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X16 High End Waveblaster + USB synthesizer board : The perfect board for your high end realtime music applications, and electronics projects.
Also existing in
X16GS - gamer's edition (with licensed Dream/Roland GS bank - for DOS gaming purposes).
Hardware Specs :
- High End 16 core Dream 5000 series synth chip (SAM5716B), with up to 256 voice polyphony
- Compact high quality green, gold plated PCB, 53mm x 77mm
- Super low latency < 1ms
- 8 MByte SDRAM for high quality effects
- 1 GByte Flash for soundbanks
- 2x13 Waveblaster header for integration on DOS sound cards and custom projects
- Up to 400mA current consumption at 5V, when using all DSP cores.
- USB-MIDI interface (Class compliant), USB mini connector
- Stereo out, high quality 24 bit 112 dB DNR DAC
- Expansion header for future expansion / OEM projects
Features :
- High quality Dream synth engine, compatible with Dream 5000 SDK for custom soundbank design
- High quality GS compatible reverb and chorus
- 3 Stereo Insert Multi-Effects blocks (s (Distortion, Equalizer, Compressor, Chorus/Flanger/Phaser/Tremolo/Rotary, Delay), controllable by MIDI.
- 4-bands Equalizer, controllable by MIDI.
- Multi slot soundbank support, fast bank uploading over USB to flash using Serdaco X16Manager multi slot upload tool
- Bootloader for updating firmware over USB
- Support for DreamBlaster Presets
X16 is shipped with the following preloaded soundbanks :
- Bank1 & 2 : Dream CleanWave Bank (official)
- Bank3 : Buran Bank
- Bank4 : OPL3-FM General MIDI bank
- Bank5 : GXSCC Chiptune bank
Read the X16 user manual
here.
Read the X16 MIDI specs
here.
Read information
here and
here, how to convert soundbanks using Awave Studio.
Find X16 related downloads
here.
Read SB16 compatibility modification instructions for X16 sold before August 25th 2024
here.