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

From: Rick B <zajelo3@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sat Jan 08 2005 - 17:04:10 EET

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
Received on Sat Jan 8 20:15:05 2005

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