TerraTec AudioSystem EWS 64 S User manual

TerraTec Productinfo
Current as of: 09/21/99
TerraTec Productinfo. Page 1 The AudioSystem EWS64 S.
TerraTec Electronic GmbH
Herrenpfad 38 · D-41334 Nettetal · Germany
Tel. [phone] Fax: [phone]
Internet: www.terratec.net
The AudioSystem EWS®64 S.
It’s here! The official replacement for TerraTec’s successful SoundSystem Maestro 32/96. Our development
team went out of their way to produce something really special. We combined the proven features of its
predecessor with those of our high end EWS®64 XL to provide you with the finest consumer sound card in
the market: The AudioSystem EWS®64 S. A brief look at the EWS®compatibility list will make your
multimedia heart beat faster: DirectSound hardware acceleration, DirectSound3D, General MIDI (GM and
GS), as well as 100% support for all common standards such as SoundBlasterÔ, SoundBlaster ProÔ,
AdlibÔand MPU-401Ô. The AudioSystem EWS®64 S was deliberately designed as an ISA card to guarantee
full game compatibility under DOS without the usual driver headaches. The EWS®64 S lives up to the
extraordinary TerraTec requirements for a sound card: high-end audio quality, easy installation and
fulfillment of the demands of professional musicians. To reach this goal we used the same powerful DSP
architecture as used in the state of the art EWS®64 XL. The DSP is also responsible for the 64 voice
hardware wavetable synthesis and the management of the on-board RAM. A Radio Connector allows for easy
installation of a Plug and Play cable ready RDS Stereo FM Radio tuner.

TerraTec Productinfo. Page 2 The AudioSystem EWS64 S.
Technical Specification.
Compatible with the following standards:
·Intel™ Plug and Play
·Microsoft™ DirectSound™
·Microsoft™ DirectSound™3D
·General MIDI
·General Synthesizer
·MPU-401™ compatible
·Soundblaster™
·Soundblaster™ Pro
·Adlib™
·MPC Level III
Wavetable synthesizer:
·2MB Sample-RAM onboard
·Expandable up to 64 MB Sample-RAM
·Up to 64 voice wavetable synthesizer (GM/GS-
SoundSets ready to download)
·General MIDI
·General Synthesizer
DSP:
·Reverb and chorus effects
·4 band EQ
·3D sound (V-Space)
·Simulations for two and four audio channels
·Effects for all audio sources
FM synthesizer:
·4OP+ Technology
·20 voices, stereo
Audio features:
·8/16-Bit converter with 5Khz-52 kHz sample rate
·Mono microphone input with preamplifier
·2 analog stereo outputs
·1 Digital in S/PDIF with 44,1 kHz (optical/coaxial
switchable) (only with ‚DigitalXtension R‘)
·1 Digital out S/PDIF with 44,1 kHz, optical and coaxial
(only with ‚DigitalXtension R‘)
·Extended Full Duplex record and simultaneous
playback of up to 32 channels
·4-Bit Hardware real time de- and compression
ADPCM
·8-Bit Hardware real time de- and compression
m-Law, A-Law CCITT standard
·Record and playback of all audio sources
Stereo digital / analog mixer:
·Mixing of different audio sources: microphone, CD,
synthesizer, digital audio, line in and radio.
MIDI Interfaces:
·2 MPU-401™ compatible MIDI Interfaces (UART-
Mode)
·Duplex MIDI for simultaneous record and playback of
up to 32 MIDI channels
Digital Game Port for Joysticks and MIDI:
·Connector for analog or digital Joysticks
System requirement:
·Windows95™
·Pentium™ or compatible processor more than 100
MHz
·16 MB RAM
·VGA or SVGA adapter with a resolution of 800 x 600
points with 256 colors
·CD-ROM drive
·20 MB hard disk space