Tom's reply to this says a lot more than i would have even thought of - good
one !!
All i'll add is that if you're specifically wanting to upgrade your SB16 -
and i guess by now you may be - then (assuming finances are not a problem) i
really can't think of a reason to suggest that you don't buy an SBLive. They
are pretty damn good.
Obviously if your current card was an awe64 or higher, the advice would
probably be way different.
Also, if there is anything unsupported that you want with the SBLive (not
that i can think of anything), Creative don't seem to be too slow with their
updates - there have been 3 versions in the 6-8 weeks since i bought mine,
so i guess it wouldn't be a problem for long anyway.
Martin.
----- Original Message -----
From: darkknight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Redhat 6 and Soundblaster Live
> 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
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
