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Orchid Wave Booster

The Orchid Wave Booster series were their wavetable daughterboards, released in 1994. All used the Crystal Semiconductor CS9203.

Released 1994
Interface Creative Wave Blaster
Wavetable Synthesizer Crystal CS9203
ROM 2 or 4 MB
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Three WaveBooster boards were released:

  • Wave Booster/2 - 2 MB of sample ROM
  • Wave Booster/4 - 4 MB of sample ROM
  • Wave Booster/4FX - 4 MB of sample ROM + effects (reverb, chorus and echo) chip

They were compatible with the General MIDI standard, in addition to Roland GS and MT-32.

 

Board Revisions

I have no information on the various board revisions of the Wave Booster boards.

 

Competition

See my Wavetable Audio page for details of other daughterboards.

 

In the Media

I have no information on this card in the media.

 

Setting it Up

Like all wavetable daughterboards for PC sound cards in the 90s, its setup is easy - just plug it in and you're ready. The host sound card may need to be configured separately.


Downloads

Operation Manual
Wave Booster

The original user manual

Original Utility Disk
(missing)

Get in touch if you can provide this missing item!

 

 

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