Terratec BASE1 User Manual

TerraTec Productinfo

Current as of: 02/14/00

SoundSystem Base1.

TerraTec Electronic GmbH

Herrenpfad 38 · D-41334 Nettetal · Germany

Tel. [phone] Fax: [phone]

Internet: www.terratec.net

The SoundSystem Base64 is a sound card for the
ISA bus. Its state-of-the-art chip technology places
it right in step with the latest BIOS and operating­system developments. This is ensured by “Plug and
Play” technology. Your PnP BIOS and/or WIN95
automatically recognizes and configures the sound
card in your system. IRQ, DMA or I/O address
conflicts are thus a thing of the past. Even if you are
running a less than cutting-edge system, you will
find that the wholly software-controlled procedure
makes installation a lot easier.

Digital audio recording and playback are largely the
job of the very-large-scale-integrated CODEC. You
can record and play back in stereo at sampler
frequencies up to a maximum 55.2 kHz, with 16 bit
resolution. The card also offers enhanced full
duplex capability, in other words you can record
and play back simultaneously at different
frequencies. This is a feature you can use for
computer-aided telephony applications (such as

and an interface for two joysticks (optional Y-cable
required). In addition, the sound card offers MIDI
In/Out (gameport), as well as a LINE-In and MIC-In.
A jumper (JP1) can be used to set the output to
amplified or non-amplified modes, permitting the
use of the sound card with passive or active
loudspeakers, or with a stereo amplifier.

Technical data.

Compatible with the following standards.

• Plug and Play

• General MIDI (GM)

• MPU-401™ (UART mode)

• Adlib™

InternetPhone) or multi-track hard-disk recording.
VSpace 3D Sound simulates all-around sound using
two loudspeakers, an acoustic experience that you
won’t want to miss.

The Base 1 SoundSystem is equipped with a radio
connector and a Waveblaster-compatible expansion
port. The radio connector may be used for the
optional Terratec ActiveRadio upgrade module for
FM stereo reception with complete RDS support.

The Waveblaster-compatible port also permits the
upgrade of the SoundSystem Base 1 to a fully
functional wavetable sound card. The MPU-401­compatible interface naturally also ensures full
General MIDI (GM) compatibility under DOS.

Games are also pure pleasure with compatibility to
Adlib, Soundblaster and SoundblasterPro standards

• SoundBlaster™

• SoundBlasterPro™

• Multimedia PC (MPC Level II)

• DirectX™ (Direct Sound)

Audio features.

• 8/16-bit audio stereo/mono for hardware­supported recording and playback with 4 kHz –

55.2 kHz

• Simultaneous enhanced full duplex recording
and playback (Dual DMA)

• 4-bit hardware compression ADPCM

• Record and playback all audio sources

• VSpace™ for realistic 3D sound

• MPC Level III mixer

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FM synthesizer.

• OPL3-compatible FM synthesizer

• 20 parts, stereo

Stereo digital / analog mixer.

• Mix a wide variety of audio sources:

• CD audio

• MIC in

• LINE in

• Digital Audio (.wav)

• FM synthesizer (OPL3)

• ActiveRadio upgrade module

• Wavetable

MIDI interface.

• MPU-401™ MIDI interface (UART mode)

• Standard Soundblaster™ MIDI interface

Onboard amplifier.

• Stereo amplifier for headphones or passive
loudspeakers 2 x 1 watt

Driver support.

• MS-DOS™ 5.0 or higher

• Windows™ 3.1x

• Windows™ 95

• Windows™ NT 4.0

• OS/2 Warp™ 4

Scope of delivery.

• Sound card

• CD-ROM containing drivers, software and

multilingual documentation

• Quick reference guide (multilingual)

• Registration card

• 64-byte FIFO

• Duplex MIDI interface for simultaneous record &

playback gameport

• Supports max. two standard PC joysticks
(requires Y-adapter)

Radio Connector.

• Adapter for optional TerraTec ActiveRadio
upgrade module (FM stereo RDS tuner)

WaveBlaster™ compatible port.

• Compatible to all TerraTec WaveSystems

• Compatible to most wavetable upgrades from

other manufacturers (WaveBlaster™ pin­compatible)

System requirements.

• IBM™ PC AT, 386, 486 or higher

• 480 kb RAM for DOS installation

• 4 MB RAM for Windows applications

• VGA or SVGA

• MS-DOS™ 5.0 or higher

• Windows™ 3.1 or higher

• Free 16-bit ISA slot

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