USING THE SOUND BLASTERX KATANA
Pretty much every setting you change is displayed on the front VFW screen (for example the maximum volume level is 50).
Of course, the same applies whenever you chance the input.
Changing modes not only gets displayed on the VFW screen but it also changes the Aurora effect (of course you can change that from within the Sound Blaster Command 2 software).
I ended up using the Katana for almost 1 full month with several game titles, 4k movies and FLAC tracks (during that time i also finished Halo 3, Metro Exodus Gold Edition and Gears Tactics).