Re: [SLUG] sound card

From: Andrew Barber (tuorum@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jul 05 2005 - 23:10:49 EDT


Alternatively, I have a SB Live 5.1 I'm not using that
is in good shape. email me off-line if you are
interested.

Andy

--- Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> I ran into my computer and pulled my sound card (a
> Soundblaster Live!
> variant; discontinued but its manual is here:
>
http://files.americas.creative.com/manualdn/Manuals/TSD/790/English.pdf)
>
> partway from its slot a few times. :-( It sounds
> "fuzzy" (distorted) now,
> so I'm looking for a replacement card. (Before I
> buy, I'll try a different
> slot, but it acts like the card.) I have a
> sorta-4.1 speaker setup that
> generates the sub's signal from the other signals,
> as there's no sub
> connection to the computer.
>
> I really like the SB's ability to play multiple
> sounds simultaneously
> _without_ ESD. That's a must-have. Ditto for the
> microphone and line-in
> ports.
>
> I kinda like its hardware MIDI rendering (no
> TiMIDIty). That's an "it'd be
> nice, but if that's unobtainable, I'll deal".
>
> Its joystick port is nice, but as I rarely use my
> joystick (never in the
> last few years, for example), I won't be upset if
> it's gone.
>
> A friend of mine recommended the M-Audio Revolution
> 5.1:
>
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Revolution51-main.html
> I found a
> web page a few days ago where one person said that
> all its features were
> fully supported under ALSA but that OSS was easier
> (to use? to set up?).
> Unfortunately, I can't find it now. Apparently my
> Google-fu appears in
> waves.
>
> Can anyone recommend a decent card?
>
> --
> -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm
> home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
> LEO: Now is not a good time to photocopy your butt
> and staple
> it to your boss' face, oh no. Eat a bucket of
> tuna-flavored pudding
> and wash it down with a gallon of strawberry Quik.
> -- Weird Al
>
>
>
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