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Labway Xwave Thunder 3D

In Xwave Thunder 3D was a PCI sound card released in 1999, based on the VLSI VT21702 audio controller, also known as 'Thunderbird 128'.

Released 1999
Bus PCI
FM Synth (Embedded)
Audio Codec (Embedded)
Chipset VLSI VT21702 (Thunderbird 128)
Standards Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro 2, Windows Sound System, General MIDI, AC'97
Ports Front Speaker-Out, Rear Speaker-Out, Mic-In, Line-In (stereo), Game port
CD-ROM None
Wavetable Software-based (Yamaha S-YXG50 SoftSynthesizer)
Plug & Play Yes
Part # A481-P2
FCC ID(s) LWHA481P2
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The XWave Thunder 3D, also known as the A481P2 was a late PCI sound card that supported DirectSound 3D, EAX, Aureal 3D v1.0, Dolby 5.1 surround sound and was AC'97 v2.1 compliant. The card had a PC/PCI header for legacy audio support with a compatible PC/PCI motherboard, as well as DDMA and DMAC (8237) emulation..

Its wavetable synthesizer had no onboard memory, instead able to use up to 8 MB of system memory for samples.

The Xwave Thunder 3D came with a CD-ROM that included Yamaha S-YXG50 SoftSynthesizer, Yamaha XG Studio, Yamaha MidPlug, Yamaha Classic 100, Yamaha Wave Editor, Yamaha SoundVQ (Trial version), Yamaha XGworks (Demo version), and Yamaha YStation32, DemonStar (shareware version), and MediaRing Talk 99 Internet Voice Communication.


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