<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
is	O
an	O
ISA	B-Architecture
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
from	O
Creative	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
board	O
for	O
PCs	O
and	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
family	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
March	O
1994	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
near	O
full-length	O
ISA	B-Architecture
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
,	O
measuring	O
14	O
inches	O
(	O
356mm	O
)	O
in	O
length	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AWE32	B-Device
's	O
digital	O
audio	O
section	O
was	O
basically	O
an	O
entire	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
16	I-Device
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
Creative	O
's	O
earlier	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
2.0	O
(	O
minus	O
the	O
C/MS	O
audio	O
chips	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
cards	O
had	O
codecs	O
that	O
supported	O
bass	O
,	O
treble	O
,	O
and	O
gain	O
adjustments	O
through	O
Creative	O
's	O
included	O
mixer	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
many	O
variants	O
and	O
revisions	O
of	O
the	O
AWE32	B-Device
,	O
however	O
,	O
with	O
numerous	O
variations	O
in	O
audio	O
chipset	O
,	O
amplifier	O
selection	O
and	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
supported	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
boards	O
that	O
utilize	O
the	O
VIBRA	O
chip	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
bass	O
and	O
treble	O
adjustments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
included	O
two	O
distinct	O
audio	O
sections	O
;	O
one	O
being	O
the	O
Creative	O
digital	O
audio	O
section	O
with	O
their	O
audio	O
codec	O
and	O
optional	O
CSP/ASP	O
chip	O
socket	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
being	O
the	O
E-mu	O
MIDI	O
synthesizer	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
synthesizer	O
section	O
consisted	O
of	O
the	O
EMU8000	O
synthesizer	O
and	O
effects	O
processor	O
chip	O
,	O
1MB	O
EMU8011	O
sample	O
ROM	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
variable	O
amount	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
none	O
on	O
the	O
SB32	O
,	O
512KB	O
on	O
the	O
AWE32	B-Device
;	O
RAM	B-Architecture
was	O
expandable	O
to	O
28MB	O
on	O
both	O
cards	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AWE32	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
sampler	O
to	O
support	O
E-Mu	O
'	O
s	O
SoundFont	B-Application
standard	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
build	O
custom	O
sound	O
sets	O
using	O
their	O
own	O
samples	O
,	O
the	O
samples	O
included	O
in	O
ROM	O
,	O
or	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
card	O
was	O
sold	O
with	O
software	O
for	O
building	O
custom	O
SoundFonts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
Creative	O
's	O
subsequent	O
cards	O
,	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
PCI64/128	I-Device
series	O
,	O
support	O
SoundFonts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actual	O
physical	O
modeling	O
instruments	O
were	O
not	O
popular	O
on	O
the	O
AWE	O
,	O
although	O
some	O
support	O
exists	O
in	O
the	O
SoundFont	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AWE32	B-Device
did	O
n't	O
use	O
its	O
MPU-401	O
port	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
EMU8000	O
Creative	O
decided	O
to	O
expose	O
the	O
EMU8000	O
's	O
registers	O
directly	O
,	O
through	O
three	O
sets	O
of	O
non-standard	O
ports	O
,	O
and	O
interpret	O
MIDI	O
commands	O
in	O
software	O
on	O
the	O
host	O
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
Gravis	B-Application
Ultrasound	I-Application
,	O
software	O
designers	O
had	O
to	O
write	O
special	O
AWE32	B-Device
support	O
into	O
their	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
support	O
older	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
AWE32	B-Device
featured	O
OPL-3	O
FM	O
synthesis	O
,	O
and	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
AWEUTIL	O
program	O
which	O
attempted	O
to	O
provide	O
GM/MT-32/GS	O
redirection	O
to	O
the	O
native	O
AWE	O
hardware	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
AWEUTIL	O
was	O
n't	O
compatible	O
with	O
all	O
programs	O
or	O
motherboards	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
non-maskable	B-General_Concept
interrupt	I-General_Concept
(	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
was	O
omitted	O
or	O
disabled	O
on	O
many	O
clone	O
boards	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
used	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
precious	O
DOS	O
conventional	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
if	O
a	O
game	O
used	O
DOS	O
32-bit	O
protected	B-Application
mode	I-Application
through	O
a	O
non-DPMI	O
compliant	O
DOS	B-Device
extender	I-Device
,	O
then	O
the	O
MPU-401	O
emulation	O
would	O
not	O
function	O
and	O
the	O
EMU8000	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
unless	O
directly	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
did	O
not	O
affect	O
the	O
Creative	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
Blaster	I-Device
daughterboard	O
header	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AWE32	B-Device
's	O
usage	O
in	O
Windows	O
was	O
simplified	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1x	I-Application
had	O
drivers	O
which	O
made	O
the	O
OPL3	O
and	O
the	O
EMU8000	O
appear	O
like	O
any	O
other	O
MIDI	O
peripheral	O
,	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
MIDI	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
on	O
AWE32	B-Device
was	O
a	O
Panasonic/Sony/Mitsumi	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
interface	O
(	O
to	O
support	O
proprietary	O
non-ATAPI	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drives	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Wave	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
header	O
and	O
two	O
30-pin	B-General_Concept
SIMM	I-General_Concept
slots	O
to	O
increase	O
sample	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
revisions	O
replaced	O
the	O
proprietary	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
interfaces	O
with	O
the	O
ATAPI	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
supported	O
up	O
to	O
28	O
MB	O
of	O
additional	O
SIMM	B-General_Concept
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
maximum	O
of	O
32	O
MB	O
could	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
but	O
the	O
synthesizer	O
could	O
not	O
address	O
all	O
of	O
it	O
(	O
4MB	O
of	O
the	O
EMU8000	O
's	O
address	O
space	O
was	O
reserved	O
for	O
sample	O
ROM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
model	O
numbers	O
were	O
assigned	O
to	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
32	O
(	O
SB32	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
value-oriented	O
offering	O
from	O
Creative	O
,	O
announced	O
on	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
fit	O
below	O
the	O
AWE32	B-Device
Value	O
in	O
the	O
lineup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SB32	O
lacked	O
onboard	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
Wave	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
header	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
CSP	O
socket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SB32	O
had	O
the	O
same	O
MIDI	O
capabilities	O
as	O
the	O
AWE32	B-Device
,	O
and	O
had	O
the	O
same	O
30-pin	B-General_Concept
SIMM	I-General_Concept
RAM	B-Architecture
expansion	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
board	O
was	O
also	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
AWE32	B-Device
option	O
in	O
software	O
and	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
Windows	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
SB32	O
was	O
outfitted	O
with	O
30-pin	O
SIMMs	B-General_Concept
,	O
its	O
sampler	O
section	O
performed	O
identically	O
to	O
the	O
AWE32	B-Device
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
32	O
cards	O
used	O
TDA1517	O
amplifiers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
32	O
PnP	O
with	O
onboard	O
512kB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
was	O
sold	O
as	O
AWE32	B-Device
OEM	O
in	O
Dell	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
model	O
numbers	O
were	O
assigned	O
to	O
the	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
32	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
AWE32	I-Device
Value	O
was	O
another	O
value-oriented	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
lacked	O
SIMM	B-General_Concept
slots	O
and	O
the	O
ASP	O
processor	O
,	O
but	O
featured	O
512kB	O
onboard	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
an	O
(	O
empty	O
)	O
ASP	O
chip	O
socket	O
.	O
</s>
