Re: Need SuperSonic Sound card docs

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article jbcole@ix.netcom.com (JB) writes...

>If anyone has a copy of the docs for a supersonic sound card I'd appreciate
>a copy of it.

    MDIdeas didn't include much in terms of documention, just a folded
sheet of paper/phamplet with instructions on how to run the MCS stereo
demo disk, installing the card, and obviously, how to configure the
jumper pins.

>Or, if someone could tell me what the jumpers are for....

    They're for setting type of speaker output the card is connected to.
You need two jumper blocks, one for each side, and they should match on
the pairs of pins (i.e. LN/LN, HI/HI, LO/LO). I assume they control 
the left/right channel outputs.

    "LN" is for Line Level, which would go to an amplified source
like a stereo or external amplifier. "HI" is for High Level, which
is for a non-amplified source (any type of speakers that just plug
in without any power source and generally sound weak and faint). 
"LO" is supposed to be used for headphones or a stand-alone pair of
amplified speakers (like Bose Roommates). Still, you might want to
experiment and try the three different settings, I vagely remember
some would pick up more electrical "noise" from the motherboard than
others (like the floppy drive seeking, etc). I _think_ "LN" was my
favorite preference, you might want to try that (again, remember to 
place the jumpers on _both_ to the same settings, do not mix them).

    The 1/8" phono jack and 7-pin molex connector hanging off the
card need no explaining (though just in case, you do know you have
to plug that latter bit onto the pins marked J25 on motherboard --
the Ensoniq molex I/O connector). The connector on the side is for
adding an optional sound digitizer, which is a little daughterboard
that piggybacks onto the stereo card.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca