TerraTec Productinfo
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TerraTec XLerate.
TerraTec Electronic GmbH
Herrenpfad 38 · D-41334 Nettetal · Germany
Tel. +49(0)2157-81790 Fax: +49(0)2157-817922
Internet: www.terratec.net
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XLerate.
PCI SoundCard
Positional 3-D Sound like you never heard before.
More and more sound cards will be based on PCI. This trend is accelerated by the increasing demands to
audio qualitiy and the wish to experience a realistic sound atmosphere. Multiple audio streams and 3D-
Games with positional 3D audio make it necessary to escape the bottleneck of ISA.
For this reason we offer the TerraTec
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XLerate, a Plug & Play – sound card based on the latest PCI
technology, designed to fit the needs of beginners and gamers.
The TerraTec
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XLerate is a complete, professional-quality PCI sound card, that combines a high-quality
wavetable and the superior A3D
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technology with legacy audio compatibility in real-mode DOS and WIN95-
DOS boxes.
The TerraTec
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XLerate provides a wavetable and a radio connector to extend the cards abilities. The card
can be upgraded with a wavetable daughterboard, or the unique TerraTec
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ReceiverSystem ActiveRadio
Upgrade Modul to have a complete RDS FM radio.
The TerraTec
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XLerate supports A3D-Interactive (A3D-I), now implemented in many new games for Windows
95 PCs. A3D-I creates a more life-like listening experience by replicating the 3D audio cues that the ears
hear in the real world. Unlike “surround sound”, A3D-I requires only two speakers, but still provides an
immersive audio experience. Unlike “stereo extenders”, A3D-I actually positions sounds in particular places
on a virtual 3D soundstage. In A3D-I games, sound sources move in response to game action – racecars or
spaceships zoom past, and bullets zip round the listener’s head.
But that's not all. The TerraTec
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XLerate provides complete hardware emulation of legacy audio, such as
Sound Blaster Pro and AdLib sound cards, in Windows95 and DOS. So you don't have to throw away your
favourite game titles running under real-mode DOS or in Win95 DOS-boxes. Likely it will improve the sound
of your DOS games, because of its high audio quality.
In addition to all the advantages explained before, we spend the TerraTec XLerate an excellent 64 voices
integrated wavetable synthesizer that complies with the General MIDI specification. So even musicians will
enjoy to listen. Not only Windows 95 - these impressive sounds are also available in Win95 DOS boxes, so
you can have native MIDI support in your games, running in Win95 DOS boxes.
