FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Open Sound System now supports Ensoniq's AudioPCI soundcard Los Angeles, CA, October 9, 1997: 4Front Technologies is announcing the availability of Open Sound System for Linux with support for Ensoniq's AudioPCI soundcard. These drivers are currently in beta-test phase. OSS/Linux will support only digital audio and mixer functionality initially. Support for the MIDI port will be available later this year. The AudioPCI card can be used with software based wavetable MIDI players like Timidity or 4Front's SoftOSS Virtual Wavetable Synthesizer to playback MIDI files. The AudioPCI soundcard is a low-cost PCI sound card that supports two stereo audio playback channels and 1 stereo record channel. The soundcard supports full duplex audio functionality required for Internet Telephony applications such as RAT, SpeakFreely and VAT as well as audio editing applications such as Broadcast, Snd, Sound Studio and others. OSS/Linux is a commercial implementation of the OSS/Free drivers (the free soundcard drivers provided with the Linux kernel distribution). OSS/Linux offers an easy GUI based installation of the sound drivers. Recompiling the Linux kernel to add audio support is no longer required. With its unique autodetection of soundcards, OSS/Linux can configure most soundcards in a matter of minutes. It also supports various Plug-n-Play (PnP) soundcards for which there is no support in the OSS/Free kernel drivers. AudioPCI is only available in the commercial OSS drivers. Users can visit 4Front's WWW site at http://www.4front-tech.com/linux.html to download a free 7-day trial version of OSS/Linux or buy a fully licensed version of OSS/Linux with AudioPCI support for $30.00. The licensed version of OSS/Linux comes with free technical support and free updates. Additional information about Ensoniq's AudioPCI card is available at Ensoniq's website at http://www.ensoniq.com or at the Unofficial AudioPCI website at http://204.186.128.102/ --- xxx --- All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners. Open Sound System is a trademark of 4Front Technologies. Copyright (C) 1996,1997 4Front Technologies, All Rights Reserved. CONTACT: Dev Mazumdar (dev@4front-tech.com) 4Front Technologies 11698 Montana Avenue, Suite 12 Los Angeles, CA 90049, U.S.A. Tel: (310) 820 7365 E-mail: info.4front-tech.com Fax: (310) 826 2465 Web: http://www.4front-tech.com ____________________________________________________________________________