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Table of Contents

Sound Devices............................................................................................................................................... 2

Recommended Sound Cards/Devices.........................................................................................................................2

High-end measurements .........................................................................................................................................2

Sound Devices that have been tested not work with WinMLS...................................................................................3

Sound Devices that have been tested to work with WinMLS.....................................................................................4

Explanations ...........................................................................................................................................................5

PCI cards ....................................................................................................................................................................6

Sek’d Prodif 96 Pro ................................................................................................................................................6

Digigram VX222....................................................................................................................................................6

TB Santa Cruz ........................................................................................................................................................6

Terratec EWX 24/96...............................................................................................................................................6

Card Deluxe............................................................................................................................................................6

RME Hammerfall DIGI9652..................................................................................................................................7

Sonorus STUDI/O ..................................................................................................................................................7

MULTIWAV PRO18 .............................................................................................................................................7

Soundtrack 128 DDMA..........................................................................................................................................7

Midiman DMAN 2044 ...........................................................................................................................................7

SEK’D Siena ..........................................................................................................................................................7

SEK’D ARC88 .......................................................................................................................................................7

Ensoniq Audio PCI.................................................................................................................................................7

Sound Blaster PCI 64 .............................................................................................................................................7

Sound Blaster PCI 128 ...........................................................................................................................................8

SB Live Value ........................................................................................................................................................8

SB Live Platinum ...................................................................................................................................................8

ISA cards ....................................................................................................................................................................9

Turtle Beach Monterey/Tahiti ................................................................................................................................9

Turtle Beach Fiji/Pinnacle ......................................................................................................................................9

Sound Blaster AWE 64 ..........................................................................................................................................9

Sound Blaster AWE 32 ..........................................................................................................................................9

Sound Blaster 16.....................................................................................................................................................9

SEK’D ARC44 .......................................................................................................................................................9

Crystal CS32BA11 .................................................................................................................................................9

ESS 1868 ................................................................................................................................................................9

CARDD PLUS .......................................................................................................................................................9

Turtle Beach Multisound Classic .........................................................................................................................10

USB Devices ............................................................................................................................................................11

Egosys U2A..........................................................................................................................................................11

PCMCIA cards (laptop)............................................................................................................................................11

VXPocket by Digigram ........................................................................................................................................11

PCXPocket V2 by Digigram ................................................................................................................................11

Sound Chips (laptop)................................................................................................................................................11

Dell Latitude CPt 500GT......................................................................................................................................11

NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 CODEC ..................................................................................................................11

OPL3-SAx ............................................................................................................................................................12

CS4232 in IBM Thinkpad 380 .............................................................................................................................12

CS423x in Toshiba Tecra .....................................................................................................................................12

ESS 1878 ..............................................................................................................................................................12

ESS Maestro .........................................................................................................................................................12

General information about the Digigram cards (VXpocket, PCXpocket, PCX9 and VX 222) ................................12

Summary of content (13 pages)

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Table of Contents Sound Devices ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Recommended Sound Cards/Devices.........................................................................................................................2 High-end measurements .........................................................................................................................................
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Sound Devices Sound devices that have been tested with the WinMLS software will be presented and recommendations is given. We have chosen to use the term “sound device” instead of “sound card” since “sound card” is not a good word for the range of possible sound hardware (e.g. a USB devices should not be called a card). Recommended Sound Cards/Devices Most of the cards that have been tested will give decent results for ordinary measurements, except for the very high and low frequencies.
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Sound Devices that have been tested not work with WinMLS Some sound devices do not support simultaneous play and record and therefore cannot run WinMLS. Most of the newer cards support simultaneous play and record operation, but may not work with WinMLS due to errors in the hardware or with the driver. The list below shows the cards that have been tested and been shown not to work with WinMLS.
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Sound Devices that have been tested to work with WinMLS Sound Devices Chan- Mixer Mic. Price AD/DA Fs PCI (stationary PC) nel(s) Input bit [kHz] VX222 (Digigram) 2 Yes Adj.
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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).
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where the drop-off is 3 dB down from the average value of the frequency response in the “linear range”. In this case we have measured the maximum frequency range. Operative System tells if the sound device can be run in Windows 95(98) and/or in Windows NT. If it supports Windows 95 then it should support Windows 98 also. PCI cards Sek’d Prodif 96 Pro This is a 24 bit (20 bit effective) 96 kHz card, with 2 analog and 2 digital (S/PDIFF, AES/EBU, ADAT, optical (toslink) in/outputs.
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http://www.digitalaudio.com/carddeluxe/default.htm RME Hammerfall DIGI9652 High quality digital card. For more information about the card and about AD/DA converters please see http://www.rme-audio.com/english/index.htm Sonorus STUDI/O Please see http://www.sonorus.com for information. MULTIWAV PRO18 Please see http://www.sonorus.com for information. Soundtrack 128 DDMA Read about this card and place international orders online at http://www.hoontech.
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Sound Blaster PCI 128 For one of these cards we tested the output signal was directly connected to the input so we had –20 dB cross-talk. This may be because the sound card was defect or badly constructed. This card was an early version of SoundBlaster 128, SB128PCT (CT4700). However, the SB128 PCI (CT4810) has been reported not to have this problem. This sound device is very similar to Ensoniq Audio PCI, so the information given above should apply for this card also.
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ISA cards Turtle Beach Monterey/Tahiti This is the only high quality sound device we know of that has response down to 0 Hz. It is thus very suited for low frequency measurements. Unfortunately these cards are not produced anymore, but we have a few cards in stock, and it should be possible to get a card used. If you are using a Turtle Beach Tahiti or Monterey sound device, you must download and install the latest drivers to make the WinMLS Audio Mixer work properly under Windows 95.
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It cannot use the WinMLS Audio mixer. When you use CARDD PLUS, you must make sure that you have specified CARDD PLUS as your default card for playing and recording. You can do this by clicking the Multimedia icon in the Control Panel. Set CARDD PLUS as your preferred devices in the Audio settings. Turtle Beach Multisound Classic A user has found that this card is working with WinMLS.
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USB Devices Egosys U2A It has been tested with WinMLS and is now used by one of our customers. It worked except that the internal WinMLS mixer could not be used. For more information see http://egosys.net/eng/product/products/wt_u2a/WTU2A.html PCMCIA cards (laptop) VXPocket by Digigram The big advantage of this card is that it can be used in most laptops since it is a PCMCIA card. This card is a good solution if you need to do high quality measurements with your laptop without using a docking station.
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OPL3-SAx The OPL3-SAx sound chip is very often used in portable computers. We have tested WinMLS on some laptops that has the sound chip, a Toshiba Satellite 320cds running Win95 and a Toshiba Satellite 230cx running WinNT. The chip is also used on sound devices. CS4232 in IBM Thinkpad 380 This type of chip was tested on an IBM Thinkpad 380. The chip showed nice audio properties. We did not get 2channel measurement to work.
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Nominal in: sets nominal microphone input level while recording. Headroom: sets available headroom while recording at nominal level. Adding headroom to nominal level should not exceed maximum input level of the microphone input. Line and Microphone input: the VXpocket, PCXpocket and PCX9 (ISA and PCI) have Line and Microphone input levels. For the VXpocket, PCXpocket and PCX9 (ISA and PCI) cards you may select if the input is to have Line or Microphone input levels.