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From: weir@husc9.harvard.edu (Robert C. Weir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Here's some info on MCA SoundBlaster
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Date: 9 Apr 91 16:56:09 GMT
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In article <3008@sparko.gwu.edu> timur@seas.gwu.edu () writes:
>I just called Creative Labs in California and ordered my MCA SoundBlaster
>at their pre-release price of $250 (not including $5 shipping).  They
>are backordered, so I won't be getting it until May they said.  When
>in May?  Beats me.
>
>Their order number is 800-544-6146.  Technical support is 408-982-9226.
>Here's is all the information I could get

Exactly what does a SoundBlaster do?  Does it allow you to write polyphonic
music?  Does it come with software?  Or is it more of a digital taperecorder
with signal processing capabilities?  Or does it allow games to use enhanced
sound effects?  Or, perhaps, does it do all of these things?

	I am interested in something that would allow me to enter 8-voice
polyphonic music and play it.  Is SoundBlaster the best, or are there others?

Thanks,
Rob
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