Montego A3DXstream(TM)
64-voice PCI Audio Accelerator
Turtle Beach brings you the ultimate in PCI audio technology with
the Montego A3DXstream.
With advanced features such as the high-speed bus-mastering scatter-
gather PCI audio interface, DirectSound acceleration, 64-voice
wavetable synthesis, Aureal 3D positional audio for realistic
gaming effects, and hardware-based, full-duplex record playback at
full bandwidth, Montego maximizes your multimedia experience by
delivering state-of-the art audio performance!
Montego also runs legacy DOS games, so you can supercharge
Windows audio without giving up DOS games compatibility
(not available in NT and OS/2).
Montego is the affordable way to upgrade PC performance in Windows.
Which is just what you'd expect from the leaders in award-winning PC
sound technology - Turtle Beach!
Why Upgrade to Montego A3DXstream?
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* High-res, 18-bit converters: Record and play digital audio
with exceptional clarity at up to 48 KHz sample rates.
* > 92 dB signal-to-noise ratio: Super low-noise technology provides
the ultimate in audio quality.
* Supports all of the latest PC audio standards and most DOS games.
Experience the thrill of Aureal A3D, hardware-accelerated
DirectSound audio, and 64-voice wavetable synthesis - while
still maintaining compatibility with the majority of DOS
games designed to work on an ISA Sound Blaster(R)-compatible
card.
* State-of the art PCI Audio technology: Uses the PCI bus to
transfer data faster than ISA sound cards, and actually mixes
up to 48 DirectX streams of audio on the sound card hardware,
freeing your computer's CPU for tasks such as 3-D graphics and
full-motion video.
* Aureal 3D Positional Sound: Supports Aureal 3D positional sound
(A3D), now implemented in many new games written for Windows 95.
A3D creates a more life-like listening experience, allowing the
user to hear sounds from all sides and above, on only two
speakers or headphones!
* Internet-ready with enhanced stereo full-duplex audio: Power your
Internet phone software with hardware-based full-duplex digital
audio to simultaneously record and play high-resolution sound at
full bandwidth.
* Easy Installation: Fully Plug'n'Play compatible.
Specifications
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Montego A3DXstream Sound Card Specifications:
* Bus Interface: PCI bus master with 48-channel DMA interface
ensures low system overhead for audio data transfers.
Plug'n'Play-compatible.
* Compatibility: Windows 3.1/95/98/NT 4.0/NT 5.0, Plug'n'Play.
* Games Compatibility: Software compatible with most Sound
Blaster(TM) Pro games in Windows DOS Box environment and in real
mode DOS. Microsoft(R) DirectSound(TM) Games in the Windows 95
environment.
* Audio Converters: 18-bit ADC and DAC with sophisticated sample
rate conversion for high-quality digital mixing.
* Signal to Noise: Better than 92 dB (A-weighted).
* THD: Better than -92 dB (0.005%) (A-weighted).
* Stereo Crosstalk: 100 Hz (-89 dB); 1 KHz (-90 dB);
10 KHz (-87 dB).
* Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 KHz (+/-1 dB).
* Sampling Rates: up to 48 KHz in less than 3 Hz steps.
* Digital Audio Processor: Hardware full-duplex for simultaneous
record/playback at full bandwidth with independent record/
playback rate. Auto-muting after periods of digital silence.
16 hardware digital mixers for processing PCI audio streams.
* Sample Rate Converters: 16 hardware-based sample rate converters
for processing digital audio streams of different sample rates
without imposing any CPU processing load.
* Aureal A3D Interactive Sound: A3D positional audio enhancement
when running A3D-enhanced games.
* Audio Inputs/Outputs: Mono microphone input, stereo line input,
stereo line output, stereo aux input on internal header, CD input
on internal header, modem audio in/out on internal header.
* Wavetable Synthesizer: 64-voice advanced wavetable synthesis
(32 hardware + 32 hardware accelerated software) with 4 MB
instrument samples stored in PC system RAM using dynamic caching
to minimize RAM requirements for only the instruments being used.
Reverberation and chorus on MIDI wavetable instruments.
* Synthesizer daughter board connector: WaveBlaster(TM)-compatible
for connecting optional wavetable expansion card.
* MIDI Interface: Hardware-based MPU-401 MIDI UART-compatible
interface through joystick connector.
* Joystick interface: Standard analog/digital joystick support
(digital joystick further accelerates gameplay by performing
remote polling of the joystick position without CPU
intervention).
* S/PDIF Expander port: Accepts optional S/PDIF expander card for
recording and playback of pure digital audio.
Includes:
* Turtle Beach Montego A3DXstream sound card.
* Turtle Beach Applications CD with Voyetra Software Suite.
* CD audio cable.
* Getting Started Guide.
Software:
* Voyetra MIDI Orchestrator Plus (MIDI Sequencer).
* AudioStation 2 (CD, WAV, MIDI media controller).
* AudioView (Digital audio editor).
* MIDI Orchestrator (MIDI global parameter editor).
* Jam Grid (Interactive MIDI music maker).
* Music games.
* Multimedia diagnostic programs.
* Wide selection of sound files (WAV) and music files (MIDI).
* Drivers for Windows 3.1/95/98/NT 4.0/NT 5.0
Minimum System Requirements:
* IBM(R) PC or compatible computer running Windows(R) 3.1, 95, 98, NT 4.0,
NT 5.0 or higher
* 75 MHz Pentium(R) or higher processor.
(A3D and wavetable performance increase with higher processor speeds.
A 200 MHz MMX CPU is recommended for maximum performance.)
* 16 MB RAM
(4 MB required for wavetable instrument sounds, 32 MB for Windows NT.)
* 12 MB hard drive space, for software installation.
* Available PCI slot.
* CD-ROM drive, for software installation.
* Powered speakers and/or headphones
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