Matrix:Description

Universal Soundcard Description

All pages for the Soundcard Matrix MUST BE stored in the Matrix namespace in Wiki (the wiki page name must start with Matrix:)!

Each card should be described with following tags:

Matrix:Soundcard-Tags

To search for hardware with particular properties, choose the tag you are interested in below. Then select 'What links here' from the sidebar to get a list of vendors whose products have that feature.

For instance this shows the result for the USB tag: Special:Whatlinkshere/Matrix:Tag-USB

Tag	Comment
[ISA]	ISA Bus
[PCI]	PCI Bus
[PCIE]	PCI Express Bus
[USB]	USB Bus
[Fire]	Firewire (IEEE 1394, i.Link) Bus
[PCMCIA]	PCMCIA device
[ExpressCard]	ExpressCard device
[CompactFlash]	Compact Flash device
[ParallelPort]	Parallel Port device
[SerialPort]	Serial Port device
[ANALOGi]	Analog Input
[ANALOGo]	Analog Output
[ANALOGio]	both
[RCAi]	IEC-60958 RCA Input
[RCAo]	IEC-60958 RCA Output
[RCAio]	both
[TOSi]	IEC-60958 TOSLINK Input
[TOSo]	IEC-60958 TOSLINK Output
[TOSio]	both
[ADATi]	ADAT Input
[ADATo]	ADAT Output
[ADATio]	both
[HDMIo]	HDMI Output
[MIDIi]	MIDI Input
[MIDIo]	MIDI Output
[MIDIio]	both
[Unknown]	Support undetermined.
[Possible]	Possible to support, but no driver has been written yet
[Unsupported]	Unsupported because the vendor refuses to release programming information.
[NotInRepo]	Driver not yet in official ALSA repository
[8bit]	8-bit sample processing
[16bit]	16-bit sample processing
[24bit]	24-bit sample processing
[192kHz]	Sample rate up to 192khz.
[96kHz]	Sample rate up to 96khz.
[48kHz]	Output always resampled to 48khz.
[44kHz]	Output at 44khz only, output sometimes erroneously inverted.
[5.1]	5.1 output.
[7.1]	7.1 output.
[HWMIX]	Hardware mixing supported
[NoCap]	Capture of sound not supported.
[Wavetable]	Hardware wavetable support