Lee Revell wrote:
>On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 10:00 -0800, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
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>>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! :)
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>>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.
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>The 5.1 has 6 channels out, 2 in.
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>But, rather than buying 2, consider springing for the Platinum. The
>LiveDrive gives you at least 2 more analog ins and 2 more outs, plus
>SPDIF.
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>Lee
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Thanks for the suggestions. Is the capabilities for the
Soundblasters going to be better with Alsa than something like the
Maudio 2496? I'm not going to be using the card professionally, but I do
want hardware mixing.
Rick B
