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THE PRO AUDIO SPECTRUM XL DESIGN SURVEY
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Media Vision wants your ideas on what features to add to the next version
of the Pro AudioSpectrum 16. Our engineers are debating many possibilities
that will help make the next generation Pro Audio Spectrum audio card
everything you could ask for.
With your response to this poll, we'll better understand what things you want
in multimedia hardware. This is your chance to help design the Pro
AudioSpectrum XL!
Please return this form (NOT JUST THE ANSWERS) by mailing it to CompuServe
account 75300,2772 or by FAX to (510) 226-2582 to the Attention of
Ken Nicholson.
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Circle the number that best describes your answer. If responding with an
electronic mail message, put parentheses around your selection.
Example:
Unimportant Very Important
X) How important is the color? (1) 2 3 4 5
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DIGITAL AUDIO:
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Unimportant Very Important
1) How important is Sound Blaster
compatiblity? 1 2 3 4 5
2) How important is Sound Blaster PRO
compatiblity? 1 2 3 4 5
3) How important is Sound Blaster 16 ASP
compatiblity? 1 2 3 4 5
4) How important is Disney Sound Source
compatiblity? 1 2 3 4 5
5) How important is Windows Sound System
compatiblity? 1 2 3 4 5
6) How important is audio compression for
playback? 1 2 3 4 5
7) How important is audio compression for
recording? 1 2 3 4 5
8) For each of the following compression
methods, rate the importance of supporting them:
Unimportant Very Important
Mu-law, A-law (2:1 compression) 1 2 3 4 5
IMA (4:1) 1 2 3 4 5
CD-XA 1 2 3 4 5
MSADPCM (4:1) 1 2 3 4 5
DOLBY ACM (6:1) 1 2 3 4 5
_____________ (OTHER) 1 2 3 4 5
9) How important is precise sound
reproduction (audiophile quality) ? 1 2 3 4 5
10) How important is Q-Sound? 1 2 3 4 5
11) How important is Dolby Surround Sound? 1 2 3 4 5
12) How important is 4-channel
(Quadrophonic) Sound? 1 2 3 4 5
13) How important is the ability to
digitally mix multiple tracks of
audio? (ie. blend 4 asynchronous
sound effects together in real time) 1 2 3 4 5
14) How important are hardware-assisted
sound effects? 1 2 3 4 5
15) For each of the following hardware-assisted
sound effect features, rate the importance
of supporting them:
Unimportant Very Important
Reverb 1 2 3 4 5
Distortion 1 2 3 4 5
Echo 1 2 3 4 5
Pitch Shifting 1 2 3 4 5
Filtration 1 2 3 4 5
Doppler effect 1 2 3 4 5
Underwater effect 1 2 3 4 5
__________________ (Other) 1 2 3 4 5
16) The PAS 16 has a feature known as DUAL DAC. With this feature, loading
two wave drivers in Windows, it's possible to play two sounds at once.
How important is this feature in the future ?
Unimportant Very Important
1 2 3 4 5
17) How important is Speech Recognition?
1 2 3 4 5
18) How important is Simultaneous Play
and Record? 1 2 3 4 5
19) How important is Text-to-Speech? 1 2 3 4 5
20) How important is Direct to Disk
recording? 1 2 3 4 5
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MIDI & MUSIC SYNTHESIS:
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Unimportant Very Important
1) How important is Adlib/OPL-2
MONO FM compatiblity? 1 2 3 4 5
2) How important is OPL-3
STEREO FM compatiblity? 1 2 3 4 5
3) How important is OPL-4
STEREO FM + Wave Table compatiblity? 1 2 3 4 5
4) How important is Wave Table Synthesis? 1 2 3 4 5
For wave table synthesis how important is:
General MIDI compatibility? 1 2 3 4 5
MT-32 compatibility? 1 2 3 4 5
Up/Downloadable sample capability? 1 2 3 4 5
5) How important is Wave Guide Synthesis? 1 2 3 4 5
6) How important are selectable channel
effects like Reverb, Pan, etc. 1 2 3 4 5
7) How important are MIDI In and Out ports? 1 2 3 4 5
8) How important is MPU-401 passive-mode
compatibility? 1 2 3 4 5
9) How important is MPU-401 active-mode
compatibility? 1 2 3 4 5
10) How important is MIDI merge? 1 2 3 4 5
11) How important is precise MIDI timing? 1 2 3 4 5
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MIXING, EQUALIZATION and AMPLIFICATION:
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Unimportant Very Important
1) How important is the ability to
mix several playback sources? 1 2 3 4 5
2) How important is the ability to
record multiple sources at the
same time? 1 2 3 4 5
3) How important is the ability to
monitor the record level? 1 2 3 4 5
4) How important is the ability to
monitor the level of the recorded
input? 1 2 3 4 5
5) How important is the ability to
see when recorded input is clipping? 1 2 3 4 5
6) How important is the ability to
monitor the level for each input
independently? 1 2 3 4 5
7) For each input of the mixer, indicate
the importance of having the following
control:
Unimportant Very Important
Select input gain? 1 2 3 4 5
Select input attenuation? 1 2 3 4 5
Select input crossover (L->R, R->L)? 1 2 3 4 5
Select Stereo/Mono (L->R, R->L)? 1 2 3 4 5
Select input equalization? 1 2 3 4 5
Select inputs destination (output)? 1 2 3 4 5
8) How important is a stereo microphone
input (instead of mono)? 1 2 3 4 5
9) How important is the AGC feature on the
microphone input? 1 2 3 4 5
10) How important are the following
Equalization (EQ) features?
Unimportant Very Important
Loudness feature 1 2 3 4 5
Stereo Enhance feature 1 2 3 4 5
Simulated Stereo (from mono source) 1 2 3 4 5
Bass & Treble control 1 2 3 4 5
Multi-band Parametric Equalizer: 1 2 3 4 5
Number of bands preferred: _____
Reverb feature 1 2 3 4 5
Balance feature 1 2 3 4 5
Fade Front/Rear feature 1 2 3 4 5
Unimportant Very Important
11) How important is PC-speaker mixing? 1 2 3 4 5
12) How important is PC-speaker output? 1 2 3 4 5
13) How important is RealSound smoothing
feature? 1 2 3 4 5
14) How important is line out connector? 1 2 3 4 5
15) How important is amplified out
connector? 1 2 3 4 5
16) How important is a volume knob on
the card's bracket? 1 2 3 4 5
17) How important is a master record
volume feature? 1 2 3 4 5
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SCSI / CD-ROM SUPPORT:
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1) How important is SCSI as opposed
to a non-SCSI interface? 1 2 3 4 5
2) How important is SCSI-2 compliance? 1 2 3 4 5
4) How important is data transfer rate?
1 2 3 4 5
5) Rate from 1 to 5 the relative importance of
the following features where:
1 is the most important
and 5 is the least important:
Data Transfer Rate ______ (how fast? ______)
Ease of installation, configuration ______
Boot ROM ______
Floppy controller circuitry ______
6) How important is ASPI support?
1 2 3 4 5
7) How important is the ability to
connect the following external hardware?
Hard Disks 1 2 3 4 5
Tape Back Up Units 1 2 3 4 5
Removable Cartridge drives 1 2 3 4 5
Flopical Drives 1 2 3 4 5
Scanners 1 2 3 4 5
_________________(Other) 1 2 3 4 5
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MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES:
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Unimportant Very Important
1) How important is a joystick interface? 1 2 3 4 5
For joystick, indicate the importance of:
Bus speed independent operation 1 2 3 4 5
Two-joystick support 1 2 3 4 5
2) How important is a built-in modem
feature? 1 2 3 4 5
For modem, indicate the importance of:
2400b 1 2 3 4 5
9600b 1 2 3 4 5
ARQ 1 2 3 4 5
vis/bis compatiblity 1 2 3 4 5
ability to monitor phone line 1 2 3 4 5
ability to record phone line 1 2 3 4 5
ability to play mixer output to
phone line 1 2 3 4 5
touch tone (DTMF) recognition 1 2 3 4 5
Video phone compatiblity 1 2 3 4 5
3) How important is a built-in fax
feature? 1 2 3 4 5
2400b 1 2 3 4 5
9600b 1 2 3 4 5
Group III 1 2 3 4 5
touch tone (DTMF) recognition 1 2 3 4 5
voice recognition 1 2 3 4 5
color fax compatibilty 1 2 3 4 5
4) How important is a DSP ? 1 2 3 4 5
For DSP's indicate the importance of:
Compatibility with another DSP 1 2 3 4 5
(specify:_____________________)
Ability to program (programmable vs
fixed function: ie RAM vs ROM) 1 2 3 4 5
MIPS rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Existing software support: 1 2 3 4 5
5) How important is MPC compatibility? 1 2 3 4 5
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List in order of importance features you'd like to see added:
1 __________________________________________________________
2 __________________________________________________________
3 __________________________________________________________
4 __________________________________________________________
5 __________________________________________________________
List in order of importance the things you would change about
your current sound card
1 __________________________________________________________
2 __________________________________________________________
3 __________________________________________________________
4 __________________________________________________________
5 __________________________________________________________
List anything that would definitely eliminate a sound card
from your consideration:
1 __________________________________________________________
2 __________________________________________________________
3 __________________________________________________________
4 __________________________________________________________
5 __________________________________________________________
Additional comments welcomed:
____________________________________________________________
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We need to get some idea about the price you'd pay to for a sound
card that had all the features you indicated were important.
Remember that we often don't add a feature because it might add
$15.00 to the price you'd pay. Low numbers here won't change our
pricing, it'll cause us to eliminate possible features.
1) For an upgrade from my current sound card:
$_____ would be too much money.
$_____ would be reasonable.
$_____ would be a bargain.
2) To buy the card without upgrade (street price):
$_____ would be too much money.
$_____ would be reasonable.
$_____ would be a bargain.
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INFO ABOUT YOU:
Describe your system:
BRAND, CPU/SPEED, MEMORY: _________________________________________
GRAPHICS CARD: ____________________________________________________
SOUND HARDWARE: ___________________________________________________
AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS: _______________________________________________
MIDI EQUIPMENT: __________________________________________________
CD-ROM DRIVE(S): _________________________________________________
VIDEO EQUIPMENT: __________________________________________________
2) Do you use sound hardware at: (check all that apply)
Home____ School ____ Work ____
3) What is your line of work?
___ Education ___ Computer Professional
___ Artist ___ Marketing
___ Accounting/Financial ___ Military Governmental
___ Sales ___ Manufacturing/Operations
___ Training ___ Security
___ Retail Sales ___ Management
___ Telecommunications ___ Industrial
___ Entertainment ___ Scientific
___ Other (specify) _______________________
3) How do you use your sound hardware (check all that apply):
___ Games / Entertainment ____ Reference material
___ Presentations ____ Education
___ Measurement ____ Kiosks/ Point-of-Sale
___ Music Composition ____ Broadcasting
___ Hobby ____ voice annotation
___ Voice recognition ____ Text To Speech
___ Digital Recording ____ MIDI recording
___ CD-ROM controller ____ Research
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Your name: ___________________________________________________________
Daytime Phone: _______________________________________________________
Evening Phone: ______________________________________________________
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