17 Dec
2011
17 Dec
'11
10:15 a.m.
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:
Gah, Half asleep math, 64 years ago, I'm 77.
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 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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