ALSA Soundcard Matrix


Cards or chipsets hilighted in RED are unsupported because the vendor refuses to release programming information.
Support for cards or chipsets hilighted in GREY is undetermined as of yet.
Cards or chipsets hilighted in GREEN are possible to support, but no driver has been written yet.

Vendor Card Chipset(s) Driver Notes
Alesis ADAT/pcr      
Analog Devices   AD1816    
Analog Devices   AD1816    
Avance Logic   ALS100 als100  
Avance Logic   ALS110 als100  
Avance Logic   ALS120 als100  
Aopen FX-3D Plus AD1816    
Aopen FX-3D Pro Radio AD1816    
Aopen AW37 CS4235 cs4235  
Aopen AW37 Pro CS4235,CS9236 cs4235  
Aopen AW180 ES1938 es1938  
Aopen AW230 CS4280 cs461x  
Aopen AW300 maestro-2    
Aopen AW320 CS4614 cs461x  
Aopen AW724 YMF724F    
Aopen AW744 YMF744B    
AMD   Interwave interwave  
AzTech   AZT2320 azt2320  
AzTech   AZF3328    
AzTech PCI 168 AZF3328    
AzTech PCI 64-Q3D 4DWave DX trident  
AzTech PCI 288-Q3DII 4DWave NX trident [B]
AzTech PCI 338-A3D AU8820    
AzTech PCI 368-DSP VT21702,STAC9704T    
A-trend 3DS801A FM801 fm801  
AudioExcel AV 510 cmi8338   [A][B]
AudioExcel MD Mate cmi8738   [C][D]
Aureal   AU8820    
Aureal   AU8830    
Best Union Miss Melody 4dwave PCI 4DWave DX trident  
C-Media   CMI8330 cmi8330 [A][B](1)
C-Media   CMI8338   [A][B](2)
C-Media   CMI8738   [A][B]
Chic Technology CoolSound 4000 ALS4000    
Chic Technology True Sound 4d wave-DX 4DWave DX trident  
Chic Technology True Sound 4d wave-NX 4DWave NX trident  
Chic Technology True Sound 724 YMF724    
Cirrus Logic   CS4231 cs4231  
Cirrus Logic   CS4232 cs4232  
Cirrus Logic   CS4232A cs4232  
Cirrus Logic   CS4235 cs4236  
Cirrus Logic   CS4236 cs4236  
Cirrus Logic   CS4236B cs4236  
Cirrus Logic   CS4237B cs4236 [B]
Cirrus Logic   CS4238B cs4236 [B]
Cirrus Logic   CS4239 cs4236  
Cirrus Logic   CS4280 cs461x  
Cirrus Logic   CS4610 cs461x  
Cirrus Logic   CS4612 cs461x  
Cirrus Logic   CS4614 cs461x  
Cirrus Logic   CS4615 cs461x  
Compustar WinFast CMI-8738/PCI C3DX Sound cmi8738   [C][D]
Creative Labs Soundblaster 1.0   sb8  
Creative Labs Soundblaster 1.5   sb8  
Creative Labs Soundblaster 2.x   sb8  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Pro   sb8  
Creative Labs Soundblaster 16   sb16  
Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 ASP   sb16 (3)
Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 PnP   sb16  
Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 PCI ES1373 ens1371 [B]
Creative Labs Soundblaster Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1371 ens1371  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Vibra16C   sb16  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Vibra16CL   sb16  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Vibra16S   sb16  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Vibra16X   sb16  
Creative Labs Soundblaster 32/AWE EMU8K sbawe (3)
Creative Labs Soundblaster 32/AWE PnP EMU8K sbawe  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Awe64 Gold EMU8K sbawe  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Awe64 Value EMU8K sbawe  
Creative Labs Soundblaster PCI 64 ES1371 ens1371  
Creative Labs Soundblaster PCI 128 ES1370 ens1371  
Creative Labs Soundblaster PCI 512 EMU10K1 emu10k1  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Live EMU10K1 emu10k1  
Creative Labs Soundblaster Live Value EMU10K1 emu10k1  
Diamond Multimedia MonsterSound mx300 AU8830    
Digital Audio Labs CardDeluxe      
Digital Audio Labs Digital Only CardD      
Digital Audio Labs CardDplus      
Dream   SAM9407    
Dream   SAM9707    
Dynasonic 3-d Interwave interwave  
Echo Corporation Darla      
Echo Corporation Gina      
Echo Corporation Layla      
Echo Corporation Mona      
Ensoniq(?)   ES1370 ens1370  
Ensoniq(?)   ES1371 ens1371  
ESS Technology   ES688 es1688  
ESS Technology   ES1688 es1688  
ESS Technology   ES18xx es18xx  
ESS Technology   ES1938 (Solo-1) es1938  
ESS Technology   ES1946 (Solo-1e) es1938  
ESS Technology   maestro-1    
ESS Technology   maestro-2    
ESS Technology   maestro-2e    
ESS Technology   maestro-2em    
Fortemedia   FM801 fm801  
Frontier Design WaveCenter FPGA   [A][B][C][D][E][F]
Frontier Design Dakota Custom ASIC?    
Frontier Design Montana Custom ASIC?    
Gravis Ultrasound Classic GF1 gusclassic  
Gravis Ultrasound Extreme GF1,ES1688 gusextreme  
Gravis Ultrasound Max GF1 gusmax  
Gravis Ultrasound PnP Interwave interwave  
HIS 4dwave PCI 4DWave NX trident  
Hoontech Soundtrack 128 DDMA Gold sam9407   [B][D]
Hoontech Soundtrack 128 DDMA Ruby sam9407   [B][D]
Hoontech Soundtrack Digital-NX 4DWave NX trident [B][D]
Hoontech Soundtrack Digital-XG YMF744B   [A][B][C][D]
Hoontech Soundtrack Audio DSP 24 Envy24   [A][B][C][D]
IC Ensemble   Envy24    
Jaton Sonicwave 4d 4DWave DX trident  
Korg OASYS      
Korg 1212I/O      
Lexicon Core      
Lexicon Core2      
Mark of the Unicorn Micro Express   mtpav In testing
Mark of the Unicorn Midi Express XT   mtpav  
Mark of the Unicorn Midi Time Piece AV   mtpav  
Midiman Delta 66 Envy24 ice1712 [A][B]
Midiman Delta 1010 Envy24 ice1712 [A][B]
Midiman Delta DiO 2496 Envy24 ice1712 [A][B][C][D]
Oak Technology   Mozart mozart  
Opti   82C9xx opti9xx  
RME Hammerfall FPGA rme9652 [C][D][E][F]
RME Digi96 FPGA    
RME Digi96/8 FPGA    
RME Digi96/8 PRO FPGA    
RME Digi96/8 PAD FPGA    
Seasound Solo Envy24   [A][B]
SEK'D Prodif24 FPGA   [A][B][C][D]
SEK'D Prodif32 FPGA    
SEK'D Prodif96 FPGA    
SEK'D Prodif96 Pro FPGA    
PINE Schubert 32 PCI SonicVibes PCI sonicvibes  
Sonorus Medi/o Envy24   [A][B][E][F]
Sonorus Studi/o     [C][D][E][F]
S3   SonicVibes PCI sonicvibes  
Shuttle HOT-241 OPTi931 opti9xx  
Shuttle HOT-245 OPTi931 opti9xx  
Shuttle HOT-255 ES1370 ens1370  
STB Soundrage 32 Interwave interwave  
STB Ultrasound 32-Pro Interwave,TEA6330T interwave-stb  
Toshiba Tecra 8000 OPL3-SA2 opl3sa2  
Terratec EWS64L SAM9407    
Terratec EWS64XL SAM9407    
Terratec EWS88MT Envy24    
Trident   4dwave DX trident  
Trident   4dwave NX trident [B]
Turtle Beach Malibu   cs4236  
Turtle Beach Tropez CS4232,OPL3 wavefront  
Turtle Beach Tropez+ CS4232,OPL3,YSS223 wavefront  
VIA   via82c686    
VLSI   VT21702 "Thunderbird 128"    
Xitel Storm Platinum AU8330   [D]
Yamaha   OPL3-SA2 opl3sa2  
Yamaha   OPL3-SA3 opl3sa2  
Yamaha   YMF701 opl3sa2  
Yamaha   YMF711 opl3sa2  
Yamaha   YMF715 opl3sa2  
Yamaha   YMF718 opl3sa2  
Yamaha   YMF719 opl3sa2  
Yamaha   YMF724    
Yamaha   YMF740    
Yamaha   YMF744    
Zefiro ZA2 FPGA   [A][B][C][D]
Zoltrix Nightingale cmi8738   [C][D]
(1) Output always resampled to 48khz.
(2) Output at 44khz only, output sometimes erroneously inverted.
(3) CSP Chip Supported
[A] IEC958 RCA Input
[B] IEC958 RCA Output
[C] IEC958 TOSLINK Input
[D] IEC958 TOSLINK Output
[E] ADAT Input
[F] ADAT Output