This means they don't implement any vendor-specific nonsense and, as such, should be able to use a standard USB audio driver. On Linux, for instance, they are plug and play using the standard built-in USB audio driver. Techy stuff below: In fact, what most people refer to as 'drivers' on Windows aren't really full drivers at all: almost all USB audio devices are based on the USB audio standards and will use the standard USB drivers built into Windows (or ASIO4ALL if you want to use ASIO).
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