Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 08:21:47 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: kris@airnet.net (Kris Kirby) Cc: Emmanuel.Gravel@CAS.honeywell.com, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best sound card for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199812050721.IAA10885@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <3668EC82.F2CA3BEF@airnet.net> from "Kris Kirby" at Dec 5, 98 02:18:55 am
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> FWIW, on my AMD K5-75 / 32MB, timidity takes ~15-20 % as listed in top, > but the memory use varies. One song, Ruiner by Nine Inch Nails, peaks > out at ~ 32 %. It's an aural cornucopia of noise. Amp takes ~40 - 50 % > on a 128k MP3, and splay takes ~ 55 - 65 %. I do wish I had the OPL3 > midi though. It's a pain to remember I can't test something that needs > the dsp because I'm listening to PCM audio. Ah, multitasking. what you want is really multiple devices mixed to the same output. You can do it in software (but it is highly cpu-intensive to do the resampling to the highest resolution in use which usually is CD quality) or in hardware. E.g. the Yamaha YMF724 claims to support 64 hw voices with resampling and mixing -- too bad there seems to be no way to get the programming specs for that chip, because the card costs US$30 retail :( luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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