User’s Manual
July, 1994
913-0000-000 Revision 1.0
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1. Getting Started
1.1. About the MAD16 Pro Audio Card
The MAD16 (MediaChips 16-Bit Audio Controller) is a 16-bit stereo sound card. It
incorporates the best features of
Sound Blaster
,
Sound Blaster Pro
,
Windows Sound
System
,
Ad Lib, MPU401
and more. MAD16 Pro is an integrated chip that coordinates
all the interfaces on the card to provide crisp CD quality sound and music.
You can run thousands of
Sound Blaster
and
Sound Blaster Pro
compatible games and
applications, plus rapidly growing numbers of Windows business applications that are
compatible to
Windows Sound System
.
The multiple CD-ROM interface on MAD16 Pro supports SONY, Mitsumi and Panasonic
and IDE CD-ROM drives. Now you can run thousands of exciting multimedia applications
on CDs.
1.2. MAD16 Pro Feature List
The MAD16 Pro Sound card includes the following features:
Wave Audio
- Maximum recording and playback sampling rate of up to 44.1 kHz stereo,
16-bit digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converter, 16-bit and 8-bit digitizing in stereo
and mono mode
20 - voice FM Music Synthesizer -
Yamaha OPL3 FM Synthesizer technology - Plays up
to 20 instruments simultaneously to deliver a high quality of rich and crisp music
Digital / Analog Mixer -
Stereo analog mixing from CD-audio, Line-In, FM music &
Digitized voice, Stereo digital mixing from microphone, line-in, CD-audio and line-out,
Master volume control
Built-in Stereo Power Amplifier -
4-watt per channel stereo power amplifier
MIDI Interface / Joystick Port -
Built-in integrated MIDI UART interface with
MPU401, IBM PC joystick / game port
CD-ROM Interfaces
- CD-ROM interfaces for Mitsumi LU005 / FX001 /FX001D,
Panasonic 522/523, 562/563, SONY CDU 31A/33A, IDE CD-ROM Drive and CD Audio
In Connectors
Other Interfaces
- Wave table synthesizer with Wave Blaster interface, Speakers Out,
Line Out, Line In, and Microphone In.
