Rick B wrote: > Curtis Sloan wrote: > >> On Fri January 7 2005 22:21, Lee Revell wrote: >> <snip> >> >> >>> I actually got a lot more responses than I was expecting. I have been >>> posting about this to the alsa lists for months, and no one but me and >>> Peter Zubaj seemed to care. I think they didn't take me seriously at >>> first, even when I posted the kX stuff, Linux users are conditioned to >>> think these cards are junk. Windows people know better ;-) >>> >> >> >> Well, add me to the list of people who care. I remember vividly how >> much I paid for the SB Live! when it first came out (first week it >> was released; I had it ordered for my swanky new PII -- and I'm still >> using the same box to write this e-mail (except it's a PIII now) :-) >> It's about time I got my money's worth out of it. I found out >> awfully quickly how brutally limited I was using the Creative >> drivers. Sadly, I only found out about the kX drivers about 6 months >> ago. :-( I was so disappointed and I couldn't afford audio software >> for Windows after spending it all on hardware (oops!) that I >> basically gave up on audio on my box. Now that I've got my hands on >> some kickin' free audio software, and an OS to drive it reliably and >> with better performance than ever before, I'm chomping at the bit to >> pull out the capabilities I paid for back in the day. :-) >> >> So, thanks everyone for your continued efforts and development in 2005! >> >> Sincerely, >> Curtis S. >> >> >> > Yeah, I guess it's time for me to break down and buy one of the > Soundblaster cards too, because it doesn't seem that there's going to > be any support for the Nforce2 APUs advanced sound functions. What is > the cheapest SB card that has a reasonable amount of features? > > Rick B > The SBlive 5.1 (Not platinum or other but just s it reads) is available here in USA for $19.00 as an OEM card. It has the same soundfont ability and has 2 in and at lease 4 channels out. They are pretty much bullet proof too! Like ...we have the neuclear holocost...the cockaroaches and Sblive sound cards will be the only things that survive! :) I'm gonna go buy 2 more over the 2 I have; Link 'em all together like the "Elcheapo sound card" how to says and see if I can fly it. of course then there will be IRQ hell to figure out but hopefully it wont matter that much.
