Creative Labs Is Crowdfunding A Modular Sound Blaster Audio Hub

Creative Labs, nan shaper of Sound Blaster audio cards, has launched a Kickstarter for a modular audio hub called Sound Blaster Re:Imagine. The cosmopolitan hub, which is reminiscent of Elgato's Stream Deck, is meant to let routing from immoderate input to immoderate output pinch nan property of a button. Users tin link their gaming consoles, PC and philharmonic instruments to nan Re:Imagine, arsenic good arsenic speakers, wired headsets and wireless headphones, transitioning seamlessly betwixt them.

The strategy uses magnetic modules including a 3-inch smart screen, four-button pad, rotary knob and dual sliders that tin each beryllium rearranged connected nan guidelines unit. The Horizon guidelines pinch 5 slots is nan default creation for nan Kickstarter project, pinch an expanded six-slot Vertex guidelines listed arsenic a agelong goal.

Re:Imagine sports an octa-core ARM processor pinch a mini NPU, 8GB of RAM, 16GB of flash retention and is expandable acknowledgment to a microSD paper slot. The hub's audio prowess is powered by a high-resolution 32-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and it supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The hub runs connected Linux and tin beryllium utilized successful a standalone setup, aliases arsenic a PC-tethered audio hub.

The Re:Imagine besides comes pinch an AI DJ that tin make music, a built-in DOS emulator for retro gaming, one-tap audio signaling and more. The modular hub is besides developer-friendly, pinch an included SDK and sample root codification that promote users to build their ain civilization apps and past stock them pinch nan Creative Labs community.

The Kickstarter run will tally done December and lists an estimated shipping day of July 2026.