Audio References

The following represents some of the references, services, and tools available to help build hardware that is optimized to work with Windows operating systems.

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification, Revision 1.0

http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/

Audio ‘98 Roadmap, Audio Codec ‘97 Component Specification, and
Audio Codec ‘97 Design Guide
papers

Intel Corporation
http://developer.intel.com/pc-supp/platform/aud98/

Audio design for Windows operating systems white papers

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/

Audio Device Class Power Management Reference Specification, Version 1.0

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow.htm

Downloadable Samples (DLS) specification

MIDI Manufacturers Association
Fax: (714) 736-9775
E-mail: mma@midi.org
http://www.midi.org

Personal Computer Audio Quality Measurement Definitions
by Dr. Steven Harris and Cliff Sanchez, Crystal Semiconductor

http://www.crystal.com/new/papers/meas.htm

PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 (PCI 2.1)
PCI Bus Power Management Specification, Revision 1.0 (PCI PM)

http://www.pcisig.com

Plug and Play specifications

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/specs/

Universal Bus Specification, Version 1.0
USB device class specifications

http://www.usb.org

WDM device driver support white papers

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/pcfuture/

Windows DDK, Windows NT DDK, DirectX DDK, and Win32 SDK

MSDN Professional membership