From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 10:14:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 900E116A4CF; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:14:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from pandora.afflictions.org (asylum.afflictions.org [64.7.134.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE9743FBD; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:14:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dgerow@afflictions.org) Received: from dementia.afflictions.org (dementia [172.16.0.56]) by pandora.afflictions.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7C85EA2E; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:31:20 -0500 (EST) Received: by dementia.afflictions.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 436536D42D; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:13:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:13:54 -0500 From: Damian Gerow To: Lev Serebryakov Message-ID: <20031130181346.GA766@afflictions.org> References: <20031129050830.GA723@afflictions.org> <1693621737.20031130192455@serebryakov.spb.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1693621737.20031130192455@serebryakov.spb.ru> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA on a i386 X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3D7 D901 A53A 1A99 BFD6 E6DF 9F3B 742B C288 9CC9 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 sound card X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:14:11 -0000 Thus spake Lev Serebryakov (lev@FreeBSD.org) [30/11/03 11:48]: > DG> However, the drivers provided by OSS (http://www.opensound.com/) are a > DG> little less than great. The sound crackles and snaps, and every once in a > DG> while, it just skips and skips and skips. Not fun. Not to mention their > DG> license... > ALSA supports this card, so I'm porting driver to BSD now but it goes > very slow, I have not much time for it :( Hey, a driver in the works is better than no driver at all! > I have specs of Envy24HT chip ("heart" of Revolution 7.1) Excellent! I still haven't heard from M-Audio, but I guess there's no real need to chase them down anymore. One more question, though: the Windows installation gives you the option to select which channels you want activated, what type of audio support you want, etc. I'm presuming some of that is done in-software, but will there be full mixer support? I've been incredibly non-plussed with OSSs driver in that regard -- none of the readily available Open Source mixers work, and the mixer they provide doesn't give you channel control. I can only use the front speaker/headphone channel. :( > It is strange. In Russia it costs about 1.5 times more than Aud2 > ($100 for Audigy2, not platinum version and $160 for Rev 7.1), buty it > have MUCH BETTER sound, than any Creative's crap. Technically speaking, I /can/ get the Audigy2 for $99 (Canadian), and the Revolution cost $140. But that Audigy2 is OEM -- so you get the soundcard in a plastic anti-static bag. If you get the boxed version, you're looking at about $160-$260, depending on which version you get. With the Revolution's $140, you get a whack of software as well. But agreed, the sound quality is a heck of a lot better.