Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO: Sound cards
More information on sound drivers and sound cards can be found on
http://www.opensound.com/ossfree or
http://www.opensound.com/oss.html .
4Front Technology Virtual Mixer (includes SoftOSS)
4Front Technology Virtual Synth (SoftOSS)
6850 UART MIDI
A-Plus Sound of Music (OPL3-SA)
A-Trend Harmony 3Ds751 (PCI)
AcerMagic S23
Adlib FM synthesizer card
Adlib MSC 16 PnP (CS4235)
AMD Interwave reference card
ARC Probook
Audio Excell DSP16
AW32 Pro (R2.2-W2)
AW35 (CS4237)
AW37 Pro (CS4235)
Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro, NX Pro 16, WaveRider 32+
Aztech Washington
BTC Mozart Sound System
BTC-1831 Sound Card (Opti 1688)
Bravo Sound Card (Opti 82C930)
Bull PowerPc builtin audio
CDR4235-6/-8
CS32-3DI
Compaq Deskpro XL integrated Business Audio
Creative EMU8000 add on (PnP)
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8/33.6
Creative Sound Blaster 1.0 to 1.5
Creative Sound Blaster Pro
Creative Sound Blaster 16 ASP
Creative Sound Blaster 16 PnP (type-1 upto type-10)
Creative Sound Blaster 16 Vibra
Creative Sound Blaster 2.x
Creative Sound Blaster 32/AWE (Configure like Sound Blaster 16)
Creative Sound Blaster 32/AWE PnP (type-1 upto type-10)
Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 (type-1 upto type-7)
Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold (type-1 and type-2)
Creative Sound Blaster PCI64/128
Creative Sound Blaster AWE64/Gold and 16/32/AWE PnP cards need to be activated using isapnptools
Creative ViBRA16C/CL/S (type-1 and type-2) PnP
Creative ViBRA16X PnP (half duplex only)
CrystaLake Crystal Clear Series 100
Crystal Audio (CS4235)
Crystal CRD4236B-1E
Crystal CRD4237B-5/-8
Crystal CSC0B35 (CS4236B)
Crystal CX4237B-SIDE
Crystal Onboard PnP Audio (CS4235)
Dell Latidude builtin audio
Diamond Crystal MM PC/104
Digital AXP builtin audio
ECHO-PSS cards (Orchid SoundWave32, Cardinal DSP16)
ESS 1868, 1869 (type-1 and type-2), 1878, 1879, 1968 PnP AudioDrive
Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1371)
Ensoniq AudioPCI / SoundBlaster PCI (ES1370)
Ensoniq Soundscape Elite
Ensoniq Soundscape PnP (model 1 and 2)
Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000
Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO, VIVO90
Ensoniq ActionNote 880 C/CX
Generic AD1815, AD1816 based soundcard (PnP)
Generic CMI8330 based soundcard (PnP)
Generic Crystal CS4232 based soundcard or motherboard (non PnP)
Generic Crystal CS4232 by Acer (PnP mode)
Generic Crystal CS4232 type-1 upto type-3 (PnP mode)
Generic Crystal CS4235 type-1
Generic Crystal CS4236 (type-1 upto type-3)
Generic Crystal CS4236 based soundcard or motherboard (non PnP)
Generic Crystal CS4236A (type-1 and type-2), CS4236B
Generic Crystal CS4237 based soundcard or motherboard (non PnP)
Generic Crystal CS4237B (type-1 and type-2)
Generic Crystal CS4238 based soundcard or motherboard (non PnP)
Generic ESS ES1688, ES1788, ES1887, ES1888, ES688 based soundcard or motherboard
Generic Jazz16 based soundcard
Generic MAD16 (OPTi 82C928), MAD16 Pro, MAD16 Pro (duplex) (OPTi 82C929)
Generic Mozart soundcard (OAK OTI-601 chip)
Generic OPTi 82C924, 82C925 based sound card (PnP)
Generic OPTi 82C924 soundcard (non PnP mode). Use the MSS driver and the isapnp tools
Generic OPTi 82C930
Generic OPTi 82C931
See
http://spoke.nols.com/~drees/opti931.html
Generic Soundscape based soundcard
Generic Windows Sound System compatible
Generic Yamaha OPL3-SA (YMF701) based soundcard
Generic Yamaha OPL3-SA2 based soundcard (type-1, type-3, type-4)
Generic Yamaha OPL3-SA3 based soundcard
Generic Yamaha OPL3-SAx (YMF715/YMF719) non-PnP
Gravis Ultrasound
Gravis Ultrasound Extreme
Gravis Ultrasound 16-bit sampling daughterboard
Gravis Ultrasound MAX
Gravis Ultrasound ACE
Gravis Ultrasound PnP (with RAM), PnP Pro
HP OmniBook 2100 (CS4236)
Home Studio 64 (analog audio only)
IBM Audio Feature (CS423x)
Logitech SoundMan Games (SBPro, 44kHz stereo support)
Logitech SoundMan Wave (Jazz16/OPL4)
Logitech SoundMan 16 (PAS-16 compatible)
MED3201 audio card
Maxi Sound 32 PnP (analog audio only)
Maxi Sound 64 Dynamic 3D (analog audio only)
Media Sound SW/32 (non PnP mode)
MediaTriX AudioTriX Pro, 3D XG
Media Vision Premium 3D (Jazz16)
Media Vision Pro Sonic 16 (Jazz)
Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 (PAS-16)
Media Vision Pro Audio Studio 16
Media Vision Thunderboard
Microsoft Windows Sound System board (AD1848)
MultiWave AudioWave Green 16
Music Quest MIDI connector card (MCC)
Music Quest MQX-16, MQX-16S MIDI adapter
Music Quest MQX-32, MQX-32M MIDI adapter
Music Quest PC MIDI card
NEC Harmony
Orchid SoundDrive 16EZ
Pine PT201
Primax SoundStorm FM 16, SoundStorm Wave
RME Digi32, Digi32 Pro, Digi32/8
Reveal SC300
Reveal WaveExtreme Pro (with RAM)
Roland MPU IPC-T MIDI adapter
S3 SonicVibes
Shark Mako
Sharp PC8800
Shuttle Sound System 48
Spacewalker HOT-255 PCI 3D (PCI)
TerraTec Maestro 32/96
Terratec EWS64XL (audio only)
Terratec Sound System Base 1 (AD1816)
Terratec Sound System Base 64 (AD1816)
Tomato Sound System (OPTi 82C930)
Trust Sound Expert De Luxe Wave 32
Turtle Beach Maui
Turtle Beach Monte Carlo 928, Monte Carlo 929
Turtle Beach Tropez, Tropez Plus (audio only)
Turtle Beach Daytona (audio only)
Wearnes Classic 16
Yamaha Sound Edge SW20-PC
Zefiro Acoustics ZA2 (NOT RECOMMENDED)
Zenith Z-Player
AWE32/64 supports is started in kernel series 2.1.x (check the SoundBlaster AWE mini-HOWTO by Marcus Brinkmann for installation details)
MPU-401 MIDI Intelligent mode (don't enable blindly)
MPU-401 MIDI UART only dumb port (don't enable blindly)
Yamaha FM synthesizers (OPL2, OPL3, OPL3-SAx (since kernel series 2.1.x) and OPL4)
OSS supports all MIDI daughter cards including Wave Blaster, TB Rio and Yamaha DB50XG. The only requirement is that the "host" card is supported by OSS. Note that only the "host" card needs to be configured using soundconf. The daughter card will be automatically accessible through the MIDI of the "host" card.
A-Trend Harmony 3DS724 PCI
Actech PCI 388-A3D
Adaptec AME-1570
Aureal Vortex PCI
Cardinal DSP 16
Contributed lowlevel drivers
Crystal CS4614 PCI
Cyrix MediaGX builtin audio
Diamond Monster Sound MX300
Diamond Sonic Impact
Dream 94PnP Home Studio
EON Bach SP901 (A3D)
ESS PCI
ESS Maestro-1 PCI, Maestro-2 PCI
ESS Solo-1 PCI
Echo Personal Sound System
Generic ALS007, ALS100 based soundcard
Orchid NuSound 3D
Orchid SoundWave 32
Paradise DSP-16
Quicknet Internet LineJACK
Sound Blaster Live
Terratec EWS64S
Terratec XLerate (A3D)
Turtle Beach Fiji
Turtle Beach Montego
Turtle Beach Pinnacle
Turtle Beach TBS-2000
Videologic SonicStorm
Wearnes Beethoven ADSP-16
Western Digital Paradise DSP-16
Yamaha YMF724 PCI
The ASP chip on Sound Blaster 16 series is not supported. AWE32's
onboard E-mu MIDI synthesizer is not supported.
Nathan Laredo <
> is willing to write AWE32 drivers
if you send him a complimentary card. He is also willing to write drivers
for almost any hardware if you send him free samples of your hardware.
Sound Blaster 16's with DSP 4.11 and 4.12 have a hardware bug that causes
hung/stuck notes when playing MIDI and digital audio at the same time. The
problem can happen with either Wave Blaster daughterboards or MIDI devices
attached to the MIDI port. There is no known fix.