Sound Blaster
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Sound Blaster is a family of sound cards and audio peripherals designed by Creative Technology/Creative Labs of Singapore. The first Sound Blaster card was introduced in 1989.
Creative Music System sound card
Sound Blaster 1.0 (CT1320B); C/MS chips in sockets (labeled U14, U15) are seen.
Sound Blaster 1.5 (CT1320C); C/MS chip sockets (labeled U14, U15) seem empty.
Sound Blaster 2.0 (CT1350B), without C/MS and FM chipset
Sound card
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A sound card is an internal expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under the control of computer programs. The term sound card is also applied to externa
Close-up of a sound card PCB, showing electrolytic capacitors, SMT capacitors and resistors, and a YAC512 two-channel 16-bit DAC. The integrated circuit on the left is a 3403 single power supply quad operational amplifier.
A VIA Technologies Envy sound card for PC, 5.1 channel for PCI slot
Three early ISA (16-bit) PC sound cards showing the progression toward integrated chipsets
A pair of professional rackmount audio interfaces