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Date:      Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:33:50 -0500
From:      Philippe Vachon <phirkel@sympatico.ca>
To:        "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SoundBlaster 16 PnP ISA Card on 5.1
Message-ID:  <403F9B9E.1040505@sympatico.ca>
In-Reply-To: <403FD708.4070103@daleco.biz>
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Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:

> Chris Pressey wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:25:20 -0500
>> Philippe Vachon <phirkel@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> As I said before, the sound is compressed -- not in the data sense,
>>> but rather in the analogue sense where the wavelength of a waveform 
>>> decreases, as does the period. I appologize if I had confused you, but
>>> I'm not a Software Engineer -- merely a lowly Electrical Engineering 
>>> Student. :)
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Off topic, but in hopes of clearing up the terminology at least, this is
>> what "compressed" means for audio engineers:
>>
>>  http://www.flashbacksales.co.uk/articles/compression.htm
>>
>> I doubt you're experiencing this... I think you mean your audio is
>> simply sped up?
>>  
>>
>
> At the risk of going far enough OT
> to be banned, there are two types
> of audio compression.  One is amplitude
> adjustment, as it were, and another
> is "time compression" (yes, check out
> some multitracking software), so it's
> possible to use the term in the sense
> he's using it, but it's a tad, what, {arcane<?>}
> unless you're producing hip-hop records....
>
> Maybe we should recommend getting
> a slower processor? :D :D
>
> KDK
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Haha...the CPU is already slow enough for my tastes.

Still, nobody has any clues as to what the problem could be? I've loaded 
just snd_sbc and just snd_oss and even the "compressed" sound thing 
doesn't occur.

Thanks.
Phil.



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