Frequently Asked Questions

Last revised: 13 05 1997
This page contains some questions asked frequently by some visitors to these pages. If you have something to add, anything related to Amiga Audio Cards don't hesitate to contact or fill out the feedback form.


Q: Is there going to be AHI support for the AURA and Clarity 16?
A:Most likely NOT. Main reason is that these two external cards were designed without any kind of buffer in the cards making it quite hard to produce multitasking audo driver for them. Blame the designers, they could have designed the cards a bit better..
Q: Does all my audio programs/games/demos start sounding better when I install Audio card?
A: No. Atleast not with currently available programs/games/demos. Only the programs utilizing the card will start using the card. However you may have to either get different version of programs, install or change your programs settings to get it to notice your new and shining card.

Q: If I buy an Audio Card, can I still play my old games and use my old programs?
A: Yes. Installing Audio card doesn't interfere with the workings of your other programs. Only programs utilizing the card should change their behaviour by starting to use the newly installed card.

Q: Can I get my Amiga's audio output come through the card's outputs
A: Yes and no. With some card you may be able to either use provided cables or use your old audio cables to connect the Amiga's audio output to inputs of your audio card. Unless card provides special cabling this may prevent you from sampling with your card unless you switch different cables to it. OFcourse you may build a kind of a 'mixer' mixing two outputs to one going to your sound equipment. Anyway, use common sense and read the manual provided with your card, if you don't know what you are doing, don't do it.

Q: What is AHI?
A: AHI is relatively new Audio software interface standard by Martin Blom. You can visit the AHI pages for more up to date and exact information. AHI provides drivers for many audio cards so that by providing support for AHI in a audio/sound application or a game developer will automatically provide support for various cards withouth doing anything extra. AHI doesn't only benefit developers but user alike by providing them more and more programs supporting Audio cards. With AHI we can finally say goodbye to days when users had to cry out in frustration when his/her card was not supported by an application he liked to use.

Q: What different cards are there for Amiga?
A: Well this is hard question to answer nowadays. It lookes like there are several cards coming in production, but unfortunately many of these seem also to be just vaporware with only promises and high hopes. Currently there are atleast following cards AVAILABLE. Delfina, Prelude, Toccata, MaestroPro, Wavetools, SoundStage and Aura. Few cards like HyperSound and Plasma don't seem to become available any time soon.

Q: What has happened to Sunrize and the audio cards it used to make?
A:Sunrize has gone out of the business and has stopped making and supporting the cards it used to make.


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