Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:13:54 -0500 From: Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> To: Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 sound card Message-ID: <20031130181346.GA766@afflictions.org> In-Reply-To: <1693621737.20031130192455@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <20031129050830.GA723@afflictions.org> <1693621737.20031130192455@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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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.
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