Audio Card Output Colors

Sound card color codes.

Audio card output colors. A few sound cards with 8 7 1 audio channels do not provide the gray middle surround speakers connector. Many audio channels it has. If your computer is equipped with this type of card and you want to use all the 8. An important sound card characteristic is polyphony which refers to its ability to process and output multiple independent voices or sounds simultaneously these distinct channels are seen as the number of audio outputs which may correspond to a speaker configuration such as 2 0 stereo 2 1 stereo and sub woofer 5 1 surround or other configuration.

Alternatively referred to as an audio output device sound board or audio card a sound card is an expansion card or ic for producing sound on a computer that can be heard through speakers or headphones although the computer doesn t need a sound card it s included on every machine as either in an expansion slot shown below or built into the motherboard. Stereo cards with just two audio channels will have only the green output blue input and pink microphone jacks. In many cards the microphone connector will be pink the line out or headphone will be lime green and the stereo line in will be light blue.