X-Nico

unusual facts about sound cards



Wavetable synthesis

Starting around 1993, with the introduction of Creative Labs' Sound Blaster AWE32 and Gravis' Ultrasound sound cards, the term "wavetable" started to be applied as a marketing term to any sound card that used PCM samples as the basis of sound creation.


see also

Kaldenkirchen

Currently there are various inter-regional companies like the plant nursery Lappen, the producer of sound cards TerraTec, the food company Halal Mekkafood and the German Branch Office of Panini Comics.

X-Fi

Sound Blaster X-Fi a line of PC sound cards by Creative Labs utilizing the audio chip of the same name