Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:34:21 -0500 (EST) From: "matthew c. mead" <mmead@goof.com> To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: Sound Card recomendations? Message-ID: <199503171934.OAA00454@goof.com> In-Reply-To: <199503171837.LAA08440@trout.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Mar 17, 95 11:37:24 am
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Nate Williams wrote:
> > > With all the talk about the sound-cards and stuff, I've decided to
> > > plunge into the 90's and buy a sound card when I'm down in the Bay Area
> > > at Frys. What do folks recommend in the < $200 range for sound-cards?
> > > My machine doesn't run DOS so the biggest feature is that it works under
> > > FreeBSD with all of the software available. However, I might steal the
> > > card out of it occasionally if/when I get another system to run games,
> > > so I don't want a no-name care either.
> >
> > As far as I know there is one and only one real card to have for sound
> > under FreeBSD, and that is the GUS. It should be <$149.00.
Hmm.
> Looking around on the WWW, there are a couple different models of the
> GUS just like there are many types of SoundBlasters.
> Which version? Do all of them work under FreeBSD? Is one more
> 'special' than the others cause it can emulate Barney sounds better than
> others? Enquiring minds want to know! :-)
I've got the GUS MAX - which with the kernel supped last night isn't
working properly - midi seems to be ok - but playing samples is impossible at
this point in time - see my post to {hackers,current} if you want more details.
I like the card a lot though... it's one of the best cards I've ever used -
admittedly though, I've just used the soundblaster, soundblaster pro, pro audio
spectrum 16, GUS, and the JAZZ cards that gateway sells...
-matt
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