Creative Labs

Creative Labs is a Singaporean company that exists since 1981. They are mostly known for their PC sound card product family called "Sound Blaster", which was the de facto standard in PC audio from its first release in 1989 until the introduction of Windows 95 and the DirectX API.

Sound Blaster 32 IDE PNP (CT3600)

Sound Blaster Live! (CT4830)

Game Blaster/Creative Music System

• CT1300

Sound Blaster 1.0

• CT1320

Sound Blaster 1.5

• CT1320

Sound Blaster 2.0

• CT1350

Sound Blaster Pro 1.0

• CT1330, Panasonic/Matsushita

Sound Blaster Pro 2.0

• CT1600, Panasonic/Matsushita
• CT1610, SCSI
• CT1680, LMSI
• CT1690, Sony
• CT2600, Mitsumi

Sound Blaster 16

• CT12XX: CT1230, CT1231, CT1239, CT1290, CT1291, CT1299
• CT17XX: CT1730, CT1740, CT1749, CT1750, CT1759, CT1770, CT1779, CT1780, CT1789, CT1790, CT1799
• CT22XX: CT2230, CT2290
• CT27XX: CT2700, CT2740, CT2750, CT2770
• CT28XX: CT2830
• CT29XX: CT2910

Sound Blaster AWE32

• CT27XX: CT2760,
• CT36XX: CT3601, CT3602, CT3603, CT3607, CT3631, CT3630, CT3631, CT3632, CT3636, CT3360, CT3660, CT3661, CT3662, CT3665, CT3666, CT3680
• CT37XX: CT3780
• CT39XX: CT3900, CT3910, CT3919, CT3940, CT3960, CT3980, CT3990, CT3991, CT3999
• CT43XX: CT4331, CT4332

Sound Blaster 16 (Vibra)

• CT12XX: CT1260, CT1261, CT1262
• CT22XX: CT2260
• CT28XX: CT2800, CT2810, CT2860, CT2890
• CT29XX: CT2900, CT2940, CT2941, CT2942, CT2943, CT2945, CT2950, CT2960, CT2970, CT2970, CT2980, CT2990
• CT41XX: CT4100, CT4101, CT4102, CT4130, CT4131, CT4132, CT4150, CT4173, CT4180, CT4181, CT4182

Sound Blaster 32 (Vibra)

• CT3600: CT3600, CT3604, CT3605, CT3620, CT3630, CT3640, CT3670, CT3671, CT3672
• CT3900: CT3930, CT3991, CT3999
• CT4300: CT4330, CT4335, CT4335

Sound Blaster AWE64 (Vibra)

• CT4380
• CT4390 "Gold"
• CT4500
• CT4520 "Value"
• CT4540 "Gold"
• CT4550
• CT4600 "AWE64D"

Devices produced by this company

Audio

Device	Model	Bus type	Bus width	8-bit ISA?	Max sample rate	Channels	FM synth	Factory RAM	Max RAM	CD	CD Audio	Aux In	TAD	MB_PRO?	SB Link?	SPDIF out?	-5VDC?
Creative Sound Blaster 2.0	CT1350B	ISA	8-bit	✓	45 kHz	1	OPL2	0 MB 0 B		None	None	None	None	✕	✕	None	true
Creative Sound Blaster Pro 2	CT1600	ISA	16-bit	✓		2	OPL3	0 MB 0 B		Matsushita MKE	SBCD	None	None	✕	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 16 ASP	CT1740	ISA	16-bit			2	OPL3	0 MB 0 B		Matsushita MKE	SBCD	None	None	✕	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 16 MCD (Panasonic)	CT2230	ISA	16-bit			2	OPL3	0 MB 0 B		Matsushita MKE	SBCD	None	None	✕	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 16 Value	CT2770	ISA	16-bit			2	OPL3	0 MB 0 B		Matsushita MKE	SBCD	None	None	✕	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 16 Value rev A	CT2770A	ISA	16-bit			2	OPL3	0 MB 0 B		Matsushita MKE	SBCD	None	None	✕	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 16 (C16F)	CT2940	ISA	16-bit			2		0 MB 0 B		None	SBCD MPC	SBCD	Dupont-4	✓	✕	None	false
Sound Blaster 16 (C16F) IDE	CT2940	ISA	16-bit			2		0 MB 0 B			SBCD MPC	SBCD	Dupont-4	✓	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 16 Prelude	CT2960	ISA	16-bit			2	CQM	0 MB 0 B		None	SBCD	SBCD	Dupont-4	✓	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 16 PnP	CT2980	ISA	16-bit			2	CQM	0 MB 0 B		IDE	SBCD MPC	None	None	✓	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 32 PnP	CT3620	ISA	16-bit			2	CQM		28 MB 29,360,128 B	IDE	SBCD MPC	None	None	✓	✕	Dupont-2	false
Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 PnP (IDE)	CT3670	ISA	16-bit			2	CQM		28 MB 29,360,128 B	IDE	SBCD MPC	None	None	✓	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster AWE32	CT3900	ISA	16-bit			2			28 MB 29,360,128 B	IDE	SBCD MPC	None	None	✓	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects	CT4170	ISA	16-bit			2	CQM	0 MB 0 B		None	SBCD MPC	None	None	✓	✕	None
Creative Vibra 16	CT4180	ISA	16-bit			2	CQM	0 MB 0 B		None	MPC	SBCD	None	✕	✕	None	false
Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold	CT4390	ISA	16-bit	✕	44.1 kHz	2	CQM	4 MB 4,194,304 B	28 MB 29,360,128 B	None	SBCD MPC	None	None	✓	✕	Dupont-2	false

External links

• Sound Blaster AWE32 & 64 Options, Nerdly Pleasures - info about AWE32/64 variants
• Sound Blaster ISA cards, Information and Troubleshooting, Creative Labs - technical info about many ISA cards
• List of Creative Sound Blaster products, Creative Labs - official list containing most but not all models