[linux-audio-user] KX Audio capabilities for Linux EMU10k1 [was Plans/Roadmaps for 2005?]

[Russell Hanaghan]

Rick B wrote:

> Curtis Sloan wrote:
>
>> On Fri January 7 2005 22:21, Lee Revell wrote:
>> <snip>
>>  
>>
>>> I actually got a lot more responses than I was expecting.  I have been
>>> posting about this to the alsa lists for months, and no one but me and
>>> Peter Zubaj seemed to care.  I think they didn't take me seriously at
>>> first, even when I posted the kX stuff, Linux users are conditioned to
>>> think these cards are junk.  Windows people know better ;-)
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Well, add me to the list of people who care.  I remember vividly how 
>> much I paid for the SB Live! when it first came out (first week it 
>> was released; I had it ordered for my swanky new PII -- and I'm still 
>> using the same box to write this e-mail (except it's a PIII now) :-)  
>> It's about time I got my money's worth out of it.  I found out 
>> awfully quickly how brutally limited I was using the Creative 
>> drivers.  Sadly, I only found out about the kX drivers about 6 months 
>> ago.  :-(  I was so disappointed and I couldn't afford audio software 
>> for Windows after spending it all on hardware (oops!) that I 
>> basically gave up on audio on my box.  Now that I've got my hands on 
>> some kickin' free audio software, and an OS to drive it reliably and 
>> with better performance than ever before, I'm chomping at the bit to 
>> pull out the capabilities I paid for back in the day. :-)
>>
>> So, thanks everyone for your continued efforts and development in 2005!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Curtis S.
>>
>>  
>>
> Yeah, I guess it's time for me to break down and buy one of the 
> Soundblaster cards too, because it doesn't seem that there's going to 
> be any support for the Nforce2 APUs advanced sound functions. What is 
> the cheapest SB card that has a reasonable amount of features?
>
>                   Rick B
>
The SBlive 5.1 (Not platinum or other but just s it reads) is available 
here in USA for $19.00 as an OEM card. It has the same soundfont ability 
and has 2 in and at lease 4 channels out. They are pretty much bullet 
proof too! Like ...we have the neuclear holocost...the cockaroaches and 
Sblive sound cards will be the only things that survive! :)

I'm gonna go buy 2 more over the 2 I have; Link 'em all together like 
the "Elcheapo sound card" how to says and see if I can fly it. of course 
then there will be IRQ hell to figure out but hopefully it wont matter 
that much.