The Next Generation PC Sound
Standard!
- 64 voice high quality wavetable sound
- 3D audio enhancement
- PC'97 Compliant
- Microsoft DirectSound 5.0 acceleration
- DOS games compatibility
The TeraSound 64 PCI is based on the PCI bus and
provides improved audio performance and quality while retaining DOS compatibility. The
TeraSound 64 PCI is PC’97 compliant and have incorporated the latest AC97 codec.
Why PCI? The obvious advantage is system
performance. PCI has bandwidth of 133 MB/second which is much larger that the 7 MB/second
on ISA bus. This eliminates the ISA system bottleneck and enables CPU resources to be
utilized for other activities, including the support for graphics and DVD audio/video
decoding.
The TeraSound 64 PCI supports the features
enabled by Microsoft DirectSound 5.0 and DirectSound3D. The TeraSound 64 PCI also utilize
the high bandwidth PCI bus to store MIDI sound samples in a PC’s system RAM. The
DownLoadable Sounds (DLS) saves the cost of ROM and allows software developers to
determine precisely how their games/titles will sound on every system that utilizes
downloadable sound fonts. DownLoadable Sounds (DLS) is from MIDI Manufacturers Association
(MMA).
Key Features
True 64 voice high quality wavetable synthesizer
- 64 voice advanced hardware wavetable for symphony quality
sound in games and music
- 2MB downloadable wavetable samples with host memory, expandable to 4MB. Support DLS 1.0
- Fully compliant to General MIDI, Roland MPU-401 UART mode
3D audio enhancement
- Experience 3D positional audio on Microsoft DirectSound3D games.
PC97 compliant
- High quality AC'97 CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate
- Support Microsoft DirectSound 5.0 acceleration
- Accelerate up to 32 audio streams simultaneously in DirectSound and DirectSound 3D games
in Windows 95
DOS games compatibility
- Sound Blaster Pro game compatibility over PCI bus with patent-pending TDMA technology
- Supports DOS games in native DOS mode or DOX box on all Pentium and Pentium II machines
Internet
- Full Duplex support for Internet Phone and Microsoft NetMeeting for two-way conversation
on the Internet
- Listen to continuous, high quality streaming audio over the Internet, with minimal
latency through the bus-mastering PCI interface
| Specifications |
Interface
32-bit PCI 2.1 Bus Master Compliant
MPU-401 interface with FIFO
Game/MIDI Port
Line-In
Mic-In
Line-Out/Speaker Out
(6 watt power amplifier)
Aux 1-In
Aux 2-In
TAD
CD-In
PC Speaker-In |
Digital Audio
Full Duplex
16-bit, 44KHz, Stereo
Wavetable Synthesis
64-Voices
2MB Downloadable wavetable, samples with host memory,expandable to 4MB
DLS 1.0 support
DirectSound Acceleration
Digital mixing up to 32 data streams
Hardware sample rate convert to 48KHz from any sample rate |
Programmable effects
Reverb and Chorus
Flange
Echo
Pan
Termolo
Vibrato
Tone Filtering
3-D Spatial enhancement
3-D Positional Acceleration under DirectX 5.0 |
Analog Mixings
Master Control (Line Out)
Digitized Audio
CD-Audio
Synthesis
Line-In
PC Speakers-In
Mic-In
Aux 1-In
Aux 2-In
TAD |
Software Compatiblity
Compatibility to existing DOS games through TDMA technology
Sound Blaster Pro
Ad Lib
Window Sound System
Windows 95
DirectSound
Microsoft ActiveX |
Bundled Software
"AudioRack" from ESS
"Studio 4 LE" from MidiSoft
"3-Mix" from Mixman |
