Creative Sound Blaster 16 MCD CSP (CT1750)
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Sound CD-ROM interface
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16-bit ISA
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IBACT-SB16MCD
chip Chips and specs
-> Audio
Creative CT1745A (Stereo mixer) Creative CT1748A (CSP/ASP) Creative CT1746B (Bus interface) Yamaha YAC512 (2-Channel Floating DAC) AKM (Asahi Kasei) AK4501 (Stereo ADC/DAC) STMicroelectronics / Inmos TEA2025 (Audio Amplifier) Yamaha YMF262 (OPL3)
-> Miscellaneous
Mitsumi CR623803 (CD-ROM ctrl.)
-> Processor
Intel 8052 (Microcontroller)
portintI/O ports
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  • 3.5mm TRS jack
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  • 3.5mm TRS jack
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  • 1x4 2.50mm pin header
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  • DA-15
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  • 2x20 2.54mm pin header
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  • 2x1 2.54mm pin header
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  • 2x20 2.54mm pin header
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  • 2x17 2.54mm pin header
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  • 2x13 2.54mm pin header
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wrench Known issues
  • Hanging note bug in Creative Soundblaster 16/AWE32

Hanging note bug is a known hardware bug on certain models of the Creative Sound Blaster 16 and Sound Blaster AWE32 series of sound cards. The bug only occurs when affected cards are utilized for digital sound effects and MIDI music simultaneously, but it happens on any MIDI device regardless if connected to the internal Wave Blaster connector or externally through the game port.

Affected are all Sound Blaster models with DSP revisions 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13.

notes Notes

Cards with DSP version 4.05 or earlier doesn't suffer from the infamous hanging note bug

Last updated 2026-01-09T13:54:04Z
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