Ess Sound Cards & Media Devices Drivers
ESS AudioDrive ISA Sound Cards are some of the best Sound Blaster clone cards. The chipset is highly integrated and the ES1868F for example offers Sound Blaster Pro 2 compatibility, has mixer inputs for line-in, microphone, CD and wavetable and is a really quiet card.
Ess Sound Card
- The ESS Audiodrive is a 16-bit ISA sound card that can emulate older Sound Blasters. Some late 90s software supports it natively, but older DOS games use it as a Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, or Ad Lib.
- Sound card drivers and multimedia device drivers are available to be downloaded for free for the Soft32 site. Visit the site today to take advantage! Virtual Sound Card Driver 2.1 Free to try Virtual/fake audio driver to enhance your physical sound card driver. Updated: September 22 nd 2011.
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Sabre Downloads
Ess Sound Card Driver
Sabre32 Reference | Sabre Reference | Sabre Premier | ||
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ES9018 | ES9012 | ES9008 | ES9006 | |
RMAF 2011 Presentations by Martin Mallinson | Digital vs. Analog Volume Control and About Jitter: Digital Audio's Weakest Link | |||
Sabre White Paper (featuring ES9008) | Sabre White Paper | |||
Sabre Application Note | Maximizing DAC Performance for Every Budget | |||
2 Channel Eval Board Schematic | Download | |||
2 Channel Eval Board PCB Layout Top | Download | |||
2 Channel Eval Board PCB Layout Bottom | Download | |||
Third Party Comparison Data | Download | |||
In House Comparison Data | Download (.xls) | |||
Analog Power Supply Consumption | Download (.xls) |