Lee Revell wrote: >>when i switched to linux, one of my biggest dissapointments was the >>dismal support for the emu10k1 .... especially lack of multi-channel - >>by multi-channel support, do you mean that you are able to use the rear >>output channel independently of the front channel (at the moment my >>front and rear channels are basically inextricably linked)? >> >> > >Yup. If you have the livedrive you can use all those jacks as >independent ports. My Audigy2 ZS has something like 6 channels of >analog in and 8 out, enough to record a band. And there's nothing like >zero latency hardware DSP... > i've just bought a "livedrive 2" from ebay (awaiting delivery) and was just wondering: *once you hook up the livedrive to your sblive card, does it disable the cards input/output ports, leaving you with only those on the livedrive, or do you have access to both the livedrive + sblive inputs/outputs? if so is it possible to record from the cards "line input" and the livedrives "line2/mic2 input" at the same time? *are there any issues that i should know about with the livedrive in linux, or won't its presence really make that much difference to my sound setup? thanx for any help shayne
