TerraTec XLerate User manual

TerraTec Productinfo
Current as of: 10/22/99
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TerraTec Electronic GmbH
Herrenpfad 38 · D-41334 Nettetal · Germany
Tel. [phone] Fax: [phone]
Internet: www.terratec.net
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âXLerate. PCI SoundCard
Positional 3-D Sound like you never heard before.
More and more sound cards will be based on PCI. This trend is accelerated by the increasing demands to
audio qualitiy and the wish to experience a realistic sound atmosphere. Multiple audio streams and 3D-
Games with positional 3D audio make it necessary to escape the bottleneck of ISA.
For this reason we offer the TerraTecâXLerate, a Plug & Play – sound card based on the latest PCI
technology, designed to fit the needs of beginners and gamers.
The TerraTecâXLerate is a complete, professional-quality PCI sound card, that combines a high-quality
wavetable and the superior A3DÔtechnology with legacy audio compatibility in real-mode DOS and WIN95-
DOS boxes.
The TerraTecâXLerate provides a wavetable and a radio connector to extend the cards abilities. The card
can be upgraded with a wavetable daughterboard, or the unique TerraTecâReceiverSystem ActiveRadio
Upgrade Modul to have a complete RDS FM radio.
The TerraTecâXLerate supports A3D-Interactive (A3D-I), now implemented in many new games for Windows
95 PCs. A3D-I creates a more life-like listening experience by replicating the 3D audio cues that the ears
hear in the real world. Unlike “surround sound”, A3D-I requires only two speakers, but still provides an
immersive audio experience. Unlike “stereo extenders”, A3D-I actually positions sounds in particular places
on a virtual 3D soundstage. In A3D-I games, sound sources move in response to game action – racecars or
spaceships zoom past, and bullets zip round the listener’s head.
But that's not all. The TerraTecâXLerate provides complete hardware emulation of legacy audio, such as
Sound Blaster Pro and AdLib sound cards, in Windows95 and DOS. So you don't have to throw away your
favourite game titles running under real-mode DOS or in Win95 DOS-boxes. Likely it will improve the sound
of your DOS games, because of its high audio quality.
In addition to all the advantages explained before, we spend the TerraTec XLerate an excellent 64 voices
integrated wavetable synthesizer that complies with the General MIDI specification. So even musicians will
enjoy to listen. Not only Windows 95 - these impressive sounds are also available in Win95 DOS boxes, so
you can have native MIDI support in your games, running in Win95 DOS boxes.

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Technical data
Key Features.
·A3DÔPositional 3D-Audio
·Real-Mode DOS SoundBlasterÔand SoundBlasterProÔ
compatible
·DirectSoundÔcompatible
·Integrated Wavetable
·Radio connector
·Wavetable connector
Compatibility.
·MicrosoftÔDirectSoundÔ
·MicrosoftÔDirectSoundÔ3D
·A3DÔ
·General MIDI
·MPU-401 compatible
·SoundBlasterâ
·SoundBlasterâPro
·AdLibÔ
·OPL2/3 compatible FM synthesis
·MPC Level 3
·AC’97
·PC 98
·PCI Specification Rev. 2.1
·PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification 1.0
Digital Audio.
·Positional 3D-Audio A3DÔ
·8/16 bit playback with sample rates up to 48kHz
(mono/stereo)
·Extended Full Duplex playback and record in stereo
·Playback and record of all audio sources
Wavetable.
·Up to 64 simultaneous voices
·Stereo chorus and stereo reverb, channel based
·4MB High Quality Soundset
MIDI/Joystick Interface.
·DirectInputÔacceleration
·MPU-401 (UART Mode) compatible
·SoundBlasterâMIDI interface
·Analog/Digital joystick interface
Audio Mixer.
·Individual volume control for all inputs
External connectors.
·Switchable Speaker / Line-Out (3.5mm audio jack)
·Line-in (3.5mm audio jack)
·Mic-in (3.5mm audio jack)
·MIDI/Joystick interface (IBM 15 pin Sub-D)
Onboard connectors.
·WaveBlaster pin-compatible connector for an optional
wavetable daughterboard
·Radio connector for the optionally available TerraTec
ReceiverSystem ActiveRadio upgrade module
·CD-ROM connectors for
·Sony
·IDE
·Internal connectors for the external audio connectors (Line-
Out, Line-In, Mic-In)
Amplifier.
·Stereo amplifier 2 x 1 Watt
Drivers.
·MS-DOSâ
·Windows 95â
·Windows NT 4.0â
Software.
·Steinberg Cubasis AV Lite
·Steinberg Wavelab Lite
·Mixman Base Edition
·Vocaltec InternetPhone 4.5
System requirements.
·One free PCI 2.1 compliant PCI slot
·Pentium 200 MMX or higher
·16MB Sytem Ram, recommended 32 MB System Ram
·CD-Rom drive for Installation and Driver CD
·15 MB free hard disk space
·Speaker or headphones
·Windows 95/98âwith DirectX 5.0 or higher, or Windows NT
4.0 âwith ServicePack 3 or higher