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From: "Daniel M. Kurry" <gh@over-yonder.net>
To: Kevin Koch <kcoch1@midsouth.rr.com>
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Kevin Koch said something like:
> Anyone have any documentation the soundblaster-live soundcards(the 
> hardware side/chipset, developingg software for it, etc)
> It would probably make our tasks easier in the bsd world I think.  And 
> maybe porting linux audio software to FreeBSD alot easier too.
> And at a faster rate. 
> Maybe even some of us coming up with better/more origional software than 
> the linux world :)

I cannot provide a helpful answer to your question.
But,
These guys have written what I understand to be pretty good sound drivers
for many cards, including the Live, Audigy, and Audigy2 cards: 
< http://www.opensound.com/ >
The demo works for 3 hours at a stint, and the budget version is 20
bucks. I have no personal experience with them, yet.

I'm with you, though. I would like to have a first-party SBLive 
driver that let's me use all the features I paid for in the card. Hell, 
I'd settle for a working headphone jack (on the LiveDrive).


Dan