications, experiencing the realistic audio realm of 3-D games or playing digital music and video, Intel® desktop boards provide the total audio solutions you need. Feature-rich integration helps you deliver PC audio quality that must be heard to be believed, without expensive add-in cards, at a mainstream price point.

Intel® desktop board integrated audio solutions combine the power of Intel® Pentium® 4 processors, the Intel® I/O controller hub (ICH4) and the latest audio converters (CODECs), with today's most sophisticated audio software. Building on the success of SoundMAX* with SPX from Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), Intel® is taking PC audio capability to the next level of dynamic realism.

The ADI SoundMAX Cadenza digital audio system creates an immersive, ultra-realistic audio environment for 3-D gaming action, music and video. Check out these outstanding SoundMAX system features:

	Sensaura* 3-D positional audio for incredibly realistic audio imaging
	Sound Production eXtentions (SPX) audio animation that interactively creates gaming sound effects in real time
	Full 5.1 multi-channel output (Intel® Desktop Board D845PEBT2) or Virtual Theatre* 5.1 surround sound
	Wavetable* Synthesizer with Yamaha* XGLite* and 4-MB Pro DLS2 MIDI Soundsets
	Staccato* audio rendering
	AC'97-compliant CODEC with 20-bit playback/16-bit record
	Signal-to-noise ratio: 94 dB, 96-kHz sample rate
	Programmable 7-band parametric equalizer

SoundMAX Cadenza Premium Audio also supports powerful voice input capabilities for enhanced speech recognition using the stereo microphone CODEC on the Intel® Desktop Board D845PEBT2 and other select Intel® desktop boards. ADI PureAudio* 2.0 speech input enhancement and noise cancellation technology reduces distortion and improves signal-to-noise ratio. These precise voice input capabilities are designed to complement a variety of speech-enabled software applications including Microsoft* Office XP*, NetMessenger*, and NetMeeting*. Go to http://www.soundmax.com/ for more information.

In addition to SoundMAX Cadenza, Intel® desktop boards offer you a total audio solution that includes these outstanding audio products:

	RealOne* Player, optimized for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, delivers Internet streaming media and digital music management, featuring brilliant video with picture controls and quality audio performance with graphical EQ
	DFX Audio Effects* is an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor-optimized solution for restoring and enhancing the fidelity of MP3 files, featuring dynamic boost with HyperBass* technology, ambience and 3-D effects and headphone enhancement
	NewTech Infosystems* CD-Maker* enables users to make their own audio and data CDs, featuring the EasySteps* interface, MP3 to CD-DA decoding and Microsoft XP* support.

For a limited time customers who purchase qualifying boxed Intel® desktop boards may purchase an Andrea stereo array microphone at the discounted price of $19.95, and while supplies last, receive free voice recognition, Internet telephone, and online game software. (See coupon inside qualifying boxed Intel desktop board packages)