Sound Blaster is a family of sound cards and audio peripherals designed by Singaporean technology company Creative Technology (known in the US as Creative Labs). The first Sound Blaster card was introduced in 1989.
Sound Blaster sound cards were the de facto standard for consumer audio on the IBM PC compatible system platform, until the widespread transition to Microsoft Windows 95, which standardized the programming interface at application level (eliminating the importance of backward compatibility with Sound Blaster), and the evolution in PC design led to onboard audio electronics, which commoditized PC audio functionality. By 1995, Sound Blaster cards had sold over 15 million units worldwide and accounted for seven out of ten sound card sales.[1]
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Creative advertised the SoundBlaster 16 ("the 16-bit sound standard") with the slogan "Get Real", emphasizing its "real 100% SoundBlaster compatibility" and...
was the successor to the SoundBlaster Pro series of sound cards and introduced CD-quality digital audio to the SoundBlaster line. For optional wavetable...
SoundBlaster Audigy is a product line of sound cards from Creative Technology. The flagship model of the Audigy family used the EMU10K2 audio DSP, an...
The SoundBlaster AWE32 is an ISA sound card from Creative Technology. It is an expansion board for PCs and is part of the SoundBlaster family of products...
SoundBlaster Advanced Wave Effects 64 is an ISA sound card from Creative Technology. It is an add-on board for PCs. The card was launched in November...
after Creative renamed it the Game Blaster a year later, and marketed it through RadioShack in the US. The Game Blaster retailed for under $100 and was compatible...
The SoundBlaster X7 has the SB-Axx1 sound chip built-in. Android and iOS devices can change SBX Pro Studio audio settings with the SoundBlaster X7 Control...
presets for audio, present in Creative Technology SoundBlastersound cards starting with the SoundBlaster Live and the Creative NOMAD/Creative ZEN product...
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play MIDI files. It was first used on the SoundBlaster AWE32 sound card for its General MIDI support. SoundFont is a registered trademark of Creative...
Game Blaster. While the Game Blaster did not overcome AdLib's sound card market dominance, Creative used the platform to create the first SoundBlaster, which...
The Wave Blaster was an add-on MIDI-synthesizer for Creative SoundBlaster 16 and SoundBlaster AWE32 family of PC soundcards. It was a sample-based synthesis...
Marketed as a competitor to Wave Blaster-compatible cards, it is supposed to be installed alongside a SoundBlaster Pro/16 card as a sample-based synthesis...
SoundBlaster Roar is a portable Bluetooth speaker manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. The speaker was launched on 27 February 2014 at the IT Show...
redone graphics and sound, Blaster Master Zero also adds various tweaks and features not seen in the NES game. A sequel, Blaster Master Zero 2, was released...
chips enabled the creation of affordable sound cards in IBM PC compatibles like the AdLib and SoundBlaster, becoming a de-facto standard until they were...
emulates some sound cards, such as the AdLib, SoundBlaster (including the Game Blaster), SoundBlaster Pro, SoundBlaster 16, SoundBlaster AWE32, Gravis...
driver into the upcoming SoundBlaster Live!. Creative added SoundBlaster 16 emulation to the driver and removed the Ensoniq SoundScape support. AudioPCI...
the popular SoundBlaster Pro, although it was less frequently supported than SoundBlaster and Gravis sound cards, as well as Roland sound cards, daughterboards...
use purely software mixing. Some late DOS-era "wavetable" sound cards such as SoundBlaster AWE32 and Gravis Ultrasound featured dedicated DSPs, which...
in 2023. Creative Technology is notable for its products such as the SoundBlaster audio card and the Creative ZEN range of audio and media products. Sim...
digital-to-analog converter) was included on the AdLib sound card (1987), on the Creative Technology SoundBlaster (1989), and on the Media Vision Pro AudioSpectrum...
compatibles initially lacked the hardware sound processing capabilities of the Amiga, with the advent of the SoundBlaster line from Creative, PC audio slowly...
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