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Creative is reviving the Sound Blaster. I’m unsure what that will entail.

https://us.creative.com/kickstarter/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SoundBlasterOfficial/comments/1mpar...

Interesting!

The first image which looks like some kind of music-making hardware ("instrument") looked a lot like the OP-1 by Teenage Engineering [1]. That would be an interesting partnership, right?

[1]: https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1

Good catch yes it does look like that!

I don't think they ever stopped using the name. The wiki article has Sound Blaster audio devices listed as being released up to 2021 and a quick search on Amazon shows they're still selling them brand new.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster

Guessing the kickstarter is for some retro thing judging by the image of their old talking parrot on that announcement page.

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