Sound Cards that have been tested to work with WinMLS

Sound Devices PCI (stationary PC)	Chan-nels	Mix-er	Mic. Input	Price	AD/DA bit	Fs [kHz]	Noise	Frequency Range [Hz]
VX222 (Digigram)	2	Yes	Adj.	$430	24	48	++	5 – 24k
Echo Layla 20	8	No
Echo MIA	2	No	No	?	16/24	96	++	3 – 45k
TB Santa Cruz	2	Yes	Yes	?	?	48	+	8 – 23k
Terratec EWX 24/96	2	Yes	No	?	24	96	+++	3 – 46k
Card Deluxe	2	No	No	?	24	96	+++	?
Sek’d PRODIF 96 PRO	2	No	No	?	24	96	+++	5 – 46k
LynxTWO	6	No	No	$1100	24	215**	+++
Lynx L22	2	No	No		24	215**	+++
Waveterminal 192X	2	Yes	No	$399	24	48	++	2 – 23k
Delta 1010LT	8	Yes	Yes		24	96	++
RME Hammerfall DIGI9652	24	No	No	$775	24	96	DIG	?
Sonorus STUDI/O	16	No	No	$849	24	96	DIG	?
MULTIWAV PRO18	2	No	No	?	24	48	DIG	?
Soundtrack 128 Ruby	2	Yes	Yes	$300	20	48	+(+)	9 – 20k
Midiman DMAN 2044	1	No	No	$280	20	48	++	10 – 22k
Marian Marc 8	8	No	No	$500	24	96	++
SEK’D ARC 88	8	No	No	$500	16	48	+	20 – 20k
Ensoniq Audio PCI	1	Yes	Mono	$40	16	48*	+	5 – 22k
Sound Blaster PCI64	1	Yes	Mono	$40	16	48*	+	5 – 22k
Sound Blaster PCI128	1	Yes	Mono	?	16	48*	+	5 – 22k
SB Live Value	2	Yes	Mono	?	16?	48*	+	7 – 16k
SB Live Platinum	2	Yes	Mono	?	16?	48*	+	7 – 20k
ISA (stationary PC)
TB Monterey/Tahiti	2	Yes	No	$200	18	44.1	+	0 – 20k
TB Fiji/Pinnacle	2	Yes	Stereo	$350	20	48	++	5 – 23k
Sound Blaster AWE 64	2	Yes	Mono	$70	16	48	-	10 – 21k
Sound Blaster 16	2	Yes	Mono	$20	16	44.1	-	50 – 20k
Sound Blaster AWE 32	2	Yes	Mono	$30	16	44.1	-	20 – 19k
SEK’D ARC 44	4	No	No	$250	16	48	0	60 – 19k
Crystal CS32BA11	2	No	Mono	$30	16	48	-	20 – 20k
ESS 1868	1	Yes	Mono	$20	16	44.1	-	50 – 9k
CARDD PLUS	2	No	No	$400	18	48	+(+)	10 – 22k
TB Multisound Classic	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
USB
USB Duo	2	Output	Yes		24	96	++	4-21k
USB MobilePre	2	Output	Yes		16	48	+	?
USB Quattro	4	Output	Yes		24	96	++	4-21k
M-audio Transit	2	Yes	Yes		24	48	++	3-23k
Creative SB LIVE External	2	Yes	Yes		24	96	++	4-21k
Creative Mp3+	2	Yes	Yes	$50	16	48	+	2-21k
Creative Extigy	2	Yes	Mono	$130?	24	48	++	3 – 23k
Egosys U2A	2	No	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 – 23k
Firewire
RME Fireface 800	10	No	4		24	192	+++	3-80 k
MOTU 828	8	?	-	-	-	-	-	5 – 23k
PCMCIA (Laptop)
VXpocket (Digigram)	2	Yes	Adj.	E610	24	48	++	5 – 24 k
VXpocket 440 (Digigram)	4	Yes	Adj	E850	24	48	++	5 – 24 k
PCXPocket V2	2	Yes	No	$1400	20	48	+(+)	5 – 23 k
Sound Chips/Laptops
Yamaha AC-XG	2	Yes	?	-	16	48	0	45 – 14k
Dell Inspiron 3800 (Ess Media3)	2	Yes	Yes	-	16	48	+	10 – 20k
IBM x20 (Crystal Soundfusion)		Yes	Yes	-	16	48	+	6 – 20k
IBM Thinkpad A22E (Crystal)	2	Yes	Yes	-	16	48	-	6 – 20k
Dell Latitude CPt 500GT	2	Yes	Mono	-	16	48*	+	?
MagicMedia 256, (Dell)	2	Yes	Mono	-	16	48	+	7-20k
OPL3-Sax	2	Yes	Yes	-	16	48	-	30– 21k
CS4232, Thinkpad 380	1?	Yes	Yes	-	16	?	-	80– 19k
CS423x, Tosh. Tecra	2	?	Yes	-	16	?	-	100– 7k
ESS 1878	1	Yes	Yes	-	16	44.1	-	?
ESS Maestro	2	Yes	Yes	-	16	48	+	8-20

* Works only for sampling frequency 48 kHz (and probably 24 and 12 kHz, but this has not been tested for all the cards)

** Currently 200 kHz, a special driver version that can handle 215 kHz will soon be released.

The list above shows the cards that have been tested and been shown to work with WinMLS. If you have, or plan to purchase, a card on the list, please read the comments on the card below. In the chapter above we provide a list of sound devices that does not work with WinMLS. Cards that are not on any of these lists may also work fine. Please report to us if you test a card that is not on the list. Note that we cannot give any guarantee that the information in this document is correct.

If you intend to do 2 channel measurements with correct initial time delay, you need a feedback loop from your sound device output directly to the sound device input (except for some professional cards). In this case we recommend sound cards that have a microphone input in addition to the usual line input for this purpose. If the sound device you are using does not have any microphone input in addition to the line input, a special feedback loop device has to be built or purchased from us. More information about this is given in the User’s Guide.

Explanations