Specifications

Personal Sound
System (PSS)
Pinnacle MultiSound Power Mac onboard sound Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Pro Audio Studio 16
Pro Sonic 16 Q40 onboard sound Roland MPU−401 MIDI
interface
S3 SonicVibes
SGI Visual Workstation SM Games SY−1816 SoundBlaster 1.0
SoundBlaster 16 SoundBlaster 16ASP SoundBlaster 2.0 SoundBlaster 32
SoundBlaster 64 SoundBlaster AWE32 SoundBlaster AWE64 SoundBlaster Live!
SoundBlaster PCI 128 SoundBlaster PCI 512 SoundBlaster Pro SoundBlaster Vibra16
SoundBlaster Vibra16X TI TM4000M notebook Terratec Base 1 Terratec Base 64
ThunderBoard Trident 4DWave DX/NX Trident Ali 5451 Trident SiS 7018
Turtle Beach Maui Turtle Beach MultiSound
Classic
Turtle Beach MultiSound
Fiji
Turtle Beach
MultiSound Hurricane
Turtle Beach MultiSound
Monterey
Turtle Beach MultiSound
Pinnacle
Turtle Beach MultiSound
Tahiti
Turtle Beach
WaveFront Maui
Turtle Beach WaveFront
Tropez
Turtle Beach WaveFront
Tropez+
VIA 82Cxxx chip set VIDC 16−bit sound
Yamaha OPL2 sound chip Yamaha OPL3 sound chip Yamaha OPL3−SA1
sound chip
Yamaha OPL3−SA2
sound chip
Yamaha OPL3−SA3 sound
chip
Yamaha OPL3−SAx
sound chip
Yamaha OPL4 sound chip Yamaha YM3812
sound chip
A word about compatibility: even though most sound cards are claimed to be SoundBlaster compatible, very
few currently sold cards are compatible enough to work with the Linux SoundBlaster driver. These cards
usually work better using the MSS/WSS or MAD16 driver. Only real SoundBlaster cards made by Creative
Labs, which use Creative's custom chips (e.g. SoundBlaster16 Vibra), MV Jazz16 and ESS688/1688 based
cards generally work with the SoundBlaster driver. Trying to use a SoundBlaster Pro compatible 16 bit sound
card with the SoundBlaster driver is usually just a waste of time.
The Linux kernel supports the SCSI port provided on some sound cards (e.g. ProAudioSpectrum 16) and the
proprietary interface for some CD−ROM drives (e.g. SoundBlaster Pro). See the Linux SCSI HOWTO and
CDROM HOWTO documents for more information.
A kernel driver to support joystick ports, including those provided on some sound cards, is included as part of
the 2.2 and later kernels.
Note that the kernel SCSI, CD−ROM, joystick, and sound drivers are completely independent of each other.
3.4. Alternate Sound Drivers
The Linux Sound HOWTO
3.4. Alternate Sound Drivers 6