The Sound Blaster® AWE64 Gold card is a 16-bit ISA audio board. This
Plug and Play card comes equiped with an EMU8000 AWE Synthesizer chip, 4MB
onboard RAM, and the WaveSynth/WaveGuide software. It provides options to
upgrade with a Creative Memory upgrade module.
The Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold family of cards include the following
models:
Model Numbers:
Note: The technical specifications are based model CT4390 only.
Hardware Specifications
CD-Quality, 16-Bit Stereo Digital Audio
- 8 and 16-bit, mono and stereo recording and playback
- User-selectable sample rates from the 5kHz to 44.1kHz
- Full Duplex support enables simultaneous record and playback for
Internel communications software
General Specifications
- Signal to Noise: 90 dB
- Frequency Response: 15Hz - 50KHz (+0/-1 dB)
- Environment Temperature: (non-operating) -40C to 70C, (operating)
10C to 50C
- Relative Humidity: (non-operating) 30% to 95%, (operating) 30% to
80%
- Input: 2Vrms (maximum)
- Output: 2Vrms (maximum)
- THD+N: 0.005%
- S/PDIF Output: 20Bit, 120dB Dynamic Range
Hardware Settings
Note: all settings are software selectable via Plug and Play.
- Interrupt (IRQ): 2, 5, 7, 10
- 8-bit DMA Channel: 0, 1, 3
- 16-bit DMA Channel: 5, 6, 7
- Joystick I/O Address: 200 Hex
- Audio I/O Address: 220, 240, 260, 280 Hex
- MPU-401 I/O Address: 300, 330 Hex
- FM Synthesizer I/O Address: 388 Hex
- Wave Synthesizer I/O Address: 6x0, Ax0, Ex0 Hex
Connectors
- Line-In: Yes
- Mic-In: Yes
- Line-Out: Yes (Left and Right RCA jacks)
- Amplified Speaker-Out: No
- PC Speaker-In: No
- SPDIF: Yes
- Game/Joystick Port: Yes
- CD-ROM Audio-In (SB Audio Socket): Yes
- CD-ROM Audio-In (MPC2 Socket): Yes
- CSP Chip Socket: No
- Wave Blaster Daughter Board Connector: No
- External CD-ROM: Not Applicable
- Modem Feature Connector: Yes
Minimum System Requirement
- 486/DX class proceesor running at 33MHz or faster
- 8MB system RAM
- DOS® 5.0, Windows® 3.1, or Windows NT®
- Open, half-length 16-bit ISA slot
- Passive speakers or headphones (Gold series requires amplifide
speakers)
- CD-ROM drive required for software installation on some versions of
retail packaging
Requirements for Maximum Functionality
- Intel Pentium® or AMD K5® series processor running at 90MHz or
faster
- 16MB system RAM
- Windows® 9x
- Open, half-length 16-bit ISA slot
- Self-powered speakers or stand alone amplifier
- Dynamic or electric microphone
- CD-ROM drive required for software installation on some versions of
retail packaging
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