Date: November 17th, 2003
Article by: Tristan Kay (Hardware Reviewer)
Edited by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Via Technologies
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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Compatibility

· DirectSound / 3D
· A3D 1.0
· EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0
· MacroFX
· EnvironmentFX
· MultiDrive
· ZoomFX
· I3DL2
· PC 2001
· PCI specification rev. 2.1, 2.2
· PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification 1.0

Digital Audio

· 24 Bit / 96kHz recording
· 24 Bit / 192 kHz * playback
· Extended full duplex stereo for recording & playback (mono/stereo)
· Record and playback all audio sources
· MultiDrive
· MacroFX
· EnviromentFX
· ZoomFX

Audio Mixer


· Individual level controls for all audio sources

External Output

· Digital optical output, 44.1 kHz / 48 kHz / 96 kHz / 192 kHz * (TOS link)
· Digital input, optical, 44.1 kHz / 48 kHz / 96 kHz (TOS link)
· 4 Line Outs, stereo (3.5 mm) 24 Bit / 192 kHz *
· Line In, stereo (3.5 mm) 24 Bit / 96 kHz
· Microphone In, mono (3.5 mm) 24 Bit / 96 kHz

Onboard connections


· 2 separate CD audio inputs, stereo (MPC3)
· Aux In, stereo (MPC3)

Drivers

· Windows 98 SE / Me
· Windows 2000 / XP

Control Panel


· Windows 98 SE / Me
· Windows 2000 / XP

Software

· Software DVD Player
· Music match Jukebox
· Emagic Logic Fun
· Free- & Shareware

System requirements

· One free PCI 2.1 compatible PCI slot and one other free slot
Intel Pentium III or AMD K6 III 500 or higher
· 64 MB system memory
· Screen resolution of at least 800 x 600, 16 bit color
· CD-ROM drive / DVD-ROM drive (for the DVD Player)
· 50 MB free hard disk Space

* 8-channel-playback requires Windows XP. Other Operating Systems support 6 channels. 192 kHz-playbacks requires Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (for free download visit www.microsoft.com).