CMI-8738 supports the legacy audio – SBPRO, FM emulator, MIDI MPU-401 port.
CMI 8738 MX supports 6-channel DACs for 5.1 home theater environments and meet PC99 audio performance requirements. CMI8738-MX also provides S/PDIF digital audio interface I/O for 44.1KHz and 48KHz LPCM audio.
On the software side, CMI-8738 supports Cmedia Xear Living and Cmedia Xear Voice with Windows Drivers.
Linux driver is also available in most Linux OS versions.
Features :
Enjoy compelling 3D audio and 4-channel sound on multiple speaker series
HRTF-base 3D positional audio, supporting DirectSound 3D, EAX and A3D interfaces
Supports multi-speaker output to 4/6 speakers
Supports EAX, karaoke key, and Echo sound effects
Complies with Microsoft PC99 specification
Wave table synthesizer: DLS-base Wavetable music synthesizer
Software compatibility: fully Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro and DirectSound compatible