Xwave Thunder 3D
6/01/99
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1 Introduction
Congratulations! You have just acquired a sound card based on the most advanced
3D PCI audio accelerator available today. Xwave Thunder 3D is a high
performance PCI audio accelerator jointly developed by Labway Corporation It
combines the most compelling 3D, quadraphonic and music synthesis technologies
available with the powerful yet cost effective ActiMedia
DSP architecture. Full H/W
acceleration of DirectSound®, 3D audio, music synthesis, and gameport functions
guarantees exceptional system performance. QSound’s new Q3D
algorithms not
only render exceptional 3D soundscapes for 3D applications but add a new dimension
to stereo applications using their unique stereo-to-3D and stereo-to-quad remapping
capabilities. Three available PCI DMA modes assure full SoundBlaster® Pro
compatibility on most platforms without additional hardware. The Intel AC97
architecture provides high quality audio output using a high performance AC97 codec.
1.1 Features:
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Full H/W acceleration of 64 audio sources
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Concurrent processing of up to 384 audio sources
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Up to 64 DirectSound®/wavetable sources processed in H/W
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64 plus DirectSound® sources processed on host
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Up to 128 total DirectSound® sources
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Up to 64 3D sources
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Up to 64 H/W wavetable voices
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Up to 256 host wavetable voices
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QInteractive
interactive positional 3D
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H/W DSP processing for maximum performance
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Proprietary technology eliminates crosstalk cancellation and broadens “sweet
spot”
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QSound Multi-Speaker System
stereo-to-quad processing
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Transforms ordinary stereo applications to quadraphonic
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Non-3D games become immersive quad 3D games
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Enhanced DVD movie playback
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True quadraphonic music playback from CD’s, music DVD’s, MIDI files and MP3
players
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Effective with both stereo and Dolby Pro-Logic
encoded material
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QSound Environmental Modeling
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Adds reverb as an additional positional queue
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EAX
compatible
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QXpander
and stereo to 3D remapping
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FM, MIDI stereo and MIDI quad music in Real Mode DOS
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Dual gameport accelerator with legacy and digital joy-stick modes
