On 03/12/2011 04:12 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Batz <
batzman-lau@all-electric.com> wrote:
>> Y-ellow Lady and Gentlemen.
>> OK, it's been a long time in coming but I have an audigy 2. So
>> basically... How do you get it to actually work?
>>
>> I've tried lots of distros and to be honest, all of them have problems. So
>> whilst one of them might actually be better than what I'm using, I have no
>> idea how to tell. Currently the only thing I found where most things
>> actually worked is TangoStudio. Though to be honest, I hate gnome. And
>> Ubuntu for that matter. But the networking works. Most of the audio works.
>> Although trying to install the linux sampler project failed miserably. And
>> to be honest, after 3 months of mind numbing research, I'm sick of it all.
>>
>> That said. I've got this Audigy 2. Jack can see the synth's MIDI input but
>> apart from that, nothing else. There appears to be no control over any of
>> it's audio and no software to drive the synth. I did a search but that only
>> left me wondering if it's usability under linux was in fact a myth. So
>> before I go any further, I thought I'd poke my head in here and see what the
>> collective wisdom was.
>
> so, to summarize:
>
> 1) it is your belief that the audigy 2 has an onboard synth
> 2) you've been unable to find any way to use it
>
> is that correct?
>
> i don't really know about (1), but my gut feeling is that you're wrong
> (i did a quick google check and i don't see anything to make me thinkg
> otherwise). as for (2), linux in general doesn't tend to support the
> onboard synths of most soundcards. this sounds bad, but actually, it
> isn't and here's why: manufacturers stopped making devices with
> onboard synths years ago. not many of them were any good, and the ones
> that were (gravis and turtle beach) do have linux support.
>
> the audigy 2 is certainly usable as an audio device, though its
> fundamentally crappy design does lead to some issues when you want to
> use it for duplex operation (simultaneous playback and capture).
>
> its really unclear from your email what you want to do. how about you
> try to describe that in more detail so that people can help you rather
> than just tell you that, despite the marketing material you may have
> seen, you've got a pretty crappy audio interface :)
>