Does it make sense to use an audio interface to input audio into your computer? For some users — it’s still a useful tool. Professional musicians are already familiar with the difference between an ...

I have a very nice (for my needs, anyway) PCIe sound blaster (a real one) in my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS box. Works great. But I have to take it out as I need the space it is using, for something else.

AudioScience is promoting broadcast sound cards that use the next-generation PCI Express bus. PCI Express is an interface that uses serial data interconnects that run at 2.5 Gbps. The single-lane PCI ...

A sound card allows computers to have sound. Pretty simple, right? But let’s dig deeper. Here’s a closer look at the tech that defines a sound card, and what to know if you want to buy one. Today’s ...

Ask a veteran gamer about the Sound Blaster name, and they’ll share tales of how the firm’s sound cards were mandatory in almost any gaming rig. Back in the DOOM era it was the MIDI support, while ...

Needing little introduction, Creative Labs has been around for a long time in the PC audio industry, since basically the dawn of it all in fact. They offered first up the Sound Blaster 1.0 ...