Sound Blaster AWE64™ PnP
Features & Specifications

Digital Audio

8-bit and 16-bit selectable stereo sampling and playback

Sample and playback rates from 5 kHz to 44.1 kHz

Advanced WavEffects Synthesis

Pro audio sounds from E-mu Systems

Uses the EMU8000 sound and effects generator

E-mu 3D Positional Audio Support

32-channel, 64-voice polyphony

Supports General MIDI, Sound Canvas™ and MT-32 standards

Creative WaveSynth/WaveGuide

Support MS DirectSound

Supports MIDI & Wave applications under Win 3.1 & WIN95

WaveSynth/WaveGuide Control Panel allows the user to select specific instruments from different synthesizer. It also allow you to add reverb to your wave file.

Audio Effects

Creative 3D Stereo Enhancement

Reverb, chorus, pan

Sound Samples

1 MB ROM of compatible GM sound samples

512 KB RAM for downloading SoundFonts

Memory Header (upgradable up to 28 Mbytes ram)

Music Synthesis

20-note, 4-operator stereo music synthesizer

Backward compatible for complete support of existing applications

Music synthesis can be enhanced with reverb & chorus

Stereo Mixer

DOS® and Windows® based mixer utilities

Recording sources: MIDI, CD audio, line-in, microphone (mono)

Playback mixing: Digitized audio, MIDI, CD audio, line-in, microphone (mono), PC speaker

Bass and treble control (15 levels at 2 db increments)

Digitized audio, MIDI, CD audio, line-in, microphone and master volume control (32 levels at 2 db increments)

Input/output gain select

MIDI Interface

Built-in 15-pin MIDI interface

MPU-401 UART support (General MIDI and Sound Canvas support through software)

64-byte FIFO full-duplex MIDI timestamp

Joystick Port

MIDI interface doubles as a joystick port

Dual joystick and MIDI adapter cables available as options

CD-ROM Interface

Supports ATAPI compliant IDE CD-ROM drives

Microphone

High-performance, hands-free, ergonomically designed, condenser microphone included

Onboard Connectors

Line input

Microphone input

Line output

15-pin MIDI/joystick connector

CD-ROM interface connector

CD Audio In

MPC 2 compliant CD Audio In

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Intel Pentium 90 and above

8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended)

16-bit ISA slot

DOS 5.0 or higher

Windows 3.1 (for Windows software) or higher

IDE CD-ROM Drive required for software Installation

Speakers or Headphones

Sound Blaster AWE64 PnP

Sound Blaster AWE64™ PnP Features & Specifications