SYNTH ZONE - SOUND CARDS
Computer Soundcards & Audio Interfaces
kX Project provides free WDM Audio Drivers for kX-Compatible sound cards. Drivers available for EMU10K1 and EMU10K2-based soundcards manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and E-mu Systems.


Sound Card Manufacturers

  • Antex
  • High quality pro audio cards for digital broadcast applications for the PC. 4 channel digital available.
  • Audiotrak
  • Audiotrak are UK based and make a range of PCI and USB sound cards for home theatre and sound recording.
  • Audioware
  • Digital audio for Unix - Open Sound System (OSS) device drivers provide a uniform API across all the major UNIX architectures. Soundblaster support for any UNIX system with ISA, EISA bus.
  • Creamware
  • Creamware offer a range of proaudio digital recording and DSP based synthesizer products for the PC and Mac including SCOPE /SP, Pulsar, Elektra and TripleDAT. Also checkout Device Plugins who develop software synths/mutators and all other things weird for Creamware's SCOPE/Pulsar DSP audio systems for MAC and PC..
  • Creative Labs
  • Manufacturer of the Sound Blaster range of soundcards. Support, software and drivers are available.
  • Digidesign
  • Well known for their proaudio digital audio systems. Now there is a range of audio software and hardware available for both Mac and Windows platforms. ProTools Free is also available to download.
  • Digigram
  • Multi channel PCI cards for the PC as well as high quality audio PCMCIA cards for PC laptops and Apples's PowerBook.
  • Digital Audio Labs
  • Makers of high end audio hardware & digital audio editing recording software for Windows. Highly regarded for pro applications.
  • E-Mu
  • The company well known for its history of producing pro samplers and synths now provides audio software and hardware solutions for the PC.
  • Event Electronics
  • Featuring PCI multichannel audio cards for the PC and Macintosh. 24bit 96kHz converters plus digital I/O. See Sound-On-Sound's review of the Mona
  • Frontier Design
  • A 24 bit digital audio lightpipe patchbay with ADAT and TOSLINK interfaces. Great for ADAT transfers.
  • Guillemot International
  • Make PC audio cards.
  • Hoontech
  • Produce a range of PC audio cards. English and Korean language options available.
  • M-Audio
  • Produce affordable & high quality PC, Linux and Mac audio interfaces. Read about founder Tim Ryan and the first synth he developed, the "Con Brio Advanced Synthesizer".
  • Mark Of The Unicorn
  • MOTU produce a wide range of Windows and Mac based midi and audio hardware and software solutions. Includes
  • Native Instruments
  • Present their latest highly rated MIDI/Audio interface Kore for Mac/Windows.
  • RME Hammerfall
  • RME make audio cards for PCs and also a portable solution for Mac and PC with a CardBus interface. Features ADAT connection.
  • Roland/Edirol
  • A range of Roland/Edirol solutions offering USB 24bit audio conversion.
  • SEK'D
  • Announce that they are shipping a Dual TDIF card for Win9x/2k platforms that can handle 16 channels of 24 bit 96kHz digital audio data.
  • Sonorus
  • The Sonorus STUDI/O PCI card for Mac & PC, provides 16- channels of digital audio as well as two 8-channel ADAT optical connections.
  • Soundscape Mixtreme
  • Soundscape Digita produce professional digital audio hardware for the PC.
  • ST Audio
  • Produce PC 24bit/96khz PCI soundcards and rackmountable AD/DA converters.
  • Terratec
  • Terratec make a range of PC hardware digital audio solutions.
  • Turtle Beach Sytems
  • The official TB homepage. Tech info & drivers. See the drivers page for updates.
  • USB-Audio
  • USB-Audio announce their USB-ASIO driver for the Mac to enable using a range of USB audio devices on Powerbooks etc.
  • WaveIdea
  • Present UASC-1 a USB audio interface with digital/analog/headphone outputs and ASIO support.
  • Yamaha's XG Synth Cards
  • YAMAHA UK : Manufacturers of the multi award winning XG range of soundcards and daughterboards.(DB50XG/SW60XG/MU10)


    Sound Card Resource Sites

  • ALive!
  • Provide SBLive info and resources plus other digital audio news.
  • Audioforums
  • Forums for Studio Gear & Audio Hardware including sound card related issues. Also discussion areas for a number of major software packages including Cakewalk, SAW, Sound Forge, Cubase, Samplitude & Cool Edit.
  • AWE & PC Samples Page
  • Samples include Roland 808 and 909 sets plus assorted synth samples.
  • Awedomain
  • For users of the AWE-32 card this site provides info on how to get the most from your soundcard.
  • Dr. Driver
  • Provides an archive of Win9x soundcard drivers.
  • Driver Forum - Sound
  • Sound driver discussion forum
  • Driver Guide
  • A site that will help you locate all types of drivers including sound drivers.
  • Everest MA-1 Editor
  • A Win9x patch editor for the Kurzweil MA-1 chipset as found on the AVM Apex and Turtle Beach Pinnacle cards.
  • MacWaveMaker Users Group
  • Users group & resources for the MacWaveMaker Nubus card that's based on the Kurzweil 6M MASS chipset.
  • Megota Software
  • Featuring AWE VBank for the AWE32&64 soundcards. Software available for download.
  • Microsoft Drivers
  • You can search Microsoft for drivers for audio cards.
  • PCAVTech's Souncards Page
  • PCAVTech present lots of useful soundcard information including comparison charts of different cards.
  • PCRecording.com Reviews
  • PCRecording.com offer a number of handson soundcard reviews.
  • Roland RAP-10 FAQ
  • A FAQ for users of the Roland RAP-10 card.
  • Soundfont Resources
  • Synth Zone's listing of Soundfont resources.
  • SBLive - Alive!
  • Site for users of the SBLive with news, tips and resources.
  • SBLive - Live Center
  • A user support site for the SBLive soundcard offering news and info.
  • SBLive Resource Net
  • Info on using APS drivers and digital I/O mods for SLive cards.
  • Turtle Beach Users Group Home Page
  • Samplestore patches & software
  • Vintage Synth Dreams
  • Good basic synth programming information with specific info on the AWE-64 and also has Soundfont files and free FM wave rendering software available.
  • Zefiro Acoustics ZA-2
  • Now out of business. The ZA-2 was a digital I/O card for the IBM PC plus RCA connectors for analog output. Manual and software is still available for those who need it.


    Newsgroups

  • comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.advocacy
  • comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc
  • comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.music
  • comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech


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