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Date:      Sat, 05 Dec 1998 04:31:02 -0600
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Best sound card for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <36690B66.F754ED3A@airnet.net>
References:  <199812050721.IAA10885@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>

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Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> 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)

It would suffice to have a sequencer at 0x388. I don't care if the
hardware patches suck. I just hate to quit listening to midi to play a
wave. Yow! 64 voices?

> 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 :(

Not when I bought it. $20. :-)
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