From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Dec 7 03:36:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA17238 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 03:36:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gilgamesch.bik-gmbh.de (gilgamesch.bik-gmbh.de [194.233.237.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA17233 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 03:36:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cracauer@gilgamesch.bik-gmbh.de) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by gilgamesch.bik-gmbh.de (8.8.8/8.7.3) id MAA20683; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 12:36:01 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981207123601.A20666@cons.org> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 12:36:01 +0100 From: Martin Cracauer To: Luigi Rizzo , Kris Kirby Cc: Emmanuel.Gravel@CAS.honeywell.com, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best sound card for FreeBSD? References: <3668EC82.F2CA3BEF@airnet.net> <199812050721.IAA10885@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <199812050721.IAA10885@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 08:21:47AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In <199812050721.IAA10885@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > FWIW, on my AMD K5-75 / 32MB, timidity takes ~15-20 % as listed in top, > > but the memory use varies. One song, Ruiner by Nine Inch Nails, peaks > > out at ~ 32 %. It's an aural cornucopia of noise. Amp takes ~40 - 50 % > > on a 128k MP3, and splay takes ~ 55 - 65 %. I do wish I had the OPL3 > > midi though. It's a pain to remember I can't test something that needs > > the dsp because I'm listening to PCM audio. Ah, multitasking. > > what you want is really multiple devices mixed to the same output. You > can do it in software (but it is highly cpu-intensive to do the > resampling to the highest resolution in use which usually is CD quality) > or in hardware. E.g. the Yamaha YMF724 claims to support 64 hw voices > with resampling and mixing -- too bad there seems to be no way to get > the programming specs for that chip, because the card costs US$30 > retail :( Have you seen this (last week): > http://www.imail.net.tw/qtronix/qumax_product_yamaha.htm > http://www.imail.net.tw/qtronix/driver/qumax/yamaha/ds1e1110.pdf > > Cheers > MIHIRA Yoshiro -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer BSD User Group Hamburg, Germany http://www.bsdhh.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message