| A | B |
|---|---|
| A Sound Blaster Live! Value card, a typical (c. 2000) PCI sound card | … |
| Connects to | Motherboard via one of: • PCI • ISA • USB • FireWire • IBM PC Parallel Port • PCI-E • MCA (rare) • PCMCIA interfaces (PC Card , Expresscard) Line in or out via one of: • Analogue – phone , RCA or DIN connector • Digital – S/PDIF (TOSLINK or RCA) or AES/EBU Microphone via one of: • Phone connector • PIN connector |
| Common manufacturers | • Creative Labs (and subsidiary E-mu Systems) • Realtek • C-Media • VIA Technologies • ASUS • M-Audio • Turtle Beach |
Audio interface
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