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Gigasampler compatible sound cards

Here is an alphabetical listing of sound cards and audio interfaces for the PC. This resource is designed to help you determine if your current audio card or an audio card you are using or thinking about buying is Gigasampler compatible.

New cards that are released or updated that feature Gigasampler support will be added to this list as soon as they are available. We try to keep this information as accurate a possible. Have we missed a card? Are you experiencing problems or encountering a new card/driver revision that works or doesn't work? Please email us and let us know!

Questions?
If you have questions about any of the sound cards listed here, please post them in the discussion forums (anyone can post, no registration is required).

A few notes:
"" represents cards that have been tested to work with Gigasampler.
"" represents cards that do NOT work with Gigasampler.
"" represents cards that currently work by experience abormal behavior or problems due to driver conflicts etc.
"" represents cards that have support through GSIF.

Alphabetic listing by manufacturer:
[ A to C ] [ D to F ] [ G to S ] [ T to Z ]

Aardvark (official website)

Aark Direct Pro

Information/Notes: Features include 24-bit 96khz capability, 4 XLR mic inputs, 4 TRS 1/4" inputs, phantom power, 10 channel mixer, 6 analog outputs, S/PDIF (24bit), MIDI, headphone jack, DSP FX (reverb, compressor 3 band EQ). Street Price: $600usd Shop for it on-line

Aark 20/20

Information/Notes: Features include 20-bit a/d d/a, 8 1/4" analog I/O & more. Requires driver version 4.7 or greater to work with Gigasampler. Note: Aark 20/20 has been discontinued and replaced with the Aark 24. Street price: $600 usd (Plus version is $700 usd) Shop for it on-line

Aark 24

Information/Notes: Features include 24-bit a/d d/a, 8 1/4" analog I/O, ADAT Optical I/O & sync, S/PDIF I/O, Toslink Optical, Word Clock, optional TDIF, AES/EBU & 19" rackmount box. Street price: $700 usd Shop for it on-line

Aark TDIF

Information/Notes: Features include 8 TDIF i/o, direction connection to Tascam DA-88, Tascam DA-38, Tascam DA-98, Tascam IF-88, Yamaha O2R, Yamaha O3D, Apogee AD8000, Apogee FC-8, Otari UFC-24, Roland DM-8000, Translator. Street price: $370 usd

ADB (official website)

Multiwav Digital Pro 18

Information/Notes: Features include stereo 18-bit analog output, digital input/output AES/EBU & S/PDIF optical/coax, full 24-bit/96khz support. ADB has unfortunately discontinued their superb line of Multiwav cards in favor of their new AX88 i/o interface for the DSP Factory. No further driver development is anticipated. Current drivers for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. Street price: $200 usd

Multiwav Digital Pro 24

Information/Notes: Features include stereo 24-bit analog output, digital input/output AES/EBU & S/PDIF optical/coax, full 24-bit/96khz support, word-clock. ADB has unfortunately discontinued their superb line of Multiwav cards in favor of their new AX88 i/o interface for the DSP Factory. No further driver development is anticipated. Current drivers for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. Street price:

Multiwav Analog Pro 24

Information/Notes: Features include stereo 24-bit analog output, word-clock, full 24-bit/96khz support. ADB has unfortunately discontinued their superb line of Multiwav cards in favor of their new AX88 i/o interface for the DSP Factory. No further driver development is anticipated. Current drivers for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. Street price:

AVM Technology Ltd. (official website)

Apex

Information/Notes: Features include 16-bit a/d d/a, up to 48khz, 1/8" analog i/o, built in 3D surround processing, on board MIDI i/o, wavetable synthesis w/ 32 voice MIDI polyphony, 64MB max onboard RAM (ships with 2MB) w/Kurzweil MA-1 Chipset. Optional coax/optical digital i/o. Note: >89dB SNR, support through directsound. Street price: $230 usd

Apex Pro

Information/Notes: Features include 16-bit a/d d/a, up to 48khz, 2 1/8" analog i/o, built in 3D surround processing, on board MIDI i/o, wavetable synthesis w/ 32 voice MIDI polyphony, 64MB max onboard RAM (ships with 2MB) w/Kurzweil MA-1 Chipset. Optional coax/optical digital i/o. Note: >89dB SNR, support through directsound. Street price: $230 usd

Summit SST

Information/Notes: MIDI interface/sound module only. Street price: n/a

Summit

Information/Notes: MIDI interface/sound module only. Street price: n/a

Creamware (official website)

Scope

Information/Notes: Features inlude 24 i/o, 32 - 348 kHz, 2x on board MIDI i/o, word clock, 9-pin ADAT i/o, 15 DSP processor board, powerful synth engine, 5 independent S/TDM expansion busses, optional ADAT, analog, AES/EBU, expandable with Pulsar. Compatibility/performance notes: Version 1.3 drivers required, no multi i/o support in Giga (stereo mode only) Street price: $6000+ usd (full version)

Scope/SP

Information/Notes: Features three ADAT optical digital interfaces, as well as with MIDI, Wordclock and ADAT 9-pin I/Os, 15 SHARC DSP's, Compatibility/performance notes: No information available at this time on Gigasampler performance/compatibility. Release: Q2, 2000. Street price: $6000+ usd (full version)

Pulsar/Pulsar Plus

Information/Notes: Features include 20 i/o, up to 96khz, ADAT optical (2 i/o), S/PDIF i/o, analog i/o (unbalanced RCA on standard, balanced XLR on plus), Pulsar Plus incl. AES/EBU. Powerful on board DSP, expandable with SCOPE. Compatibility/performance notes: Version 1.3 drivers required, no multi i/o support in Giga (stereo mode only) Street price: $1050 usd, Pulsar plus: $1100 usd

Pulsar II

Information/Notes: Features include 20 i/o, 24 bit/96 kHz (stereo analog, stereo S/PDIF and 2 x ADAT), optional 24 i/o ADAT daughterboard, on-board DSP. S/TDM bus for seamless integration with other DSP cards from the SCOPE family Compatibility/performance notes: GSIF support is anticipated. Release: May, 2000. Street price: $1400 usd

tripleDAT

Information/Notes: Features include 4 channel i/o, S/PDIF i/o (coax, optical), on board MIDI i/o. Street price: n/a

Luna 2496 DSP

Information/Notes: Luna features a large number of analog and digital I/Os in 24 bit/96 kHz, MIDI i/o, the new Ultra Low Latency Interface (ULLI) with a comprehensive driver set, and three SHARC DSPs for audio processing, mixing, and surround sound software applications. The system can easily be expanded with additional I/Os (with Luna 8 channel converter box), up to 36 I/Os per unit, and two units can be linked via S/TDM bus. Release: Q2, 2000. Street price: $TBA

MMport

Information/Notes: Features include 4 channel analog/digital i/o, on board MIDI i/o (includes breakout cable), ISA card. Street price: n/a

Creative Labs (official website)

SoundBlaster 16

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit i/o, joystick/MPU-401 on board MIDI. ISA card. Product has been discontinued. Note: Noisy i/o, poor a/d d/a. Street price: $70 usd

SoundBlaster AWE 32

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit analog i/o, joystick/MPU-401 on board MIDI with wavetable synthesis, soundfont support. ISA card. Product has been discontinued. Note: Noisy i/o, poor a/d d/a, no compatibility with Gigasampler 1.5x in Windows 98 SE. Street price: n/a

SoundBlaster AWE 64

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit analog i/o (GOLD version features S/PDIF digital i/o. Same basic specs as the AWE 32. MPU-401 joystick port. ISA card. Product has been discontinued. Note: GOLD version very stable in Gigasampler. Street price: $160 usd (Awe 64 Gold)

SoundBlaster Live!

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit analog i/o (although improved over the AWE series). S/PDIF digital output (locked at 48khz), MPU-401 joystick port, on board DSP for basic entry level reverb/FX, SoundFont support. On board MIDI i/o, PCI card. Compatibility notes: on board hardware acceleration may result in reduced Gigasampler performance. This produce has been discontinued in favor of the X-Gamer, MP3+ and Platinum line of SBLive cards. Street price: n/a

SoundBlaster Live! Value

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit analog i/o (although improved over the AWE series). S/PDIF digital output on board (not wired out), MPU-401 joystick port, DSP for basic entry level reverb/FX, SoundFont support. PCI card. Compatibility notes: on board hardware acceleration may result in reduced Gigasampler performance. This produce has been discontinued in favor of the X-Gamer, MP3+ and Platinum line of SBLive cards. Street price: $70 usd

SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit analog i/o (although improved over the AWE series). 1/8" S/PDIF digital output on board, MPU-401 joystick port, DSP for basic entry level reverb/FX, SoundFont support. PCI card.Compatibility notes: on board hardware acceleration may result in reduced Gigasampler performance. Street price: $80 usd

SoundBlaster Live! MP3+

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit analog i/o (although improved over the AWE series). 1/8" S/PDIFDigital output on board, on board MIDI (requires proprietary connector from creative), MPU-401 joystick port, DSP for basic entry level reverb/FX, SoundFont support, built in MP3 encoding capability (up to 320kbps). Compatibility notes: on board hardware acceleration may result in reduced Gigasampler performance. Street price: $80 usd

SoundBlaster Live! Platinum

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit analog i/o (although improved over the AWE series). Digital output on board (not wired out), (requires proprietary connector from creative), MPU-401 joystick port, DSP for basic entry level reverb/FX, SoundFont support. PCI card. Compatibility notes: on board hardware acceleration may result in reduced Gigasampler performance. Street price: $167 usd

Ensoniq Audio PCI

Information/Notes: Features include basic 16-bit analog i/o, Soundblaster emulation, PCI card. Compatibility notes: boot problems can occur in certain overclocked systems. Gigasampler may have problems using the card when using Creative's drivers. Street price: $25 usd

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