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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 18:46:13 PST
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- From: "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
- Subject: Sound Blaster 16
- In-Reply-To: EARLEJD%MOREKYPR.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU's message of Sat,
- 26 Dec 1992 21:22:00 EST
- <9212270221.AA20531@fourier.inference.com>
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- >No. The WaveBlaster does not add any sampling capabilities beyond
- >what the SB16 already has. The MultiSound has a digital signal
- >processor on-board, but the SB16 does not even with the WaveBlaster
- >added. The MultiSound is more than just a "Proteus on an IBM card"
- >which is what the WaveBlaster is. If you are a serious MIDI maniac
- >get the MultiSound.
- >
- So what you are saying is the the WaveBlaster uses a Proteus/1 XR
- instead of the Yamaha OLP3 stereo synthisizer chip?
-
- The SB16 uses the Yamaha chip set. The WaveBlaster, which must be
- added to an SB16 card and cannot be used by itself, uses the Proteus
- chip set. This provides a system with both chip sets. Presumably you
- will be able to select which MIDI channels are used by the Yamaha
- chips and which are used by the Proteus chips, though I suspect the
- Yamaha chips will not get much use after a WaveBlaster is installed.
-
- For those of you who have not heard the difference it is remarkable!
- The Yamaha chips sound "pretty good for a computer", but the Proteus
- sounds like the real thing because it uses stored digital recordings
- of the real thing in ROM. Drums, bass, violins, cellos, trumpets,
- saxes, and even guitars are amazingly real. The Proteus chip set is
- derived from the Emu Proteus synthesizer which many top recording
- artists use on their records.
-
- -Vance Gloster
- gloster@inference.com
-