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The UltraSound Extreme provides gamers with superior technology at an affordable price. UltraSound Extreme features 32-voice wavetable synthesis and 20 enhanced FM voices, hardware mixing that enhances game performance, and 32 channels for digital effects. In addition, UltraSound Extreme is the first Gravis sound card to offer gamers absolute hardware compatibility with both the UltraSound and Sound Blaster Pro standards. | The UltraSound Extreme provides gamers with superior technology at an affordable price. UltraSound Extreme features 32-voice wavetable synthesis and 20 enhanced FM voices, hardware mixing that enhances game performance, and 32 channels for digital effects. In addition, UltraSound Extreme is the first Gravis sound card to offer gamers absolute hardware compatibility with both the UltraSound and Sound Blaster Pro standards. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:09, 21 October 2023
The UltraSound Extreme provides gamers with superior technology at an affordable price. UltraSound Extreme features 32-voice wavetable synthesis and 20 enhanced FM voices, hardware mixing that enhances game performance, and 32 channels for digital effects. In addition, UltraSound Extreme is the first Gravis sound card to offer gamers absolute hardware compatibility with both the UltraSound and Sound Blaster Pro standards.
The UltraSound Extreme delivers quality sound performance:
- Dynamic 32-voice UltraSound wavetable synthesis and digital audio, plus 20 enhanced FM voices
- GF1 UltraSound wavetable synthesizer for proven quality sound
- ESS AudioDrive(TM) Sound Blaster Pro-compatible FM synthesizer
- Easy compatibility with support for Windows® and General MIDI
- RAM-based sound system that supports large custom instrument patches for rich, high-quality sound (1 MB RAM installed)
- Expandable 5.6 MB General MIDI patch set
- ATAPI IDE CD-ROM interface
- Speed-compensating game port
- Over 500 MB of great-sounding games, demos and music applications
- VocalTec's Internet Phone software with unlimited talk time
The UltraSound Extreme supports MPC3 and most PC sound platforms, including General MIDI, Sound Blaster, and Roland SCC-1 and MT-32 and is Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 compatible.
Troubleshooting[edit]
Installing the UltraSound Extreme into a PC running Windows NT v4.0[edit]
- Make sure that NT is running reliably on your computer.
- Shut down your computer and install the Ultrasound Extreme into an empty ISA slot on your motherboard; restart your computer.
- Once the computer is up and NT is running, insert the NT CD-ROM; close the AutoPlay menu if it opens.
- To install the drivers for the Extreme, select START/SETTINGS/CONTROL PANELS and double-click on the MULTIMEDIA icon.
- Select the DEVICES tab.
- Double-click on AUDIO DEVICES and make sure no devices of this class are already installed; if one exists it must be removed before continuing. Once you've checked this, "OK" the screen away.
- Select ADD and choose UNLISTED OR UPDATED DRIVER.
- Browse the NT CD; start at the root level and go to DRVLIB\AUDIO\ESS\i386; click on OK; verify the path is correct and click OK; check that the driver listed is ESS688\ESS1688\ESS1788 AudioDrive; click on OK.
- The "ESS Base I/O Address" and the "ES16(7)88 Configuration" settings (IRQ, DMA, MPU401) can be accepted or changed at your discretion; make changes if desired and click on CONTINUE to go to the next option. Note that the ADVANCED tab will allow you to adjust the DMA buffer size if needed.
- When finished click on OK, then select RESTART NOW. Once your PC has rebooted into NT you should have audio; if not, work on the assumption that the drivers are installed and working and investigate other areas of audio failure such as speaker connection, Volume Control settings, etc.