ALS4000 Integrated PCI
Audio Accelerator
User’s Guide
Ver. 1.00
December 09, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................. 3
CHAPTER 2 SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................................ 5
CHAPTER 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE DRIVER INSTALLATION
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Chapter 1
Introduction
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Introduction
• High Performance PCI Subsystem Control Logic
• AC-Link Interface
• Built-in ALSFM Synthesizer
• Power Management
• Enhanced normal/digital game port
• ALS4000 Integrated PCI Audio Accelerator fully supports the PCI Plug and
Play standard. Add-in sound cards and motherboard implementations
designed around the ALS4000 Integrated PCI Audio Accelerator are
completely jumper and switch free.
The ALS4000 Integrated PCI Audio Subsystem is a single chip designed
for plug and play specification which minimizes support and installation
issues. This highly-integrated plug and play audio subsystem
incorporates the following functions:
Important Notice
This User’s Guide is intended to assist OEM customers in evaluating
Avance Logic sound products; it is not intended to be the User’s Guide
for the end-user. Avance Logic encourages the development of
documentation based on the information contained herein. For your
convenience, copies of this manual are available on diskette in Microsoft
Word 97. Ask your local Avance Logic sales representative for a copy.
This manual is also available on the Avance Logic Web site at
http://www.avance.com.
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Chapter 2
Specifications
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Hardware/Software Features
• High performance VLSI sound ASIC
• Compatible with DirectSound™, DirectSound3D™, Blaster™, Sound
Blaster Pro™, and Sound Blaster 16 Emulation.
• PC98 Specifications Compliant
• Avance ALSFM Synthesizer
• PCI Power Management Interface(PPMI) Compliant
• PCI Bus Master for PCI Audio/PCI 2.1/2.2 Compliant PCI Interface
• Supports DDMA, Avance Legacy Support for legacy DMAC Emulation
• 64-Voice Wavetable Synthesis w/ DLS-1 Support
• Supports Sound Blaster ADPCM decompression
• 3D Effect Sound
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Built-in Functional Blocks
• High Performance PCI Subsystem Control Logic
• AC-Link Interface
• Built-in ALSFM Synthesizer
• PPMI Power Management
• Enhanced normal & digital game port
• 3D Effect Sound
Enhanced Normal & Digital Game Port Support
16-Bit Full-duplex for Concurrent Recording and Playback
Single Crystal Operation(14.318Mhz)
5.0V Digital/Analog Mode
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Control logic is built into the ALS4000 to support the following functions:
• Audio Input
· CD-ROM Audio
· Line In
· Microphone
· PC Speaker In
• Audio Output
· Stereo Line-Out
• Game/MIDI Port
· External MIDI input and output
· Joystick input and MIDI connector
Software Support
• Windows 3.1
• Windows 95/98
• Windows NT 3.51/4.0/5.0
Compatibility
Applications
• Windows Sound System
• All DOS-based games
• Adlib
• All Sound Blaster Pro applications
• All Sound Blaster 16 applications
• Yamaha OPL3 FM Synthesizer
• Yamaha OPL4 Wavetable Synthesizer
• MPU-401 UART MIDI
• 16-bit stereo sound cards
• PC motherboard based sound systems
• MIDI controller
• Enhanced Game port support
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Emulation
• Sound Blaster Pro™
• Sound Blaster 16™
• Sound Blaster ADPCM
• MPU-401 UART MIDI interface
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