[mdlug] Recommendation for sound card.

[Stan Green]

Thanks all. I just happen to have one in my box of old cards. It is a CT4760. 
I'll give it a shot this weekend.

Stan

On Thursday 13 August 2009 08:37, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> > 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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