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y0el
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 Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:10 pm Post subject: What soundcards are good? |
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Since my ESS Maestro 1 doesn't seem to work properly with ALSA,
I'm planning on buying a new soundcard.
Any suggestions for a pretty cheap and good soundcard, with good Linux support?
It'll mostly be used for games and listening to music.
I have a Soundblaster Live 5.1 in another computer, but many games have heavy problems with that one, so I don't like it.
Thanks in advice.
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cvk
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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I've got no problems at all with my cheap (~20) SoundBlaster 128. It's not exactly what I'd call a great soundcard, but it's completely sufficient for desktop sound, game audio and mp3 playback.
Installation was pretty straightforward:
| Code: | | ALSA_CARDS="ens1371" emerge alsa-driver |
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Celtis
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Anything with a emu chipset (I.E. Soundblasters) can support hardware mixing (meaning that you don't have to run a sound server such as Arts or Esound) Have a look here to see if your potential card is supported by ALSA |
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antik
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| cvk wrote: | I've got no problems at all with my cheap (~20) SoundBlaster 128. It's not exactly what I'd call a great soundcard, but it's completely sufficient for desktop sound, game audio and mp3 playback.
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What! This is best souncard ever made by human.
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Installation was pretty straightforward:
| Code: | | ALSA_CARDS="ens1371" emerge alsa-driver |
Chris |
ALSA sucks IMHO...
But compared to what quality you can get with this soundcard with windows and linux I think linux is clear winner.
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cvk
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| antik wrote: | | ALSA sucks IMHO... |
What would you recommend? OSS?
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