# sb\-ae9

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## Description

> Sound Blaster AE\-9 Linux driver: Creative AE\-9 headphone output, Audio Control Module \(ACM\) volume knob, dB display, SBX button and effects under ALSA/PipeWire\. DKMS, kernel 6\.17\+\. 44% of the card's features and 71% of the ACM supported; support matrix in the README\.

- Category: hardware
- Work types: reverse\-engineering
- Targets: Sound Blaster AE\-9
- Project status: unknown
- Listing updated: 2026\-10\-11T14:41:45\.801Z
- Listing first published: 2026\-10\-08T18:51:04\.485Z

## Repository

- Repository: [verzic/sb\-ae9](<https://github.com/verzic/sb-ae9>)
- License: GPL\-2\.0
- Repository stars: 5
- Stars checked: 2026\-10\-08T18:40:13\.657Z
- Repository metadata checked: 2026\-10\-08T18:40:13\.657Z

## Progress

Each value describes only its stated scope. An observation date is when DecompHub read the source; it is not a publisher measurement date.

### Sound Blaster AE\-9 Linux support

- Value: approximately 44 %
- Scope: Sound Blaster AE\-9 Linux driver — Audio Control Module, SBX effects, PipeWire — Sound Blaster AE\-9 Linux support \(publisher estimate\)
- Date (observed): 2026\-10\-11T14:41:43\.782Z
- Source: [https://github\.com/verzic/sb\-ae9/blob/HEAD/README\.md](<https://github.com/verzic/sb-ae9/blob/HEAD/README.md>)

## Project details

- Languages: C

## Contributing

- Contribution status: unknown
- Help requested: Not reported
- Contribution instructions: Not reported
- Contribution source: Not reported
- Contribution information checked: Not reported
- AI contribution policy: unspecified
- AI policy source: Not reported

## Listing sources

- [Public repository metadata](<https://github.com/verzic/sb-ae9>)
- [Discovery query](<https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=topic%3Areverse-engineering+is%3Apublic+fork%3Afalse+created%3A2026-09-02..2026-09-14&sort=updated&order=desc&per_page=100&page=1>)

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