From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 15:34:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CCB116A420 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:34:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from rhiannon.shopkeeper.de (rhiannon.shopkeeper.de [217.65.28.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E4243D6E for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:33:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from avalon.dobu.local (p54B86B43.dip.t-dialin.net [84.184.107.67]) (authenticated bits=0) by rhiannon.shopkeeper.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jAPFXtId059199; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:33:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from avalon.dobu.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by avalon.dobu.local (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jAPFXmK6006927; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:33:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sklauder@avalon.dobu.local) Received: (from sklauder@localhost) by avalon.dobu.local (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id jAPFXmBC006926; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:33:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sklauder) Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:33:48 +0100 From: Sascha Klauder To: Alexander Leidinger Message-ID: <20051125153348.GA6748@trimind.de> References: <20051124215447.GA790@trimind.de> <20051125131548.sx9hpr45dvoc0gss@netchild.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20051125131548.sx9hpr45dvoc0gss@netchild.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at trimind.de Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound card recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:34:07 -0000 On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 01:15:48PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Sascha Klauder wrote: > >treble mixer controls. I've got an SB Live! as well, and it > >just sounds crappy in comparison to the AWE, even with 4Front > >drivers. > Which FreeBSD version did you used to test? If anything below a recent I'm running a recent 6.0-STABLE with PREEMPTION and hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize set to 16384. > (http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/)? If with the patches: did you played > with with the new pci latency_timer sysctl (it may help to get a very good > sound output)? I'm well aware of Ariff's quite excellent patchset, but I was not refering to the problem with crackling noise and stuttering output on SB Live cards. Without lapsing into an audiophile discussion, the Live card sounds just »flat« in comparison to the AWE64 with properly adjusted bass and treble mixers. Cheers, -sascha