SPECIFICATIONS
Advanced 3D Positional Audio Support: Sensaura HRTF 3D audio technology places sources in the X, Y and Z planes for true 360° positional effects that appear above, below and all around you. DSP accelerates 32 hardware and 16 software DirectSound3D™ streams. Compatible with A3D™ 1.0, EAX™ 1.0/2.0, IA3D, MacroFX™, MultiDrive™, Virtual Ear™.

2, 4 or 6-Speaker Digital Surround Sound: Home-theater surround sound through headphones or multiple speakers. Immersive 3D gaming and DVD audio with 2, 4 or 6-speakers and headphones (playback of Dolby Digital movie soundtracks from DVD requires a compatible software DVD player/encoder with provision for 6 speaker output).

Digital Audio Connectivity: Digital Outputs connect to external Dolby Digital® decoders, digital speakers and other home audio equipment with digital input.

Effects Processing: 10-band graphic EQ with presets and peak meters. Digital effects with versatile dual-bus effects routing mixer.

Acoustic Sound Fields: Customizable "sound fields" enhance playback of MP3, CD, DVD and other audio formats. Unlike sound cards that provide monophonic effects, Santa Cruz can position effects for each sound source to any speaker to create the perfect listening environment.

MIDI Wavetable Synthesizer: 8MB DLS synthesizer with scalable DSP/Host load sharing. 64-voice hardware polyphony with up to 1024 software voices. MIDI controllers for reverb, chorus, volume, envelope, pitch shift, tremolo and vibrato.

Audio Converters: Dual AC-97 2.1 audio codecs with full-duplex capability, for simultaneous recording and playback at sampling rates up to 48kHz. Three stereo 18 bit A/D converters for high-resolution recording (provides 4x better resolution than 16 bit converters). Three stereo 20 bit D/A converters for high-resolution playback of up to 6 independent streams.

Audio Performance

Analog (A-A):
Frequency Response:
10Hz - 120kHz (-3dB)
SNR: 96dB FS A-weighted.
THD+N: (-3dB): < -91dB FS (0.0027%).
Crosstalk: -105dB @ 100Hz

Digital Playback (D-A):
Frequency Response:
(-3dB) @ Fs = 48kHz: 10Hz to 20kHz
SNR: 90dB FS A-weighted
THD+N: (-3dB FS): < -87dB FS (0.004%).

Digital Recording (A-D):
Frequency Response: (-3dB) @ Fs = 48kHz: 10Hz to 20kHz
SNR: 93dB FS A-weighted
THD+N: (-3dB FS): < -84dB FS (0.005%).

Digital Output: 48kHz PCM audio or Dolby Digital® AC-3 for external decoder.

Games Compatibility: Supports most DOS games in Windows 95/98 (DOS box and Real Mode)

Analog Quad Mixer: Lets you pan analog sources between four speakers.


BOARD DIAGRAM
1. VersaJack – yellow 1/8" stereo mini-phone jack may be used as Analog Line or Headphones Output, Digital Output or Analog Line Input. All functions accessible from the Santa Cruz Control Panel application.

2. Mic In – pink 1/8" three-conductor mini-phone jack for monaural dynamic or condenser microphones. Selectable +20dB gain boost. Bias voltage for condenser mic on ring connector.

3. Line In – blue 1/8" stereo mini-phone jack, line level stereo input for connection to outputs of CD players, tape players or other line level audio outputs (-10dBV).

4. Front Speakers – green 1/8" stereo mini-phone jack, line level stereo output for connection to inputs of powered speakers, tape recorders or other line level audio outputs (-10dBV).

5. Back Speakers – black 1/8" stereo mini-phone jack, line level stereo output for connection to inputs of powered speakers, tape recorders or other line level audio outputs (-10dBV).

6. Gameport/MIDI connector – 15-pin D-sub port (female). Connects to digital and analog joysticks and game controllers. May also be used as a MIDI In/Out port with optional MIDI Adapter Cable.

7. High quality output circuits with power supply regulation and decoupling. Audio output circuits easily drive headphones or other difficult loads.

8. Wavetable Header – Standard, WaveBlaster(r) compatible header connects to Wavetable MIDI daughtercards such as the Turtle Beach Cancun FX.

9. PCI 2.1 Bus Mastering interface

10. Dual Codec Design – contains high resolution converters and mixer componentry for 6-channel playback, 4-channel simultaneous recording and Digital Outputs.

11. Highly integrated Crystal/Cirrus Logic CS4630 processor chip containing audio processing, SoundFusion(r) DSP, and DSP-enhanced wavetable MIDI synthesizer circuitry.

12. Upgrade Option Header – For future expansion.

13. TAD Connector – 4-pin MPC-3 header for connection audio telephony products.

14. CD Audio Connector – 4-pin MPC-3 header for connection to analog audio outputs of CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives.

15. Aux Input Connector – 4-pin MPC-3 header for connection to analog audio outputs of second CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

16. For Internal Use Only

17. CD-ROM S/PDIF Digital Input Connector – 2-pin header for connection to digital audio output of internally mounted CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Please Note: Service Pack 4 or higher is required for Windows NT 4.0.
Some features of the Santa Cruz will not be available in NT 4.0.



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