Ensoniq puts sound on PCI bus

MALVERN, PA. - Combining its ES 1370 proprietary digital audio and music controller chip and a standard codec with high-performance algorithms and a library of almost 5,000 sounds, Ensoniq Corp. has moved high-quality audio to the PCI bus.

Using these chips and in-housedeveloped software, Ensoniq has created a solution called AudioPCI, which includes an add-in soundboard, the S5016, and associated downloadable software. AudioPCI puts sound and wavetable MIDI music on the PCI bus in...