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From: "Udo Giacomozzi" <udo_giacomozzi@rolmail.net>
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Subject: Re: Recommendation for ALSA compat non-CreativeLabs PCI sound card?
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:59:59 +0100
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>Don't know about DSP, but all of the creative labs pci cards have
quadriphony.
>Check out if it is actually a DSP chip, or just software. On the audiopci
>manual I have it says "advanced wavetable synthesis engine" it is important
to
>note that this does not translate to hardware wavetable synthesizer. On the
>contrary, it is entirely software based. Unless the Live! card has got
>hardware midi, it's probably not worth waiting anyway. Just get an audiopci
or
>and ess solo or something, and use timidity or another software midi synth.
I


Are you sure? As long as I know only SB Live has quadrphony. What's about
SB128?
However there is a real DSP chip onboard (EMU10K1, 1000 MIPS). It has a
hardware wavetable synthesizer (256 voices when using software synthesizer
too, otherwise 196 I think).


>would suggest that any fast (ie PII or higher) computer with any pci card
>could be configured match the SB Live!'s features.

I don't think so. The Live has quadriphony (I know only few cards that can
do that) and a DSP chip (don't know any other non-professional soundcard
with DSP).
However I don't want to discute witch soundcard is better. I have this one
already and I want use it.

I have a SB 16 VIBRA-X too in my computer that works already with Linux.
Unfortunately this card can't do full duplex and I need this feature for an
audio project I am currently working on. BTW, I don't neccessarily need to
use the DSP chip under Linux, so I *know* I could use another quadriphony
full-duplex PCI sound card as well!

To return to my first question: Does nobody know how long it will take until
the first Linux driver is being released?

And: Anyone can suggest me a cheap PCI sound card that can do full-duplex?
(hope you are happy now) ;-)

Regards
Udo Giacomozzi

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