Terratec Audiosystem EWS 64 XL

Terratec Audiosystem EWS 64 XL ... operating system. The keyword here is "plug and play"(PnP). Under a PnP BIOS and/or Windows 95, the sound card is automatically recognized and set up in the system. You no longer need to worry about IRQ s, DMA s and I/O addresses. But even with older systems the straightforward control software makes installation a much simpler process.

Digital recording and playback of sounds is achieved through both the highly integrated CODEC and the processor of the synthesizer component. Through careful card design, it has been possible to achieve a signal-to-noise ratio that is unusually high for a sound card (over 93 dB on the signal path from In-2 via the AD and DA transformers to the Out-1). Recording and playback can be carried out simultaneously up to a maximum sample rate of 48 kHz at 16 bit resolution (analog) and up to 20 bits digitally (during playback). This represents a far better performance than a CD player. In theory, playback of up to 32 tracks is possible. In practice, however, the number of tracks is limited by the speed of the ISA bus.