(Apologies if you see this twice: I also posted a very similar query to the
alsa-user list, earlier tonight.)
I have been using alsa for some time (I'm at the 0.9.1-fr1 level now), and I
have a problem, and to solve that I will probably have to get a new sound card.
I have an sb live! 2.1 card, and had not had any difficult problems until about
a month ago when I got a new machine. On previous machine (same card) I had
been able to load some very large sound font files into the card with sfxload
(we are talking 125+ Mb of files here) and everthing worked without a whimper.
My wife composes, and the ability to load the above sound fonts is _extremely_
important.
However, due to some upcoming work schedule changes (which were the reason for
the new machine), I will be working very late for several months. Normally I
play music (MP3's, cd's) when working, but soundproofing is a problem here and I
will have switch to headphones part of the time. (But only part: I've been
using 4 speakers + subwoofer for a while, and would still like to maintain this
ability with whatever solution I choose.)
I had thought of perhaps getting an Audigy platinum (with the easy headphone
access) but ONLY IF it supports soundfont loading/usage better than the SBlive!
does (and I already know it supports the 4 speakers + subwoofer setup).
HOWEVER in reading both the devel and user lists, and in searching through the
archives, I have not been able to tell whether the audigy handles the loading of
large soundfonts any better than the live! does. (On previous machine, the
fonts loaded correctly; on the new one, after 8-9 MB of files are loaded, I get
the ENOSPC (No space left on device)" message and loading terminates. However,
on on single occasion for reasons unknown the files loaded correctly -- all 125+
Mb of them. I still don't understand...).
So my question is, does the Audigy do a better job of handling the loading of
soundfonts, or is it likely to have the same problem? Failing that, what other
cards offer the capabilities I have mentioned above (large soundfont handling,
front/rear channels, headphone capabilities, not extremely expensive)?
I am running redhat 8.0, kernel-2.4.18-26.8.0 with an Athlon xp2100+ & 1GB of
pc2700 memory; MB is a gigabyte GA-7VAX (the integrated sound on the MB is
disabled).
ANY help on answering the above questions would be _greatly_ appreciated (feel
free to write me off-list if you'd prefer).
Thanks in advance
--
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