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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of Creative Sound Blaster
™
16 PCI audio card. With its high-
quality performance and low CPU utilization, Sound Blaster 16 PCI is the ideal choice for your
personal computer.
Featuring 128-voice wave-table synthesis with very high sample rate converters, Sound Blaster
16 PCI ensures a high level of audio quality and performance. In addition, Sound Blaster 16 PCI
supports localized three-dimensional sound immersion in headphone and two-speaker
environments.
Sound Blaster 16 PCI also supports multiple algorithm levels of reverb and chorus effects on the
wave-table sounds as well as spatial sound enhancement on MIDI and Wave sounds in two
speakers. Full duplex operation also allows simultaneous audio recording and playback.
Sound Blaster 16 PCI's compatibility with Sound Blaster PCI ensures you of near perfect Sound
Blaster compatibility on legacy applications.
Its use of the PCI bus and Plug and Play (PnP) technology helps make the Sound Blaster 16 PCI
one of the easiest audio cards to install. We believe this Sound Blaster 16 PCI card will give you
years of enjoyment of high-quality sound on your PC.
