What does it maen when the manual of a sound card says that its able to produce 128 voices?

Question

Most modren sound cards are able to produce how many voices?

Answer 1

Suspect it is referring to the midi abilities within the card. It means that the card is about to play the sounds of 128 different instruments (trumpets, grand piano, drums, etc.). It uses files with the extension .mid (or .midi) to do this. The midi file is like "sheet music" for your computer that tells it how to play the build in voices or instruments. 64 or 128 voices are pretty standard in sound cards today.

Answer 2

Most MIDI capable sound cards are able to give you a selection of 128 musical instruments, like piano, trumpet, violin, etc., or sequenced sounds, like choir voices singing "oooh" on any pitch of the keyboard. Talk to any music techie who produces music on their computer for more details, or type MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) in your favorite search engine.

Answer 3

Sound card can produce up to 128 different type of noise white noise or many other type. Lets say you want Yamaha keyboard sounding of violin your sound card will be able to produce it.