S3 Unveils Next-Generation Monster Sound Accelerator; Monster Sound MX400 Delivers Highest-Quality Audio for PC Gaming and Music Playback.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999-- S3(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq:SIII), a leader in interactive multimedia acceleration, today announced the newest addition to its award-winning Monster Sound line of audio accelerators, the Monster Sound MX400. Hitting retail stores in time for the holidays, the Monster Sound MX400 provides an advanced 3D positional audio solution for gamers and enthusiasts who demand the highest quality sound from their PCs. Featuring ESS Technology's Canyon3D processor, the Monster Sound MX400 audio solution is expected to be available in November at an estimated U.S. retail price of $99. With 32 DirectSound(R) hardware streams and quadraphonic quad·ra·phon·ic also quad·ri·phon·ic adj. Of or for a four-channel sound system in which speakers are positioned at all four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of each other. HRTF-based "true" four-speaker playback, the Monster Sound MX400 allows consumers to experience incredibly realistic sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros in PC games, enjoy high fidelity playback of digital music and utilize Dolby Digital(R) PC home theater features for enhanced audio in DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. movies. "The Monster Sound MX400 audio accelerator provides consumers with an all-inclusive PC audio solution at a very reasonable price," said Michael Buchanan, Senior Director of Desktop Marketing for S3's Multimedia Business Unit. "With Monster Sound MX400, S3 continues to deliver advanced audio solutions for consumers who want the best possible sound quality on their PC." Comprehensive Gaming and Digital Audio Solution Providing PC users with high-end features for premium PC sound quality, the Monster Sound MX400 features horizontal and vertical positioning, MacroFX(tm) for near-field effects, support for 32 DirectSound 3D hardware voices and Sensaura's(R) Multi-Drive technology for true quadraphonic output. The Monster Sound MX400 audio solution also provides high-quality wave table synthesis See wavetable synthesis. and a premier 320-voice wave table with up to 64 supported voices to 4MB. Additionally, the Monster Sound MX400 supports advanced quality Dolby Digital(R) PC home theater features including S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital InterFace) A serial interface for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and TVs. S/PDIF is typically used to transmit PCM and Dolby Digital 5.1, but is not tied to any sampling rate or audio standard. Out for PC DVD movie playback, and supports industry compatible API's including, DirectSound, DirectSound 3D, A3D (hardware) A3D - (Aureal 3-Dimensional?) A technology developed by Aureal that delivers sound with a three-dimensional effect through two speakers. Many modern sound cards and PC games now support this feature. 1.0(tm), EAX (Environmental Audio Extensions) Sound card functions that reproduce the reverberation effects heard in different environments. Developed by Creative Labs, EAX provides an extension to the Windows DirectSound and OpenAL programming interfaces. 1.0(tm) and 2.0, and I3D I3D Chief of the Interoperability, Integration & Initiatives Division (J7) (JCS) I3D Interactive Three Dimensional (tm) level 2. Games and Internet Audio Jukebox Utilities Allowing PC consumers to experience advanced 3D positional audio out of the box, S3's Monster Sound MX400 comes equipped with Slave Zero(tm) by Infogrames, Test Drive 2 Off Road, Mixman Studio FX(tm) including 50 free exports to MP3, and Yamaha's(tm) Soft Synthesizer synthesizer Machine that electronically generates and modifies sounds, frequently with the use of a digital computer, for use in the composition of electronic music and in live performance. (tm) S-YX(tm)G50. Also shipping with the Monster Sound MX400 is a variety of digital audio jukebox applications for playing back music tracks from the Internet, including RioPort Audio Manager(tm) by RioPort.com, AudioCatalyst(R) by Xing, Liquid Player(tm) by Liquid Audio, S3's Audio InControl Tools, Zoran's (MGI MGI Mouse Genome Informatics MGI Modular Gateway Interface MGI McKinsey Global Institute MGI Military Geographic Information MGI Marine Geological Institute MGI Policy on the Management of Government Information (Canada) )Soft DVD(tm) and Vorton's Soft Karaoke. Additionally packaged with the Monster Sound MX400 is a hot musical suite of MP3 audio files featuring various musical artists. Pre-Order the Ultimate Power in 3D Positional Audio Beginning the week of October 4, 1999, S3 is offering consumers the opportunity to pre-order the Monster Sound MX400 online at Babbages: www.babbages.com, CompUSA: www.compusa.com and S3's Estore: www.estore.diamondmm.com. About S3 Incorporated Building on the technology, distribution and brand strengths of its Communications, Multimedia, Professional Graphics and RioPort divisions, S3 is committed to delivering targeted products for the Personal Computer, Communications and Consumer/Internet Appliance markets. Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements that are subject to risk and uncertainties, including the impact of competitive products and pricing and of alternative technological advances, design, competitive product and other factors that may affect current and potential customers' decisions to use the company's products, and other risks detailed from time to time in S3's SEC reports and in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated August 16, 1999 of S3 and Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc.. S3 is a registered trademark of S3 Incorporated. The S3 corporate logo is a trademark of S3 Incorporated. 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