DATA TRANSFER

- PCI bus (high speed data transfer

DSP (Audio Processor)

- New generation Yamaha YMF744 Engine

CD-Audio sound quality & Pro audio quality

- 16-bit, mono/stereo 4kHz to 48kHz
- True full duplex Playback and capture with different sampling rate

Supports all open standards including industry-standard two-speaker and multi-speaker 3D audio technology

- Microsoft® DirectSound™ 3D hardware accelerator , EAX™, A3D™ 1.0 and Sensaura Interactive Positioning on 2 or 4 speakers or headphones.
- DirectMusic™ hardware accelerator.
- Legacy audio compatibility provides support for older DOS games

Yamaha XG built-in synthesizer with 2MB MIDI hardware wavetable

- GM™ (General MIDI) , GS™ (General Standard) and Yamaha XG compatible
- 128-voice polyphony (including 64 hardware)
- 676 instrument sounds and 21 drum kits
- Effects: reverb, chorus

Audio compatibility

- Accelerates Microsoft® DirectSound™ in hardware
- Compatible with Sound Blaster™ Pro, DirectInput®
- DownLoadable Sound (DLS) level-1

Connection

- Inputs : Mic-In, stereo Line-In, digital game port/MIDI MPU401 UART port, Internal CD-audio connector
- 2 independent stereo outputs to connect 4 speakers
- S/PDIF Digital output with optical connector (optical cable not supplied).