SoundBlaster Pro Hardware and Direct Sound Ready AC97 Digital Audio Controller
  • Dual full-duplex Direct Sound channels between system memory and AC97 link
  • PCI master interface with scatter / gather and bursting capability
  • 32 byte FIFO of each direct sound channel
  • Host based sample rate converter and mixer
  • Standard v1.0 or v2.0 AC97 Codec interface for single or cascaded AC97 Codec’s from multiple vendors
  • Loopback capability for re-directing mixed audio streams into USB and 1394 speakers
  • Hardware SoundBlaster Pro for Windows DOS box and real-mode DOS legacy compatibility
  • Plug and play with 4 IRQ, 4 DMA, and 4 I/O space options for SoundBlaster Pro and MIDI hardware
  • Hardware assisted FM synthesis for legacy compatibility
  • Direct two game ports and one MIDI port interface
  • Complete software driver support for Windows-95/98/2000 and Windows-NT