MIDI files contain a coded representation of the notes of musical instruments such as middle C on the piano. Taking considerably less space than digital audio, MIDI files require a wavetable ...

Do people actually use them? If someone is actually using MIDI, I doubt that they'd be using a consumer-level card, and since you can use a USB joystick, it seems like a waste to use that space for a ...

At a time when many home computers included sophisticated hardware used to generate music and sound effects, IBM's first PC - designed primarily for small business use - only came equipped with a ...

Seemed like the best place to ask this. I'm looking for a program that can emulate old sound cards for playback (GUS, AWE, etc) and load different sample banks. Does anyone know of a capable program?

The D2X is a high-end, take-no-prisoners sound card, with very little left to be desired. There arent many features that we havent seen before in current sound cardslike Auzentechs X-Meridianbut Asus ...

Inputs 3.5mm mini-jack mic/line in, S/PDIF in Outputs 4 x 3.5mm mini-jack analogue surround out, optical S/PDIF out Audio technologies Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, DirectSound3D GX ...

Using the inputs on a computer’s sound card is an old trick to fake a very simplistic, AC coupled, slow oscilloscope. You can get DC operation by desoldering a couple capacitors, but if the sound card ...