Sondigo Sirocco
June 27th, 2006 | by Ian Bell
Full Review - Setup and Use Part 2
The Digital Audio tab lets you configure your sound output and speaker setup. If you are playing back an audio source that is encoded in Dolby Digital at the source (which would be on your PC) the Sirocco will then encode it using the Sondigo driver. If the source is not 5.1 surround, you can still choose to output the signal in 5.1 using this tab and the Sondigo driver will then produce a a simulated 5.1 surround using the C-Media "Speaker Shift" software. Again you have a lot of control over the sound setup. The Mixer Tab is just like the sound settings your sound card gives you. You will be able to manually change the source volume. Nothing very fancy here, its just a graphic overlay of what your PC can already do. The Effect tab has some very cool user configurations that will let you manually change the “environment” settings or virtual DSP (digital signal processor) settings as well as configure speaker distance. There are 27 global environment effects and a software 10-band equalizer is included to help you tweak your sound settings. The last tab titled “Information” will include the firmware software version as well as the Sirocco audio engine version. The firmware is fortunately upgradeable and Sondigo will provide an easy way to update the software. 
Digital Audio Settings
Mixer Settings
Effects Settings
Information Settings
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by Dave P on November 27, 2007:
“I bought this product in August 2007 and while I can't say it was a quick & easy setup, it wasn't too bad either. Once up & running, it's worked very well. Whatever audio source I use on my notebook computer comes nicely through my stereo speakers. Sound...” More...