On Tuesday 02 January 2007 17:37, Arthur Marsh wrote: > James Courtier-Dutton wrote, On 03/01/07 00:36: > > Sebastian Schäfer wrote: > >> Unfortunately the Audigy 4 is no longer available (at least not in > >> Germany). The only currently available soundcard from Creative is the > >> X-Fi, but there are no drivers available for it. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Sebastian > >> > >> On Di, 2007-01-02 at 12:26 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: > >>> Hi, I have a Soundblaster Live! 5.1 model SB0220 which I am reasonably > >>> happy with under ALSA. > >>> > >>> What sound cards are currently available new and support hardware > >>> mixing and hardware synth? I can see: > >>> > >>> Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro > >>> http://au.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=205&; > >>>product=10853 > >>> > >>> which would be fine, although expensive. > > > > Sebastian, > > > > As a result, I would avoid Creative sound cards from now onwards. We > > don't have an open source driver for the X-Fi and also no datasheets, so > > there will not be one any time soon. Users like yourself therefore have > > no option but to avoid Creative products in Linux due to lack of support. > > > > I, as the main driver developer for Creative sound cards, am totally > > stunned by the attitude of Creative at the moment. I would recommend > > Linux users avoid Creative at the moment. > > > > Kind Regards > > > > James > > As someone who bought a SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 model SB 0220 purely to > get MIDI playback via on-board hardware synth working on this PII-266 > machine, I appreciate all the efforts of people such as yourself to make > it work. > > If there are any alternatives to the Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro that > support hardware assisted MIDI playback and hardware mixing, I'd > appreciate any pointers to such devices.
The Audigy2 soundblaster (emu10k1) works well, and thanks to James. I looked on Ebay.fr, but nothing there, but there is one on Ebay.uk. Search under "soundcard". it may be worth a look. Nigel. > > I currently use the line-in and Microphone in, stereo output and as > mentioned hardware mixing and MIDI synth. > > Regards, > > Arthur. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
