Freq Monster 801
FM synthesizer frontend for OPL3 compatible sound cards
Compatibility tests for Windows XP, Windows 98SE and Window 95 (ME/NT4/2000 untested).
Device Bus Mode Mixer Driver Synth S/PDIF
FM801 PCI FM801 FM801 TT-512i FM801 FM 48Khz
ES1938S PCI SOLO1 ESS TT-128i ESFM N/A
ALS4000 PCI ALS4000SB16 ALS4000 AVANCE FM N/A
YMF724 PCI SBPRO2 SBPRO2 DS1 LEGACYOPL3 48Khz
YMF724 PCI OPL3 N/A DS-XG VxD OPL3 48Khz
YMF724 PCI N/A N/A DS-XG WDM (1)N/A N/A
SBPRO2/COMPAT ISA SBPRO2 SBPRO2 VENDOR OPL3/CLONE N/A (2)
SB16 ISA SB16 SB16 SB16 OPL3/CQM N/A
AWE64 ISA SB16 SB16 AWE64 CQM 44.1Khz
OPL3-SAx (3) ISA SBPRO2 SBPRO2 OPL3-SAx OPL3 N/A
OPTi 82C930A ISA SBPRO2 SBPRO2 OPTi 930 OPTi FM N/A
ES1868 ISA ESS ESS ES1868 ESFM N/A
YMF262.DLL (4)N/A WAVE WAVE VENDOR CLONE UNKNOWN
 
N/ANOT AVAILABLE/APPLICABLE
(1)The Legacy WDM driver may be enabled using Power-YMF to gain access to the OPL3 synth: http://www.yohng.com/powerymf/download.html
(2)The CompuMedia/C-Media CMI8330 has an S/PDIF interface (not available to test).
(3)The OPL3-SAx is the only card that has been tested with Windows 95.
(4)This is not a physical device but a YMF262 plugin software emulator DLL.
This is the only option for Windows Vista/7/8/10 and Linux WINE.