<s>
The	O
Wave	O
Blaster	O
was	O
an	O
add-on	O
MIDI-synthesizer	O
for	O
Creative	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
16	I-Device
and	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
family	O
of	O
PC	O
soundcards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
General	O
MIDI	O
scores	O
,	O
the	O
Wave	O
Blaster	O
's	O
wavetable-engine	O
produced	O
more	O
realistic	O
instrumental	O
music	O
than	O
the	O
SB16	B-Device
's	O
onboard	O
Yamaha-OPL3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wave	O
Blaster	O
attached	O
to	O
a	O
SB16	B-Device
through	O
a	O
26-pin	O
expansion-header	B-Protocol
,	O
eliminating	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
extra	O
cabling	O
between	O
the	O
SB16	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Wave	O
Blaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SB16	B-Device
emulated	O
an	O
MPU-401	O
UART	O
,	O
giving	O
existing	O
MIDI-software	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
send	O
MIDI-sequences	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
attached	O
Wave	O
Blaster	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
driving	O
an	O
external	O
MIDI-device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wave	O
Blaster	O
's	O
analog	O
stereo-output	O
fed	O
into	O
a	O
dedicated	O
line-in	O
on	O
the	O
SB16	B-Device
,	O
where	O
the	O
onboard-mixer	O
allowed	O
equalization	O
,	O
mixing	O
,	O
and	O
volume	O
adjustment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wave	O
Blaster	O
port	O
was	O
adopted	O
by	O
other	O
sound	O
card	O
manufacturers	O
who	O
produced	O
both	O
daughterboards	O
and	O
soundcards	O
with	O
the	O
expansion-header	B-Protocol
:	O
Diamond	O
,	O
Ensoniq	O
,	O
Guillemot	O
,	O
Oberheim	O
,	O
Orchid	O
,	O
Roland	O
,	O
TerraTec	O
,	O
Turtle	O
Beach	O
,	O
and	O
Yamaha	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
DreamBlaster	O
X2	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
a	O
board	O
with	O
both	O
waveblaster	B-Device
interface	O
and	O
USB	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	O
released	O
the	O
Waveblaster	B-Device
II	O
(	O
CT1910	O
)	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
Waveblaster	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waveblaster	B-Device
II	O
used	O
a	O
newer	O
E-mu	O
EMU8000	O
synthesis-engine	O
(	O
which	O
later	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
AWE32	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
the	O
SB16	B-Device
reached	O
the	O
height	O
of	O
its	O
popularity	O
,	O
competing	O
MIDI-daughterboards	O
had	O
already	O
pushed	O
aside	O
the	O
Waveblaster	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
comparison	O
,	O
the	O
WaveBlaster	B-Device
's	O
instruments	O
were	O
improperly	O
balanced	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
instruments	O
striking	O
at	O
different	O
volume-levels	O
(	O
relative	O
to	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
,	O
Sound	O
Canvas	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
