User`s guide

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MX300 FEATURES
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., has partnered with Aureal
Semiconductor, Inc., to bring the A3D 2.0 positional audio
standard exclusively to your desktop and home entertainment
system.
Powerful features include the following:
♦ A3D 1.0 and 2.0 compliant
♦ Embedded 320-voice DLS compatible wavetable
♦ 96 hardware audio streams
♦ Dolby® Digital support for 2 to 4 speaker output—and up to 6
speakers with future MX-Link daughtercard upgrades
♦ Zoran SoftDVD™ application
♦ MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) audio with bundled MP3 tools
♦ Studio-quality MIDI support for musicians
♦ Real-mode DOS support
♦ 3-year warranty
Monster Sound MX300 includes online Help (msoundii.hlp) to
help you get started with the associatedf software utilities.
Msoundii.hlp also contains a glossary to help you understand
relevant audio terminology.
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BOUT AUREAL VORTEX II
The Monster Sound MX300 PCI board takes full advantage of
Aureal Semiconductor’s Vortex II chipset. Vortex II uses an
innovative dataflow hardware architecture to provide highly
optimized audio processing capabilities for Monster Sound audio
entertainment. Vortex II, through Aureal’s A3D 2.0 technology,
models human acoustic perception across nearly all audible
spectra—resulting in a truly realistic three-dimensional listening
experience.