I'm kinda fond of these...:)
CiSP
Eben King wrote:
> I ran into my computer and pulled my sound card (a Soundblaster Live!
> variant; discontinued but its manual is here:
> http://files.americas.creative.com/manualdn/Manuals/TSD/790/English.pdf)
> partway from its slot a few times. :-( It sounds "fuzzy" (distorted) now,
> so I'm looking for a replacement card. (Before I buy, I'll try a different
> slot, but it acts like the card.) I have a sorta-4.1 speaker setup that
> generates the sub's signal from the other signals, as there's no sub
> connection to the computer.
>
> I really like the SB's ability to play multiple sounds simultaneously
> _without_ ESD. That's a must-have. Ditto for the microphone and line-in
> ports.
>
> I kinda like its hardware MIDI rendering (no TiMIDIty). That's an "it'd be
> nice, but if that's unobtainable, I'll deal".
>
> Its joystick port is nice, but as I rarely use my joystick (never in the
> last few years, for example), I won't be upset if it's gone.
>
> A friend of mine recommended the M-Audio Revolution 5.1:
> http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Revolution51-main.html I found a
> web page a few days ago where one person said that all its features were
> fully supported under ALSA but that OSS was easier (to use? to set up?).
> Unfortunately, I can't find it now. Apparently my Google-fu appears in
> waves.
>
> Can anyone recommend a decent card?
>
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