Norman Carver said at �[expert] SB Live and MDK 7.2 or 7.1?�.
[2000-11-15 16:16]

> I have gotten somewhat tired of dealing with
> my AWE 64 ISA PNP sound card (plus want to use
> digital connections), so because Staples has the
> Live MP3+5.1 on sale for $80, I decided to get one.
>
> I gather that MDK 7.2 is supposed to support this
> card, but I was interested in getting more info from
> people that have been successful before I tried to
> install it.  I haven't yet had time to investigate
> sound in MDK 7.2 (my AWE 64 is only partially working
> at this point, and I am not entirely sure how it got
> to where it is even).  So, any pointers would be much
> appreciated.
>

Works fine. I use it with ALSA drivers. The only difficult
part is getting a mixer that controls all the features
of the card (four channels, rear channel, EAX effect
intenity, and so on..). I use aumix and have tested other
called gamix. See under Application link in the ALSA
page (www.alsa-project.org).

BTW: it is even more hard to understand the logical structure
of the mixer. For example, gamix (and a home-made text program
to show all channels with alsa-lib), show that there are
4 main volume controls, grouped in 2 groups (till here, logic,
L-R front and L-R back), but there is also a Main Mono Volume,
one other pair of controls for something called 'Rear', and
more things I don't see what are designed for.

Is there any info around about the structure and travelling
of the signals inside the SBLive! ? I have been digging inside
the soundblaster web and found anything like that.

TIA

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