From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 18:01:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E23A16A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:01:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6C2D43D41 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:01:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gert.cuykens@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id b11so452872rne for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:01:26 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=sUXw8pLFbF1ic+Dxq+HMDVgH1Yk6AHj8mHDxjJgDe6YKIcweQcjr6qpaUiNl6JtUPH9PaZli4dSmO6eewFpoCCyPwaZiR692zNbK3GzkcDXIhaT6xTqVPsIW/SVPr5h51/kGTCyJZ+7kthgiojBS9GO+aDOvWWFpgVOs7xfz/TE= Received: by 10.38.149.41 with SMTP id w41mr297998rnd; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:01:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.74.6 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:01:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:01:26 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens To: "lordbad@developer.bg" In-Reply-To: <08ab01c50555$26559870$18a75bd4@support> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <08ab01c50555$26559870$18a75bd4@support> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gert Cuykens List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:01:29 -0000 On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:19:32 +0200, lordbad@developer.bg wrote: > Hello! >=20 > I'm have been using FreeBSD 5.3 since the day it was officially released,= altough I had little experience with Unix-based OS before it. I have found= that the enviroment provided by FreeBSD is perfect for my work, but I'm tr= ying to get decent multimedia experience either. So to the point - I have t= he Epox 8RDA+ Pro mainboard with the following onboard audio : 6-CH audio f= rom onboard RealTek ALC65x AC'97 v2.3 compliant CODEC. I'm currently using = the ich_snd driver. I get sound via it, but it is far from being good, not = to mention perfect... With the stereo output I'm fine, I can live without t= he surround capabilities of the card. But only if the quality of the stereo= playback was good - and belive me - it isn't. The basses are awful and it = is not caused by some mixer settings, of that I'm certain. If fact the bass= es are almost missing and the high frequences heavily distorted. I heard th= at the opensound driver can help but it does not recognize my audio... So I= 'm asking is there someone using sound device same as mine while getting de= cent output or should I buy some high quality sound card such as Audigy 2 f= or which I know there are some nice drivers. And one more question regardin= g the sound - if I get an Audigy 2 sound card will I get the 6.1 surround o= r I will still be stuck with stereo. >=20 > I thank you in advance for your responses. >=20 > Best Regards, >=20 > Bozhidar Batsov, a devoted open-source enforcer and FreeBSD lover :) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 install this http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi