Evolve your game with immersive 3D audio, thanks to THX TruStudio Pro Technology Experience the evolution of 3D gaming audio with the Sound Blaster Tactic3D Alpha gaming headset. Acoustically optimized 40mm drivers combine with THX® TruStudio Pro™ technology to transform everyday audio into a mind-blowing cinematic experience. Touchscreen software and Tactic Profiles allow you to save and share your favorite settings including THX TruStudio Pro Surround for immersive 360° headphone surround and VoiceFX™ voice morphing technology. The dual mode design allows you to connect via standard minijacks or use the Dual Mode™ adapter to connect to your PC or Mac’s USB port for the full THX TruStudio Pro experience. Dual Mode – Analog or USB, your choice!
Connect the headset via 3.5mm minijacks to your Sound Blaster sound system, onboard audio or MP3 player. Alternatively, use the THX TruStudio Pro Dual Mode USB Adapter to connect to your PC or Mac via USB. THX TruStudio Pro technology THX TruStudio Pro Surround™ audio immerses you in the game so you hear sounds clearly from the front, back, around, above and below. Only THX TruStudio Pro Surround delivers truly 3D audio surround effects to give you the gaming advantage you need. Tailor your sound with touchscreen controls Customizable TacticControl™ driver interface optimized with Live!Touch™ for touchscreen controls under Windows 7 operating system gives you full control over every nuance of the THX TruStudio Pro audio suite as well as custom graphic equalizer and VoiceFX controls. Customize and share optimized audio settings Customize your own TacticProfile™ EQ and audio profiles, and then export and share them with other gamers.
You can also use pre-configured audio settings from world-renowned gamers such as Fatal1ty, compLexity and Team Dignitas. Have fun with your gaming voice Morph your voice into different in-game characters with VoiceFX technology and restore surround audio to your Windows XP games in Windows 7 with Creative ALchemy.
Effortless communication with your team-mates Use the Sound Blaster Tactic3D Alpha headset with your favorite gaming communications software such as Ventrilo or TeamSpeak. Works with Windows 8 We have updated audio drivers that will allow you to enjoy the ultimate in Sound Blaster performance in Windows 8. What's New: This download contains the latest driver and application(s) for use with your Sound Blaster® Tactic3D series gaming headset on Mac OS® X operating systems. For more details, read the rest of this web release note. This download supports the following devices only:. Sound Blaster Tactic3D Alpha.
Sound Blaster Tactic3D Sigma. Sound Blaster Tactic3D Omega This download contains the following driver and application(s):. Sound Blaster Tactic3D series gaming headset driver. Sound Blaster Tactic(3D) Control Panel Requirements:. Apple® Macintosh® OS X 10.5 or higher. Sound Blaster Tactic3D series gaming headset listed above. Installation:.
Download the file onto your local hard disk. Double-click the downloaded file. Follow the instructions on the screen.
I’ve been experimenting with running Linux on Macs for some time and – for a variety of reasons – needed to make a clean install of on my. The Mac is now on its last legs, and Mac OS does not run very swiftly on it – my aim is to run Ubuntu on it, and use it as a computer for watching TV and DVDs, and for web browsing for guests. So here’s the guide as to how to get Ubuntu up and running. First, third prerequisities. First there is no way to do this without using the command line – accessible through the Terminal app in both Mac OS and Ubuntu. It is a matter of copying and pasting the right commands – there is rather little need to fully understand what is going on. Command line is needed very seldom once Ubuntu is running, but is required for the setup.
Second, the solution to more or less any Ubuntu on a Mac problem can be found by Googling around (probably the way you found this blog entry!) Third, you’re going to need an empty USB stick (at least 2Gb capacity) to make this work. Step 1 – Make a Ubuntu bootable USB stick while running Mac OS This is simple – follow the instructions. Note that step 3 is not very well described – you will end up with a file called “ubuntu.img.dmg” that you will need to rename “ubuntu.img” by just renaming the file in the Mac OS finder.
Simply copy and paste the relevant commands into Terminal. Step 2 – Install rEFInd to allow dual booting This presumes that you want to be able to boot your Mac in either Mac OS or Ubuntu, and to be able to switch between them. For this you will need a software utility called rEFInd. Its interface looks horrid, but it works. You can find instructions of how to install it, and you can get the latest edition of the rEFInd software.
Before you start this connect your Mac to the internet with an ethernet cable – wifi will not work initially, and if you are connected to the internet then extra Ubuntu packages will be downloaded while you are installing it. Please note that the final screen from the How To Geek piece can be inaccurate – for me there was no “install alongside Mac OS” option – I instead needed to choose “Something else” for the disk partitions, following the instructions about how to set this up – putting / as the mount point for the main (60Gb size) ext4 partition, and 6Gb for swap. At the end of the installation process Ubuntu will ask you to reboot your machine.
Step 3 – Get the wifi working Go to “System Settings” in the left apps bar in Ubuntu, then choose “Software & Updates” Then click “Additional Drivers” and select the Broadcom driver (note this is how it looks on an iMac – the driver manufacturer might be different on other Macs, but the procedure will be the same). You may need to restart before the wifi works. Step 4 – Software updates Click the search button at the top left of the screen (shown here to the right), and type “Software Updater”. Run it, and it will download and update your installation. Step 5 – Further software You can install GIMP (equivalent of Photoshop), Dropbox, Kaffeine (for DVB), and VLC (for DVD playback) from the “Ubuntu Software Center” in the left apps bar. Some other apps are more complex – follow (and note I needed to use the Skype 4.3 on 15.04 instructions – including the extra instructions to get this to work).
To install the ownCloud sync client (needs command line). Step 6 – Peripherals I have a printer-scanner – Brother’s linux support is a bit sketchy, but this series of commands did the job perfectly – just note that you need to find the local IP address of your scanner under Settings on the device itself.
Note that Ubuntu defaults to letter size paper – you’ll need to set this to A4 in Printers in System Settings. I also use the pre-installed app Simple Scan for my scanning – works with either the flatbed scanner or the sheet feeder on the Brother device. Step 7 – DVB and DVD playback I have an old DVB TV tuner Stick – a. This can be used with Ubuntu, using Kaffeine (see above) as the playback software and to get it installed (requires command line, and a restart). Extra installations are also required to allow Ubuntu to read movie DVDs – instructions for how to do this are (command line and restart required) – and I use VLC for the playback. Step 8 – Tunnelbear VPN Instructions to get Tunnelbear working on Linux are.
Works simply enough! Step 9 – number pad I had the issue that numbers on the number pad on the right hand side of my Mac keyboard were not working, and worked as arrow keys instead. To get them to work press the “Clear” button as shown (varies between US and European keyboards) – this has the same function in Ubuntu as the Num Lock key on a PC keyboard.