On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 05:57, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hallo, Thanks for replying. :)
> Dana Olson hat gesagt: // Dana Olson wrote: > > I didn't ever want to use ALSA, but as the dev kernel has now merged it, > > it will become the standard very quickly, and I don't want to hold back. > > You also will find, that practically every (semi-)pro audio software > for Linux somehow requires ALSA as does Jack currently. Yeah, that's what I mean. Since I'm a musician, there is really only disadvantages to sticking with OSS now. > > My front speakers are slightly monoish, and I'm not so sure what to do > > about that. Actually, it's mostly the left speaker... sounds that should > > be playing in the left channel only are playing centered. That's not > > normal. > > Could you test, if this happens with the OSS drivers, as well? I > remember, that the SBLive shows up very complicated in alsamixer. > Maybe there is just one setting wrong? Then: is this an older, very > used soundcard? On my SBLive, the connections were soon worn out. I > now prefer the sturdier connection on professional cards like the > M-Audio Delta. It doesn't happen in OSS. OSS sounds perfectly. My connections are fine, I don't plug and unplug stuff all the time, everything is stationary. I think I've unplugged stuff about 10 times since I got the card. It's never been bumped or anything like that. In short, the card is fine. I don't have money to get any new cards at the present time, but I will be looking once I get a job and so forth. > > My hardware is the Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 conencted (analog) > > to the Cambridge SoundWorks FPS2000 Digital speakers. This leads me to > > another question. Is there any advantage to using the digital connection > > under Linux? > > A digital connection has advantages not only on Linux, because you can > bypass the rather cheap digital-analog converters on the SBLive. Well, I guess the only way for me to know is to try it... ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
