The Rise and Fall of the SoundBlaster

US Singapore's de facto standard for consumer audio 26/03/26

The name Soundblaster is synonymous with the early days of music making and dedicated video game music. The brand who created it, Creative Technology made a flurry of sound cards, with the SoundBlaster becoming the most iconic and ubiquitous. This video seeks to tell the full story of the Soundblaster and it's creators who founded the company in 1981 - childhood friends and Ngee Ann Polytechnic schoolmates Sim Wong Hoo and Ng Kai Wa.

You'll find some SoundBlaster reviews still live on Sonicstate. We covered the Keyboards which shared SoundBlaster YM2413 (cost reduced YM3812 chips in our article on Lofi Keys - featuring this video:

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About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music.

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