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How to build a midi interface for soundblaster?

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The AWE32 included two distinct audio sections; one being the Creative digital audio section with their audio codec and optional CSP/ASP chip socket, and the second being the E-mu MIDI synthesizer section. The synthesizer section consisted of several sound processors, the most notable being the EMU8000 synthesizer chip and the EMU8011 effects processor. The two chips provided an advanced wavetable (Advanced WaveEffects a.k.a. AWE) solution that was very flexible and powerful, supporting 30-channel wavetable synthesis. The effects processor generated various effects (i.e. reverb and chorus) and environments on MIDI output, not unlike the later EAX standard on Live! and newer cards. It can even add effects to the output from the Yamaha OPL-3's FM synthesis. One of the most stand-out features of AWE32 was its support for the then-burgeoning E-Mu SoundFont standard which allowed users to build custom wavetable sound sets using custom waveform samples. The card included software for building these custom Sound Fonts. All of Creative's subsequent cards, other than the Sound Blaster PCI64/128 series, supported SoundFonts.

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