| Option Category | # # PORTAUDIO OPTIONS # |
| Description | This option lets you pick the device that the portaudio sound system will use. To find out what sound devices supported by the selected API use mame64 -sound portaudio -v. On the screen you will see MAME's output and there will be some lines starting with "PortAudio:". The next part is the API name and the last part is the device name. If there are spaces in the name, use quotes (""). |
| Full Command | -pa_device <custom> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64 pacman -sound portaudio -pa_api MME -pa_device "Speakers (Sound Blaster Z)" |
| mame.ini Command | pa_device |
| Command Default | none |
| Argument Format | <custom> |