Creative Labs
Creative Technology Limited is a listed manufacturer of computer multimedia products based in Singapore, where the firm was founded and now under the executive direction of Sim Wong Hoo on July 1, 1981. It has more than 5,000 employees worldwide. The American subsidiary of the company is known as Creative Labs, Inc.
Creative Technology's Sound Blaster sound card was among the first dedicated audio processing cards to be made widely available to the general consumer. Monaural Sound Blaster cards were introduced in 1989, and stereo cards followed in 1992 (Sound Blaster Pro). Wavetable MIDI was added with the 16-bit Sound Blaster AWE32 and AWE64 with 32 and 64 voices. In 1998, Sound Blaster Live! was the companys first PCI-based sound card. Over the years, the Sound Blaster line has been enhanced to provide 3D audio and home theater quality sound directly from a PC.
