From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Jan 23 9:36:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from jupiter.linuxengine.net (jupiter2.linuxengine.net [209.61.188.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2CA437B405 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:36:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from jupiterweb.commercevault.com (jupiterweb.commercevault.com [209.61.179.16] (may be forged)) by jupiter.linuxengine.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g0NHaMv21029; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:36:22 -0600 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:36:22 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz X-X-Sender: john@jupiter.linuxengine.net To: Stephen McKay Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: hoontech dsp24 value Re: Fortissimo II vs Santa Cruz for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <200201231317.g0NDHVD42554@dungeon.home> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org heavens to betsty! On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Stephen McKay wrote: > On Thursday, 17th January 2002, Stephen McKay wrote: > > My final correspondent suggested the "Hoontech DSP24 Value. Supposedly the > Envy24 driver at http://www.opensound.com works for it under FreeBSD." > This looks quite appealing: 24bit 96kHz stereo playback and record through > RCA connectors, a 10 channel 36 bit hardware mixer, and coaxial and optical > digital in/out on an optional bracket. No silly 3D modes. Straightforward > and practical. And cheap too (compared to similar cards). this card has a really nice set of features for the money. and *omits* the ones that are irrelevant to my needs ( No silly 3D modes indeed! :-) ) > http://www.alsa-project.org (the Linux sound driver project) supports the > DSP24, and the chip manufacturer supplies the data sheet for free. this is also a mighty positive sign. > Could be a winner, with a bit of work. i'd say *would* be a winner. > I'm not convinced that any of the cheap cards will be turn out to sound any > good, and I'm willing to waste the fancy 3D aspects to get the sound I want. > Plus the DSP24 looks like a practical and useful tool. Well, OK, I want to > fiddle with it! That's enough reason, isnt it? hell yah! :-) you probably arent interested in professional audio applications, but i think this would be the perfect budget card to work with ardour: http://ardour.sourceforge.net/ > Stephen. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message