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fffobar on Sept 1, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Whatever happened to dedicated sound cards...

What does a sound card actually do, besides ADC and DAC?

mav88 on Sept 1, 2022 [–]

The Aureal had hardware 3d audio which has yet to be matched today.

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