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Date:      Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:08:56 -0500
From:      "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com>
To:        "Wire, William" <william.wire@lmco.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Supported Sound Cards
Message-ID:  <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPOEJOCOAA.otterr@telocity.com>
In-Reply-To: <079B626B05A0D3118B1000508B0EA5E906A07150@emss04m05.ems.lmco.com>

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}-----Original Message-----
}From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
}[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of
}Wire, William
}Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 2:10 PM
}To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
}Subject: Supported Sound Cards
}
}
}
}Hello,
}
}	I am looking to purchase a good sound card for a new
}system that will be running FreeBSD.  To find out what cards
}were supported, I looked in section 14.2 of the handbook on
}your web site but most of those cards appear to be older.
}Some are not even available for online purchase on the
}manufacturers web site.
}
}	I was looking at the Sound blaster AWE 128 PCI card,
}but it's not available from Creative Labs any more.  They
}have a newer card, the PCI 512 and I was wondering if
}perhaps this section of the handbook was out of date and
}this card is supported.  If not, can you make a
}recommendation for a high quality, but trouble-free card for
}a multimedia system?
}
}Thanks for your time and input,
}
}	Bill Wire
}	Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications
}
Bill,
what version of freebsd do you run? there were some major driver
changes (newpcm rewritten) from 3.x to 4.x. if you're on the 4.x
branch, check out: man pcm, man sbc, and man gusc for a good start.
there are several cards out there that work. the choice is yours. just
about anything by soundblaster should work. some other brands do also.
i'm kind of partial to the awe64 or the sb live, though some may
disagree. go read up on the driver man pages and see what you come up
with.
-Otter



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