Re: [SLE] Soundblaster PCI128
Paul Sims <psims@lombard.co.uk> said:
I've been playing around with SB PCI128 on a user's machine - great sounding card for little dosh. How's support under Linux - do I need Alsa or is there a suitable kernel driver?
Take your pick ;). I use kernel modules, ALSA, or OSS (depending on my mood and task at hand) with a PCI128 at work and it's earlier sibling, the Ensoniq AudioPCI at home. It should be noted that these cards came with es1370, es1371, and es1373 chipsets on them. The '70 needs it's own module, but the '73 also uses the '71's module. -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions jpennington@atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 x121 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hello! ES137x-based soundcards are known not to have a hardware synth, like GUS or AWE. Windows` drivers are emulating MIDI via CPU, somehow. But what is noticeable - it uses CPU for less than 20%, when doing 128-voice MIDI synthesis in realtime, with reverb and chorus turned on. Crystal`s and Aureal`s cards do MIDI in software as well. All known softsynths for Linux are eating a great amount of CPU time. Is there any softsynth for Linux, that reclaims the benefits of PCI bus and renders MIDI in realtime with low CPU usage? Another questions: How to setup OSS SoftSyn2 with kernel`s ES1370 module? (I have debugged it - ES1370 is not using those services, which are required by SoftSyn2 /?es1370 does not use Mr.Cox`s soundcore?/) How to setup TiMidity to work in realtime? (Please, explain me, how to apply those all alsa patches. Or I do something wrong?) Thanks, Egor. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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