From: "A.D.R." <root@volrm67.vol.it>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 03:59:46 +0100 (MET)
(46 min left), (H)elp, More? Subject: Ultrasound PnP, Ultrasound PnP Pro PRESS R
ELEASE

Look what I found on the Gravis www site!!!
(I know the site presents you just a 'work in progress' page, but you
can access everything if you know the filenames!! :-))

FROM the PRESS RELEASES PAGE:
(http://advanced.gravis.com/PRESSBOX.HTM)

Gravis' New PnP Sound Cards Base On The AMD Interwave(tm) Chip
10/09/95 (http://advanced.gravis.com/press/grpr26.txt)
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CONTACT:    Megan McFeely
            imagio
            206-625-0252
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 Advanced Gravis' New PnP Sound Cards Use the AMD Interwave Chip to
Deliver Wavetable Sound at Reduced Price

Full-Duplex Capabilities and Bundle Offer
Telephone-Like Communication Via the Internet

BURNABY, British Columbia, October 9, 1995 --  Advanced Gravis Computer
Technology Ltd. announces a new generation of wavetable PC sound cards,
the UltraSound Plug & Play and the UltraSound Plug & Play Pro.  The new
cards offer the quality of wavetable sound and the convenience of Windows
'95 PnP at very affordable prices.  Expected to be one of the first Plug
& Play wavetable sound cards on the market, the standard and Pro
versions are estimated to have a street price of $149.00 and $199.00 US,
respectively.  Competing sound cards typically cost up to $50 more.
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Advanced Gravis is the most prominent company to offer a sound card with
full duplex capabilities, making simultaneous, real-time verbal
conversation on the Internet possible. To fully showcase this feature,
Advanced Gravis is including with the UltraSound Plug & Play  a
microphone and a complete bundle of software enabling users to utilize
the Internet for telephonic communications.  This full Internet package
is comprised of:

- -  CompuServer Internet access kit, which includes the Mosaic_ browser
   for access to the Internet;
- -  Internet Phone, which allows users to "dial-up" and actually speak to
   others on-line;
- -  RealAudio, which delivers real-time sound for programming such as
   concerts and  sporting events.

The UltraSound Plug & Play sound cards are the first to announce use of
the highly-integrated Interwave chip developed by Advanced Micro
Devices.  The Interwave chip was developed as the result of a joint
venture between Gravis and AMD utilizing Advanced Gravis' UltraSound_
audio technology.  The Interwave chip is the first to provide integration
of the MPC-3 multimedia requirements.  This integrated technology allows
Gravis to deliver more honest reproduction of sound and reduce the card's
cost without sacrificing the quality of the other components.

"Gravis pioneered consumer-priced wavetable synthesis, with its
introduction of the world's first affordable 32-voice wavetable sound
card, the UltraSound," says Mike Cooper, President of Advanced Gravis.
"So, it makes sense that we would be one of the first to introduce
Windows 95 Plug & Play wavetable sound cards especially at a reasonable
 price."

For the first time, Gravis is offering instrument samples in ROM format
as well as in its widely accepted RAM architecture.  The Pro version
comes with 512K RAM installed, making it compatible with UltraSound, the
industry's most widely supported, full-featured wavetable sound card.
Both versions can be upgraded to up to 8MB of RAM delivering the ability
to load a broader array of high-quality custom sounds and digital effects
such as flange, reverb and chorus.

Like the family of UltraSound cards, the UltraSound Plug & Play features
musical sound from playback samples of real instruments.  Unlike other
sound boards that use FM synthesis, the true 16-bit, 32 voice UltraSound
Plug & Play cards use all digital wavetable synthesis to produce superior
CD-quality sound.  (FM syntheses tries to electronically emulate
instruments producing unrealistic simulated sounds,
 while wavetable
synthesis relies on digital recordings of actual sound.)  The sound
quality, price and convenience of the UltraSound Plug & Play line
make it an ideal choice for a first-time sound card buyer or as an upgrade
for experienced users. The UltraSound Plug & Play will replace the
UltraSound MAX in the Gravis line of wavetable sound cards.

The UltraSound Plug & Play is an ideal card for the Internet, but also
delivers technical and performance enhancements which make it a
well-rounded wavetable sound card for other uses.

Technical Advantages:
- -  Built using the AMD Interwave chip - fully transparent in its
   operation, the AMD Interwave chip provides third generation wavetable
   technology and quality;
- -  Plug n Play compliant, Win95 compatible - for 
maximum ease of use;
- -  Packaged with popular software - Internet Phone, RealAudio, Cakewalk
   Express, CompuServe Internet kit with the Mosaic browser, Sound
   Forgev 2.0, WinDecks stereo rack, 200MB of games and demos for
   additional fun;
- -  Enhanced emulation mode - greatly improved and transparent
   emulation of other sound standards for games that don't support
   UltraSound directly;
   optimized to take advantage of new features in the Interwave chip
   for backward  compatibility with Sound Blaster and General MIDI
   applications;
- -  Upgradeable to 8MB RAM using standard 30-pin SIMMs - to create and use
   custom instruments and have access to richer quality sound;  digital
   sound effects such as reverb, chorus and flange will be available via
   a software upgrade in the first quarter '96.

Performance Advantages:

- -  Ultra-compatible - most widely supported wavetable sound card for
   DOS games;
- -  Provides full duplex record and playback - ideal for Internet voice
   communication and multitrack recording applications;
- -  16-bit, stereo recording and playback, up to 48KHz - enables
   DAT-quality recording from a multitude of sources;
- -  Speed compensating, full gameport  - fastest way to connect your game
   controllers;
- -  Full 192 General MIDI instrument set, plus 6 GS drum kits - all the
   instruments you need for great music;
- -  5.6  megabyte General MIDI patch set - on CD-ROM for downloading
   to onboard memory of the card;
- -  Support for standard sound libraries - featuri
ng the Sound Operating
   System from HMI and the Audio Interface Library from Miles Design,
   which together comprise a majority of current games;

 Standard Features:
- -  Five input mixer with stereo and volume controls - allow you to
   control input from your sound sources;
- -  MPC-3 compatible;
- -  IDE CD-ROM interface;
- -  MIDI interface - connects industry standard MIDI instruments;
- -  External connectors including - stereo line-in, line-out,
   microphone-in, joystick/MIDI adapter;
- -  Supports most popular games - games written for Adlib, Sound Blaster,
   UltraSound, General MIDI, SCC-1 and MT-32.

The UltraSound Plug & Play works with all 386 and h
igher IBM PCs and
compatible computers. UltraSound Plug and Play comes with 1MB of ROM
standard.  The Pro version has 512K of onboard memory, features a 5.6
megabyte General MIDI patch set and supports applications written for
Windows 3.1 and Win 95, Sound Blaster, Roland MT-32, General MIDI and
UltraSound.

For more press information or photography, please call Megan McFeely,
senior account executive, imagio technology advertising and public
relations, at 206-625-0252.

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Advanced Gravis is the #1 provider of computer game devices in the world.
Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. is headquartered at #101 - 3750
North Fraser Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E9. Telephone: 604 431-5020,
Fax: 604 431-5155, Tech Support: 604 431-1807. US Distribution Center:
1790 Midway Lane, Bellingham, WA, USA 98226.
