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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -------------------------------------------------------------------------Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of ITJoin SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share youropinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cashhttp://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV_______________________________________________Alsa-user mailing listAlsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
