Appendix Iii Cmedia 8738 Audio Subsystem - CHAINTECH 7AIV6 Manual

CMedia 8738 Audio Subsystem
The CMedia 8738 offers a new generation PCI audio solution: it utilizes the state-of-
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the-art CRL 3D Audio technology (HRTF 3D positional audio), and supports
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Microsoft Direct Sound
two/four/six speakers and DLS based (Down Loadable Sound) wave table music
synthesizer which supports the Direct Music
Feature
- Advanced 64-voice wavetable synthesizer
- Programmable independent sample rate form 4KHz to 48KHz for record and
playback
- Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback
- Supports MS DLS (Downloadable sample) level-1 technology with limitless variety
of instrument samples using PC RAM
- Supports HRTF 3D positional audio with MSDS, DS3D, DirectMusic, Aureal A3D
and Creative EAX (Environment Audio Extensions), C3DX APIs
- 6-Channel speaker audio support is easy to build up a Home Theater environment
- Supports Fiber Optic module for Internet music, PC, and MD connections
- Supports MIDI and dual game ports
- Embedded 32OHM .5w earphone amplifier
6 Speakers System
The CMedia 8738 Audio subsystem provides 3 wave channels (front/rear/
center+bass), known as the 6 speakers system. When games or application
programs via DirectSoundR 3D or A3DR interface locate the sound sources to
the listener's back, the two rear speakers will work to enhance the rear audio
positional effect, so as to complement the insufficiency of using only two front
speakers to emulate the audio effect. The following is the hardware installation
and the software setups:
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