On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Martin White wrote:
> I know i'm not the person you directed your mail to, but i'm going to reply
> anyway !!
>
> I thought the sound of the SBLive was pretty crappy under linux with the
> first two versions of the driver, but with the advent of the new version,
> things seem to sound considerably better now (or is that just my perception
> ?).
>
> I must say though that what sets the SBLive apart from some of the other
> higher end cards in creative's range - the Awe64 even if we go a way back -
> is meant to be the stuff live environmental audio, creatives sound fonts,
> etc. etc.
>
> AFAIK, none of this is yet available under linux, and therefore if you
> solely run linux, at the moment you would probably be wasting your money.
>
> If like me you want blindingly good sound when you're watching DVDs, playing
> games or whatever you do under Windows, and want as a bonus for your linux
> install to sound good too, then go ahead and get one, it's well worth the
> money !!
>
> Martin.
>
Thanks for responding,
I should have been more specifif in the first place anyway, sorry I was not.
What I would want the sound card for is LInux, as I do not use Windows at all
any longer. My main interrest's would be good midi file playback as well as
good mp3 file playback. I had heard that with there earlier releases, Creative
still had not got the midi or mp3 playback working that well. So my main
concerne is how they got the midi and mp3 sound working. As far as normal
system sounds, such as .au .wav .voc etc. my SB16 can even handle that well
enough, my only reason for buying the SB Live would be for improved midi and
mp3 playback. Can you give me any advice in that area?
Thanks in advance,
John Love
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