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- ║ AudioMaster ║
- ║ Sound Card ║
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- by Tony Curro
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- In, June, I had the pleasure of experiencing a night at Carnegie
- Hall. This was for the presentation of the Media Master Sound Standard.
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- Since that time I have received the OmniLabs AudioMaster Sound
- Card. This is the first sound card to be made using the Media Master
- standard. Hearing it on my system impressed me all over.
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- AudioMaster comes with a microphone, Joystick/MIDI Port, cables,
- and software for both DOS and Windows (with OS/2 software available soon
- for free, to registered users). You can purchase several add-on boards to
- add to the card, while still only using one slot. The card has 384K of
- memory, which can be increased to over a megabyte with an add-on board; an
- FM Synthesizer card (for AdLib support); CD-ROM interface card for several
- different drives; MIDI breakout box; Amplified Speakers.
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- AudioMaster support Monologue in Windows, and plays .MID files
- using a JukeBox and .WAV files. In addition there is a Digital Mixer,
- Digital Audio Recorder, and audio CD-ROM player for Windows.
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- DOS programs include:
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- Band-In-A-Box - Professional music maker.
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- Music Tutor Series - Learn basics of music and sight reading.
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- Sequencer Plus Jr. - Professional Sequencer
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- Command-Line Multimedia Player - Allows Multimedia sound to
- Autodesk Animator, Harvard Graphics and other presentation/animation
- programs.
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- CD-Music Player - Play audio CDs in the background in DOS.
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- JukeBox - Play selections that come with it, or create your own.
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- If you are looking for a sound card that is compatible with
- SoundBlaster, this is not it. I was talking to the technical support
- people, who tell me that many companies are committing to creating drivers
- for this new sound standard. The sounds will be raised another level, as
- this card surpasses current sound cards on the market that I have seen and
- heard. For use with Windows, I think it has the best sound. For musicians,
- this is the best on the market. You can use many sound effects and musical
- instruments.
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- Installation is very easy and painless. Just insert the card and
- run install from the floppy. In most cases you would not need to change any
- settings on the card, although even changing DMA, IRQ and so on, are very
- simple and well documented.
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- ║ Product Information ║
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- ║ OmniLabs ║
- ║ AudioMaster ║
- ║ Sound Card ║
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- Release date and price have not been set at of this writing.