On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 02:36:55PM -0600, Chubby Vic wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am considering upgrading my sound card from
> AWE64 ISA to the SBLive Platinum.
>
> Does the wavetable midi still sound as good
> (or better) than the old awe64 or does it
> even use the same kind of synth?
>
> I should have asked if it works with
> linux to begin with in the first place sorry.
>
> If so, how do all you sblive users like it?
>
> Thanks
Well, I just upgraded from an old ISA soundblaster to the SB Live Value (not
the platinum). Works great, but I can't really say about the midi stuff.
Just turn on kudzu (in drakeconf --> startup services) before you switch
cards and it will set up the new card on reboot. Then run sndconfig and you
should be set.
For some reason, kudzu did not remove some of the old sound stuff. It
doesn't cause any real problems, just on boot it tries to configure the old
isa card, doesn't find it and exits with an error. No big deal because the
computer continues right on booting and later sets up the new card.
Like I said, this is for the SB Live Value, but I would think it should
apply to the Platinum as well.
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