Guillemot Maxi Sound 64 Home Studio
| Technical details | |
| Name: | Maxi Sound 64 Home Studio |
| Company: | Guillemot |
| Chipset: | Crystal CS4236, Dream SAM9407, 4 MB ROM |
| Bus: | ISA 16 bit |
| Connectors: | Volume Wheel, Speaker-Out, Surround Out, Line-In, Mic-In, Game/Midi, CD-ROM IDE, CD in, Waveblaster |
| FCC-ID: | ? |
| Manufactured: | 1996 |
Markings SC8500 V1.6T
'Late' ISA sound card that has basically two chipsets on a single card. The Dream SAM9407 DSP can be equipped with max. 16 MB Wavetable RAM as PS/2 SIMM. 4 MB Wavetable ROM are already on board.
The Codec is a Crystal 4236.
Compatibility:
Crystal: SB, SB Pro, WSS, FM synthesis, external MIDI port.
Dream SAM9407: GM / GS + effects
Capabilities in Win 9x/NT4:
Crystal: max. 16 Bit, 64 kHz playback/record.
Dream: 8 wave devices and 2 record devices + effects applicable, GM / GS.
Specification of the Dream SAM9407:
128 instruments, 97 sound variations, 200 percussion sounds in 16 drum sets in 4 MB ROM (Roland SoundCanvas licensed)
64 voices polyphony, 34 with all effects/inputs/surround enabled.
multi timbral on 16 channels
8 Reverb, 8 Chorus variations
4 channels equalizer, surround sound
GM/GS compatible
Digital:
16 bit, 44.1 kHz, full duplex
Playback of up to 8 wave files at the same time while one track is recorded with realtime effects on each seperate track.
Dynamical noise filter
Effects:
4 band equalizer and surround as after effects on MIDI, Wave, CD, Line-In, Micro
Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Flanger are useable on each Wave or Midi track, also pitch on the Wave tracks.
Echo and Reverb can be applied in realtime on the inputs.
Additionally all features of the Crystal CS4236 chips can be used.
The 4 MB ROM soundfont already present on the card is a later licensed version of the Roland Sound Canvas soundfont.
Guillemot Maxi Sound 64 Home Studio Drivers and Software
Wavetable Comparison Recordings
Documentation of the various Dream DSPs
Crystal CS4236B datasheet
