[mdlug] Recommendation for sound card.

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Michael Rudas

> You can get a good, used Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! card for
> about $10.  Linux loves them.  A bonus: improved performance.
> On-board AC '97 sound sucks up CPU cycles, even with fast multi-core
> CPUs.  Why waste 'em?

 I second the recommendation for SBLive cards. They have good audio
quality (not professional, but 'professional' requires a *lot* of money)
and they have an added bonus - hardware mixing. They can receive sound
from multiple applications at once and mix all the streams together. So
there's no issues with PulseAudio fighting with ALSA and ESD and OSS
over access to the sound card.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                        (313) 227-2317

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