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- ~AWE32 Sound Blaster Card
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- Reviewed By Adriano Grisanti.
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- The AWE32 is a great sound card & comes in two packages, the first
- is without a Programmable Advanced Signal Processor, and is known as
- the Sound Blaster AWE32 value package, which retails for around £129.
- The second is the Sound Blaster AWE32 package which retails for
- around £180-£235, which comes complete with the Programmable Advanced
- Signal Processor, the difference being speed, without one of these
- processors, you would need to have a faster processor to cope with all
- the extra sound channels, etc.
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- This sound card has a whole host of specifcations, software & user
- friendly mannuals.
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- The following is a list of specifications the card has :-
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- A.) 16-bit CD-quality stereo recording and play back.
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- B.) Orchestral 32-voice polyphony with Advanced Waveffects Synthesis.
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- C.) Programmable Advanced Signle Processor (Depending on purchase).
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- D.) SoundFont support via downloadable sound samples.
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- E.) 4Mbit Ram onboard memory, upgradable to a maximum of 28MB.
- (enables you to down load wavefonts (sound files) onto your card,
- via a modem or disk, ect.)
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- F.) 20-voice OPL3 FM music synthesizer.
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- G.) Multi CD-ROM interface: creative, Sony & Mitsumi drives.
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- H.) Creative VoiceAssit, Speech Recognition System.
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- I.) Creative TextAssit, Text-To-Speech system.
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- J.) Sound Blaster 26, General Midi, MPC2, Windows 3.1 compatible.
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- K.) 16 sound channels
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- L.) 128 instruments stored on board (upgradable).
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- M.) Qsound (3D SOUND).
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- The above are some of the specifications of the Soundcard, the
- following is a list of software you get with the £180 version of the
- card (I don't know what you get with the cheaper version) :-
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- A.) Creative voiceassist, tectassist, ensemble, wave studio 2.0,
- sound'le & mosaic.
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- B.) Cakewalk Apprentice for windows.
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- C.) HSC Interactive.
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- D.) Qsound Control Panel.
- (All the software comes on 8HD & 1DD disk/s)
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- Besides all the above you get a microphone included with the package
- for recording your own samples. You also have the option of conecting
- the card to your HI-FI System, via the Phono Leads supplied, you can
- also connect walkmans, and listen to the music through your PC
- speakers, while being able to manipulate the sound using the various
- software packages supplied.
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- It is recommended that you have powered speakers, with a built in
- amplifier, for full advantage of hearing the sound, the way is was
- intended to be.
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- The AW32 is basically a Sound Blaster 16, with a wave table built
- in.
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- The sound quality of the AWE32 is excellant, the music in games,
- which support this card sounds like there's an orchestra inside your
- machine, and the sound, especially in Doom sounds excellent adding
- atmosphere to the game, especially if you mix more sound channels, in
- the Doom setup sequence.
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- This sound card is defeinately worth the money & scores a masive 98%
- and is definatly recommended if you have the money, however games
- which don't support this card, sound exactly the same as a normal
- sound blaster card or compatible card.
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- If you can't afford this sound card at present don't worry, after
- Christmass this card should come down in price, so it is worth hanging
- on to your cash for a while.
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