ExplanationsSound Devices that have been tested to work with WinMLS
|
Sound Devices PCI (stationary PC) |
Chan-nels |
Mixer |
Mic. Input |
Price |
AD/DA bit |
Fs [kHz] |
Noise |
Frequency Range [Hz] |
|
VX222 (Digigram) |
2 |
Yes |
Adj. |
$430 |
24 |
48 |
++ |
5 – 24k |
|
TB Santa Cruz |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
48 |
+ |
8-23KHz |
|
Terratec EWX 24/96
|
2 |
Yes |
No |
? |
24 |
96 |
+++ |
3-46 kHz |
|
Card Deluxe |
2 |
No |
No |
? |
24 |
96 |
+++ |
? |
|
PRODIF 96 PRO |
2 |
No |
No |
? |
24 |
96 |
+++ |
5 – 46k |
|
LynxTWO |
6 |
No |
No |
$1100 |
24 |
215** |
+++ |
|
|
Waveterminal 192X |
2 |
Yes |
No |
$399 |
24 |
48 |
++ |
2-23k |
|
Delta 1010LT |
8 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
24 |
96 |
++ |
|
|
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 |
|
SEK’D Siena |
8 |
No |
No |
$500 |
24 |
96 |
++ |
|
|
SEK’D ARC 88 |
8 |
No |
No |
$500 |
16 |
48 |
+ |
20 – 20k |
|
Ensoniq Audio PCI |
1 |
Yes |
Mono |
? |
16 |
48* |
+ |
8 – 23k |
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Egosys U2A |
2 |
No |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 – 23k |
|
Firewire |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dell Inspiron 3800 (Ess Media 3) |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
16 |
48 |
+ |
10 – 20k |
|
IBM x20 (Crystal Soundfusion) |
|
Yes |
Yes |
- |
16 |
48 |
+ |
6-20 |
|
IBM Thinkpad A22E (Crystal) |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
16 |
48 |
- |
6-20 |
|
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.