Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:12:38 -0700 From: tapeworm <tapeworm@insekta.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I make my Soundblaster Live! work under FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20020906181238.73a98af2.tapeworm@insekta.org> In-Reply-To: <20020906174618.O81315-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com> References: <200209061657.g86GvrT68126@chkno.net> <20020906174618.O81315-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com>
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i don't think freebsd is simply a "server OS" at all. it is, admittedly, lacking in features/ports when it comes to multimedia work..but for everything else, it runs beautifully. there's a wealth of development tools, web oriented stuff, file sharing clients, etc. that make for a very nice desktop/home workstation system. for my music and gaming i still have a windows system, but for everything else, i use freebsd. when i get better at programming, i'd like to start writing audio apps for freebsd. as of now, i just cross-use certain apps. record something in spiralsynth or autozen, zap it over to the win2k machine, and tweak it/sequence it there. - erk! On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 17:48:02 -0600 (MDT) bsd@xtremedev.com wrote: > > How does one switch the SB Live into digital-out mode? It boots > > up in analog-out mode. It works fine if I plug headphones or old > > speakers in, but I have nice, expensive speakers that won't emit > > sound until it's in digital mode. > > Out of curiosity, why would you use a server OS on an obviously > multimedia machine? I hadn't realized FreeBSD had progressed to the > point of appealing to people with a high audio fidelity in mind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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