Creative Sound Blaster AWE32
ID: CREATIVE-AWE32
RELEASED 1994
PRICE
DISCONTINUED 1998
UNITS SOLD Millions
I/O PORTS
Joystick/MIDIWave Blaster connectorLine/Mic
System Analysis
Wavetable wonder. Combined SB16 compatibility with EMU8000 synthesis. Could load custom SoundFonts.
Processor
N/AEMU8000
E-mu Systems wavetable synthesizer.
Audio Subsystem
32 Wavetable + 20 FMEMU8000 + OPL3
SoundFont loading. Effects processor with reverb/chorus.
Memory
SIMM512 KB ROM + 512 KB RAM
Expandable to 28 MB RAM
Storage
N/AN/A
Graphics Architecture
N/A
Palette: N/A
Hardware Tricks
Did You Know?
- ? SoundFonts allowed loading custom instrument samples.
- ? More RAM meant better instrument quality.
- ? The AWE64 was a cost-reduced successor.