Introduction
This manual covers the hardware programming information for the following Sound
Blaster cards:
Sound Blaster
TM
Version 1.5 or earlier (SB1.5)
Sound Blaster
TM
for Micro Channel Version (SBMCV)
Sound Blaster
TM
Version 2.0 (SB2.0)
Sound Blaster
TM
2.0 CD Interface (SB2CD)
Sound Blaster
TM
Pro (SBPRO)
Sound Blaster
TM
Pro for Micro Channel Version (SBPRO MCV)
Sound Blaster
TM
16 (SB16)
Sound Blaster
TM
16 with Advanced Signal Processing
TM
This manual documents the programming interface to the main Creative-specific
Sound Blaster hardware components; namely the Digital Sound Processor (DSP),
Mixer chip, and MIDI Port.
The Digital Sound Processor handles digitized sound recording and playback. It
supports 8- or 16-bit digitized sound. Digitized sound I/O can be carried out in mono
or stereo, using Single-cycle or Auto-initialize DMA modes. The Digital Sound
Processor also supports real-time decompression of ADPCM in three compressed
formats: 8 to 4 bits, 8 to 3 bits, and 8 to 2 bits.
The Mixer chip provides volume control of various input and output sources. It also
controls the selection of the recording source.
The MIDI Port on Sound Blaster cards conform to the International MIDI
Association specifications. Through this port, MIDI messages can be transmitted to
and received from external MIDI devices.