{"id":114251,"date":"2025-10-31T14:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/114251\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:32:12","slug":"sound-blasters-modular-hub-is-a-reconfigurable-stream-deck-for-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/114251\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Blaster\u2019s modular hub is a reconfigurable Stream Deck for audio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Creative, the company best known for its Sound Blaster line of sound cards that boosted the audio capabilities of \u201890s-era PCs, is reviving the brand with a new hub called the Re:Imagine. It\u2019s reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/709011\/elgato-stream-deck-wave-microphone-dreamscape-colors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elgato\u2019s Stream Deck controllers<\/a>, but with a focus on your audio gear. It has a modular design allowing buttons, dials, sliders, and screens to be mixed, matched, and rearranged to your specific needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/soundblaster\/sound-blaster-re-imagine-modular-audio-hub-with-ai\/description\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign<\/a> with delivery expected as early as June 2026. Pricing is expected to start at $500 for a kit that includes a horizontal base unit plus touchscreen, button, dial, and slider modules. Kickstarter backers can currently preorder it for $329 for a limited time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The Re:Imagine features USB-C, mic, line, and optical in connections, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a dedicated USB port for connecting it to a computer, plus support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth for wireless gear like headphones. There\u2019s also a built-in DAC and amp that Creative says can power larger studio-grade desktop speakers. You can route audio from one device to another using the hub\u2019s buttons or touchscreen, without having to juggle cables, but its usefulness goes beyond that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">While connected to a PC, the hub\u2019s various buttons and controls can be customized to launch applications, trigger shortcuts such as muting a phone call or starting programmable macros, and even control Matter-enabled smart home devices. It runs Linux, and Creative says users have full root access to its hardware. Developers are encouraged to create their own apps or find alternate uses for the hub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">But the Re:Imagine isn\u2019t completely dependent on a PC. It\u2019s powered by an octa-core processor with 8GB of RAM and 16GB of storage that can be expanded using a microSD memory card. It can run apps on its 3-inch touchscreen and includes a DOS emulator for playing retro games, AI-powered assistants, and an AI DJ that can generate music based on a theme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Creative, the company best known for its Sound Blaster line of sound cards that boosted the audio capabilities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[203,61,60,36113,43,216,80],"class_list":["post-114251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gadgets","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kickstarter","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}