James Courtier-Dutton wrote, On 03/01/07 00:36: > Sebastian Schäfer wrote: >> Unfortunately the Audigy 4 is no longer available (at least not in >> Germany). The only currently available soundcard from Creative is the >> X-Fi, but there are no drivers available for it. >> >> Best regards, >> Sebastian >> >> On Di, 2007-01-02 at 12:26 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: >>> Hi, I have a Soundblaster Live! 5.1 model SB0220 which I am reasonably >>> happy with under ALSA. >>> >>> What sound cards are currently available new and support hardware mixing >>> and hardware synth? I can see: >>> >>> Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro >>> http://au.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=205&product=10853 >>> >>> which would be fine, although expensive. >>> >>> > > Sebastian, > > As a result, I would avoid Creative sound cards from now onwards. We > don't have an open source driver for the X-Fi and also no datasheets, so > there will not be one any time soon. Users like yourself therefore have > no option but to avoid Creative products in Linux due to lack of support. > > I, as the main driver developer for Creative sound cards, am totally > stunned by the attitude of Creative at the moment. I would recommend > Linux users avoid Creative at the moment. > > Kind Regards > > James
As someone who bought a SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 model SB 0220 purely to get MIDI playback via on-board hardware synth working on this PII-266 machine, I appreciate all the efforts of people such as yourself to make it work. If there are any alternatives to the Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro that support hardware assisted MIDI playback and hardware mixing, I'd appreciate any pointers to such devices. I currently use the line-in and Microphone in, stereo output and as mentioned hardware mixing and MIDI synth. Regards, Arthur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
