> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> On 15/11/2011 04:48 PM, Warp wrote:
>>> Invisible<voi### [at] devnull>   wrote:
>>>> Now, see, I'm a little lost here. I thought a soundcard is just a thing
>>>> that converts digital audio into analogue audio...
>>>
>>>     The SoundBlaster AWE32 converts a midi file to audio. It has RAM and a
>>> big bunch of sound samples which work as midi instruments.
>
>> Right. So it has actual sound generation capabilities as well. What are
>> those capabilities? Just sample playback, or actual synthesis?
>
>    Instruments consisting of (possibly) several samples, which get mixed
> (with a maximum of 32 channels), with a limited amount of sound effects
> (such as reverb).
>

32 hardware channels, and possibly several more software based synthesis 
depending on your drivers and the software used.
I've seen up to 128 SW channels... and that was around '98~'99.

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