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First post, by dnewhous

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What made this card different from a Sound blaster 16?

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Reply 1 of 8, by jesolo

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After the release of the AWE64 and towards the end of the lifespan of the ISA card range, Creative released this sound card.
All they did was to bundle the WaveSynth/Waveguide MIDI synthesis software (that also came with the AWE64 and gave it its theoretical additional 32 voice polyphony) with this card (I'm not sure what hardware changes, if any, were made to the card itself).

It effectively gives you General MIDI synthesis, but only under Windows.
Since it is a software based solution, it requires a fast CPU (Pentium 90 MHz or faster).

Reply 3 of 8, by jesolo

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I believe these all came with DSP 4.16, since they were released after the AWE64, but I'm speaking under correction.
However, I never had a desire to buy one of these (nor do I now), since I already have an AWE64 and the Waveguide/Wavesynth only works under Windows.

Maybe someone, who has one of these models, can post some pics for us?

Reply 6 of 8, by jesolo

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There is some info on this card on the Wikipedia page of the Sound Blaster 16 (under its own header, together with a pic of the card).
Definitely not a collector's item (well, not yet).

Reply 7 of 8, by BloodyCactus

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its also CQM based... not something I think one would actively hunt down...

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