Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 03:51:37 +0200 From: Benjamin Lutz <benlutz@datacomm.ch> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Audigy Question Message-ID: <4345D4A9.2010602@datacomm.ch> In-Reply-To: <4345A1F2.8080908@calarts.edu> References: <4345A1F2.8080908@calarts.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Sean Murphy wrote: > I have an onboard soundcard for my FreeBSD box and I was thinking of > getting the new Audigy card. Does the FreeBSD drivers for the Audigy > take advantage of surround sound, EAX, digital connections, or number of > channels? Or does the soundcard operate at a more basic level ie. stereo > sound no hardware acceleration etc. It'll be supported in stereo mode only. There is an alternative driver called emu10kx which supports the other channels and digital outs. I'm not aware of any FreeBSD software that'd know how to make use of things like EAX, so not having that supported by the driver won't be a big loss :) > Is there any reason to have such a high end soundcard in a FreeBSD system? Feature-wise, no. The audigy does give you better sound quality (eg, less noise) than cheapo cards though. Cheers Benjamin [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFDRdStgShs4qbRdeQRAsJGAJkBBPG1s4m6l2V8dSdflSJoVsD1kQCgkI7L p07GeFWT8mBkZ6uDp/7HVs8= =3Hmf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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