Orchid SoundWave 32Pro, User Manual

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Section 1: Hardware and Software
12 SoundWave 32Pro User's Manual
Jumper JP1: Wavetable
The SoundWave 32Pro uses two 512K Wavetable
ROM chips for 2MB of compressed sample sounds.
The 512K default setting gives you 2MB of authen-
tic instrument recordings. The 1MB setting is for
the optional 1MB ROM chip size for 4MB of
compressed sample sounds. Refer to Table 1.2 for
details on the Wavetable configuration.
1 2 3
Figure 1.4: Jumper JP1 (pins
2 and 3 connected).
Default address
To configure for the optional 4MB of sample sounds, connect
pins 1 and 2 to select the 1MB address setting.
Wavetable Configuration
The DSP on the card decompresses the sample
sounds as it plays them. The following table de-
tails the wavetable configuration of SoundWave
32Pro.
where:
Sample Sound Size = actual uncompressed sample size
Compressed Size = size of samples after compression
ROM Size = chips used to store the sample set
Sample Sound Size Compressed Size ROM Size
2MB (1MB x 16) 1MB 2 x 512KB
4MB (2MB x 16) 2MB 2 x 1MB
Table 1.2: Wavetable Configuration