Sound Blaster 16 Value

Features and Specifications

DIGITAL AUDIO

8- and 16-bit selectable stereo sampling and playback

Sample and playback rates from 5kHz to 44.1 kHz

Real-time compression & decompression of sound files

MIXING

DOS and Windows-based mxier 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 trebel control (15 levels at 2dB increments)

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

Software control of fade-in, fade-out, pan, volume, left/right steering, and microphone mixing

Input/output gain select

FM MUSIC SYNTHESIZER

20-voice, 4-operator FM synthesizer

15 melodic and 5 percussion sounds; or 18 melodic sounds

Backward compatible for complete support of existing applications

POWER AMPLIFIER

4 watts per chanel (PMPO)

Load impedance 4 ohms or more

Drives any speakers, home stereo, personal stereo headphones directly

Mini stereo jack-to-RCA conversion cable included

MIDI INTERFACE

Built-in 15-pin MIDI interface

Supports MPU-401 UART and Sound Blaster MIDI standards

64-byte FIFO full duplex MIDI timestamp

JOYSTICK PORT

MIDI interface doubles as joystick port

Connect any IBM-compatible joystick

Dual joystick and MIDI adapter cables available as options

CD-ROM INTERFACE

High Performance CD-ROM interface for Creative CD-ROM drives

Internal connector for CD-audio mixing

MICROPHONE INPUT

Selectable Automatic Gain Control Input impedence: 600 ohms Sensitivity: 10-200mV

ONBOARD CONNECTORS

Line input

Microphone Input

Speaker output

Line output

15-pin MIDI/joystick connector

CD audio input

CD-ROM interface (for use with Creative Labs CD-ROM drives)

PC internal speaker input

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

80386 or higher processor

2MB RAM recommended

16-bit slot

DOS 3.1 or higher

Windows 3.1 (for Windows software)

EGA or VGA (VGA recommended)

Speakers or headphones

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Telephone and facsimile support is available seven days/week 8:00 am to 10:00 pm Central Time. Bulletin Board/Anonymous FTP Service is available 24 hours/day, seven days/week.

WARRANTY

Sound Blaster 16 Value Edition is backed by a one-year limited hardware warranty covering parts and labor.

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