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Where the article stops is AC'97 in 1997, which was replaced 7 years later by Intel HD Audio in 2004, still in active use and new production today, two decades
by userbinator 2y ago
Where the article stops is AC'97 in 1997, which was replaced 7 years later by Intel HD Audio in 2004, still in active use and new production today, two decades later. There was a lot of changes in the early years but it seems that PC audio has (hopefully) stabilised now.
- atmanactive 2y agoAlso, the article is missing any mention of ASIO which propelled PC into the pro-audio world and is still a must today.
- pantulis 2y agoI guess the article is focusing on gaming and regular multimedia usage. The pro-audio story of the PC is also a fascinating one with some legendary names like Ensoniq, Terratec, Yamaha, Guillemot, Creamware, E-MU, Korg... but all that stuff is relatively new compared to the days of bleeps and bloops.
- atmanactive 2y agoIf I remember correctly, my first encounter with ASIO was back in 1998 on Creative SoundBlaster AWE32. ASIO to record and playback high-quality multi-track audio in near-real-time and EMU8000 to play samples via MIDI packed as SoundFonts.