Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 14:22:53 -0500 From: dh2@netwalk.com (Randall Hopper) To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound card recomendations for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Mutt.19961230142253.dh2@user.netwalk.com> References: <Mutt.19961229144647.dh2@user.netwalk.com> <199612292305.RAA18899@nexgen.HiWAAY.net>
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dkelly@hiwaay.net:
|Randall Hopper said:
|> If you want good all-around sound support in all operating systems,
|> IMO you can't do better than a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 32 or AWE32.
|> Full SB32/AWE32, Sound Blaster 16, and Sound Blaster compatibility.
|> Virtually any OS driver or DOS program that has any level of sound support
|> at all (above PC speaker, that is :-) supports at least one of these
|> feature sets.
|> The only case I think you might be tempted toward another sound card
|> might be if you want to give up generally good all-around support in favor
|
|Good all-around support meaning what? Functionality? Microsoft support?
Beyond what I mentioned, solid FreeBSD support for all card functions
I'm aware of except full-duplex (full-duplex is supported their 'doze 3.1
and '95 drivers though; www.creaf.com/wwwnew/tech/faqs/qna0001.html). And
it would be hard to say the Sound Blaster class of sound cards aren't the
most widely supported across other operating systems (DOS programs/games,
Linux, 'doze 3.1/95/NT, etc.). Until FreeBSD develops a larger commercial
following, that continues to be important to me.
|> of full duplex audio under FreeBSD specifically (for MBone, Internet Voice,
|> etc.). As of yet, the FreeBSD soundblaster sound drivers don't support
|> full-duplex PCM. The GUS sound driver does (other cards may as well).
|
|I too have heard the GUS card was the best supported sound card under
|FreeBSD. But I don't know what a GUS card is, or where it can be found.
|Hint. Hint.
Sorry, GUS = Gravis Ultrasound. For more info on GUSs, you might surf the
Search... link off the freebsd home page -- search the multimedia group for
GUS.
Good luck with your research.
Randall Hopper
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