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From: Shaw Terwilliger <twig@babba.advancenet.net>
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Subject: Turtle Beach Malibu
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 13:18:15 -0500 (CDT)
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This seems to be a supported cs4232 card as the modules
work.  :)  This may seem odd... I had a GUS PnP, which 
was a great card, but less and less do I use any of the
cool features it offers (RAM for MIDI, etc.).  Mainly
this is because the ALSA project doesn't have a real
sequencer API done, and hence no programs to support it.
This will change soon, I'm sure, but the GUS had another
problem.

This card has the AMD InterWave revision B, the DSP that
hisses out arbitrary channels when it receives really 
loud data.  Getting this "fixed" (new card?) is probably
impossible.  I just bought a TB Malibu for a nice DSP,
which it has (it's kinda harsh on the high end, though,
which surprises me).

Basically, is there anything left to be done for the
cs4232 cards?  I see the mixer is kinda bare, and I think the
"AUX A" channel is the CD input and should probably
be labeled as such.  I haven't looked much at the specs
for the card... does it support a mixer feature for 
the "surround" effect it offers?  Normal DSP operation
sounds real spaced out (which is fine with me), and I'm
wondering if that's controllable.  Basically, I'm looking
to see if anyone (probably Jaroslav) knows of any
outstanding issues with the chipset or this card.

You're doing great work with ALSA, and I've got all
the people at work (www.abisource.com) using it for
their Ensoniq AudioPCI cards that ship with our 
machines.  It's so much nicer than the standard
kernel sound module layout... Keep up the development!

I suggest you change your slogan to something like,
"ALSA.  We support the kick-assiest cards out there."
Or something.  :)

-- 
Shaw Terwilliger (twig@advancenet.net)

