Sound cards were essential in high-end PC builds but have been replaced by better onboard audio options now. The initial success of sound cards was due to poor motherboard audio quality and ...

Before the AdLib sound card, sound on PCs was in a terrible shape. Since the dawn of IBM, all PCs included a speaker, but this PC speaker was only capable of sounding one note at a time.

It’s cheap, relying on the almost absurd capability for analog to digital conversion found in every sound card, and the software is great. It’s the fit and finish that makes this project shine.