Sound Card Suggestions

Sound Card Suggestions

[Chris Gray]

Hi List Members:

I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card. 
Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are 
there other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux?  I'm 
running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Chris

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Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
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415-348-9636 fax             		San Francisco, CA 94105

Re: Sound Card Suggestions

[David Bruzos]

Hi:
I love the SB Live!.  It has very good support and it sounds reasonably 
good.  The price is also very atractive!  However, if you are looking 
for something newer/better, you can try the SB Audigy.  I think that is 
how you spell it...  Those are the only two real soundcards that I have 
experience with in Linux.  Note that many other soundcards are 
supported, including some professional multi-track soundcards.
You can take a look at www.alsa.org to see more about Linux and audio.

David B.

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 09:34:15AM -0800, Chris Gray wrote:
> Hi List Members:
> 
> I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card. 
> Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are 
> there other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux?  I'm 
> running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> 
> Chris
> 
> -- 
> 
> Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
> 415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
> 415-348-9636 fax             		San Francisco, CA 94105
> 
> 
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Re: Sound Card Suggestions

[Chris Gray]

Can you resend that url, please?  It sent me to the ALS foundation 
which was interesting, but ... <smile>

Thanks.

Chris

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, David Bruzos 
wrote:

> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:57:05 -0500
> From: David Bruzos <david@bruzos.org>
> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>     <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions
> 
> Hi:
> I love the SB Live!.  It has very good support and it sounds reasonably
> good.  The price is also very atractive!  However, if you are looking
> for something newer/better, you can try the SB Audigy.  I think that is
> how you spell it...  Those are the only two real soundcards that I have
> experience with in Linux.  Note that many other soundcards are
> supported, including some professional multi-track soundcards.
> You can take a look at www.alsa.org to see more about Linux and audio.
>
> David B.
>
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 09:34:15AM -0800, Chris Gray wrote:
>> Hi List Members:
>>
>> I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card.
>> Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are
>> there other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux?  I'm
>> running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> --
>>
>> Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
>> 415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
>> 415-348-9636 fax             		San Francisco, CA 94105
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

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Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
415-348-9636 fax             		San Francisco, CA 94105

Re: Sound Card Suggestions

[Sean McMahon]

running modconf will show you all the soundcards that you can load if you have
the official debian speakup kernel.  WHat kind of sound card do you want to
have?  If you use alsa, what works and what doesn't work or is not yet tested
yet but may work is pretty well documented at alsa-project.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Gray" <christopher_gray@symantec.com>
To: "Speakup screen review list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: Sound Card Suggestions


> Hi List Members:
>
> I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card.
> Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are
> there other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux?  I'm
> running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Chris
>
> -- 
>
> Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
> 415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
> 415-348-9636 fax             San Francisco, CA 94105
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: Sound Card Suggestions

[Chris Gray]

Hi Sean:

Thanks for the links and the alsa-project site is fascinating, even a 
little overwhelming at first.  I've got lots to learn.

I plan to use a sound card for recording both voice and music, sound 
editing, and as my synthesizer, at least for now.  I'll be using 
brltty for a serial braille display so am not necessarily as concerned 
as others might be about when speech kicks in, but I do want some 
speech.  I could easily go out and buy an SB Live, but decided to ask 
around a bit and see if something new and intriguing might be available. 
My Sound Blaster card used under Windows is pretty old, but I must say, 
it's midi is pathetic and the sound can be a bit hissy and sibilant! 
Even improving that would be nice, especially for things I wish to 
broadcast and/or edit.

Chris

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Sean McMahon wrote:

> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:30:21 -0700
> From: Sean McMahon <smcmahon@usgs.gov>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions
> 
> running modconf will show you all the soundcards that you can load if you have
> the official debian speakup kernel.  WHat kind of sound card do you want to
> have?  If you use alsa, what works and what doesn't work or is not yet tested
> yet but may work is pretty well documented at alsa-project.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Gray" <christopher_gray@symantec.com>
> To: "Speakup screen review list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:34 AM
> Subject: Sound Card Suggestions
>
>
>> Hi List Members:
>>
>> I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card.
>> Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are
>> there other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux?  I'm
>> running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> --
>>
>> Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
>> 415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
>> 415-348-9636 fax             San Francisco, CA 94105
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

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Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
415-348-9636 fax             		San Francisco, CA 94105

Re: Sound Card Suggestions

[Laura Eaves]

Does that also apply to the dedora speakup version?
Thanks
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@usgs.gov>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions


running modconf will show you all the soundcards that you can load if you 
have
the official debian speakup kernel.  WHat kind of sound card do you want to
have?  If you use alsa, what works and what doesn't work or is not yet 
tested
yet but may work is pretty well documented at alsa-project.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Gray" <christopher_gray@symantec.com>
To: "Speakup screen review list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: Sound Card Suggestions


> Hi List Members:
>
> I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card.
> Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are
> there other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux?  I'm
> running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Chris
>
> -- 
>
> Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
> 415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
> 415-348-9636 fax             San Francisco, CA 94105
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup


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Re: Sound Card Suggestions

[Richard Villa]

The SB Live cards that I have used, have always worked without any special 
configuration.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Gray" <christopher_gray@symantec.com>
To: "Speakup screen review list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:34 AM
Subject: Sound Card Suggestions


> Hi List Members:
>
> I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card. Are 
> people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are there 
> other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux?  I'm running a 
> Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Chris
>
> -- 
>
> Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
> 415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
> 415-348-9636 fax             San Francisco, CA 94105
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

RE: Sound Card Suggestions

[Dawes, Stephen]

Yes,

There is also a tool that is part of both fedora and redhat that will
help you configure and / or  determine the hardware on your computer.
This is called kudzu. I strongly recommend reading the documentation on
kudzu before you try to use it though. This is done by typing man kudzu
at the command prompt. 

HTH


Steve Dawes
Phone: (403) 268-5527
Email: SDawes@calgary.ca
 
 
 


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Laura Eaves
> Sent: 2005 January 06 4:59 PM
> To: Sean McMahon; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions
> 
> Does that also apply to the dedora speakup version?
> Thanks
> --le
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@usgs.gov>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions
> 
> 
> running modconf will show you all the soundcards that you can 
> load if you 
> have
> the official debian speakup kernel.  WHat kind of sound card 
> do you want to
> have?  If you use alsa, what works and what doesn't work or 
> is not yet 
> tested
> yet but may work is pretty well documented at alsa-project.org
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Gray" <christopher_gray@symantec.com>
> To: "Speakup screen review list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:34 AM
> Subject: Sound Card Suggestions
> 
> 
> > Hi List Members:
> >
> > I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card.
> > Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based 
> boxes or are
> > there other cool alternatives that should be considered in 
> Linux?  I'm
> > running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
> > 415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, 
> Suite 1800
> > 415-348-9636 fax             San Francisco, CA 94105
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 

Re: Sound Card Suggestions

[David Bruzos]