[LAU] rosegarden 1 system 0

[gene heskett]

On Saturday, December 17, 2011 05:14:38 AM gene heskett did opine:

> On Saturday, December 17, 2011 04:59:02 AM Folderol did opine:
> > I wonder if this is something really stupid like faulty memory, and
> > it's only that combination of hardware/software this hits the dodgy
> > bits?
> 
> Not impossible, its been several months since I last booted into
> memtest, which found nothing in about 7 full passes.
> 
> > This happened to me a while ago. Took me ages to work it out,
> > especially as memtest seemed to show no problems.
> > 
> > As a matter of interest I have a 2496 card working on a dual core
> > athlon under an audio-fied debian squeeze. I use the MIDI and audio
> > I/O and also a USB MIDI unit. On the audio side, I have a total of 3
> > hardware synths, a guitar and mic (into a little analogue mixer).
> 
> I used to drool over the 2496, but then with my musical talents having
> been tested & found wanting some, (the school band needed a double
> b-flat player 54 years ago, so guess who got volunteered, besides, the

Gah, Half asleep math, 64 years ago, I'm 77.

> double b-flat and I sing in the same key) so I settled on this Audigy2
> Value, which considering its cost of about 70 bucks at the time, is an
> amazingly capable card, 24 bit it claims & unlike the 16 bit
> soundblaster, is a lot harder to run out of headroom with.
> 
> Cheers, Gene


Cheers, Gene
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