From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 17 10:12:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA02811 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 May 1996 10:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA02800 for ; Fri, 17 May 1996 10:12:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from LOCALHOST (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA05790; Fri, 17 May 1996 10:16:30 -0700 Message-Id: <199605171716.KAA05790@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu: Host LOCALHOST didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: Bryan Ogawa at Work cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tropez Plus card -- support for FreeBSD? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 May 1996 16:43:23 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 10:16:29 -0700 From: Doug White Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I'm trying to figure out if the Tropez Plus card (from turtle beach) is > supported by FreeBSD. It's advertised as Soundblaster/Soundblaster Pro > compatible, as well as having an MPU-401 compatible MIDI interface. > Just configure it as an SB. Check out LINT for details. > Unfortunately, since I don't know much about PC sound hardware, this > doesn't translate well for me (I presume that FreeBSD will support the > Soundblaster / Soundblaster Pro parts of this card, but does the > Soundblaster AWE32 have higher-quality supported modes)? It supports the digital audio only. It won't use the Emu 6000 on the awe. > Specifically, in terms of quality, how do the supported sound systems for > FreeBSD rate? > > e.g. > > Gravis ? <-- Highest Quality > ... > > Soundblaster > Adlib <-- Lowest Quality The Gravis is the most RECOMMENDED card, at least for mbone usage, as we can get it in full duplex. The soundblaster series is next for pure compatibility. I don't have a GUS (yet) so I don't know if FreeBSD can use the midi functionality on it or not. Well, as far as I understand, FreeBSD is targeted at supporting the digital audio in/out mainly, over the music portions. Some MIDI support is available through the sbmidi device, but I don't know what components that uses. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major