At Wed, 23 Oct 2002 00:07:22 +0300 (EEST), Kai Vehmanen wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Peter L Jones wrote: > > > I don't want to have to learn about DSPs and stuff to be able to identify a > > _good_ sound card. I've currently got a shortlist for my next machine: > > * MidiMan Delta Audiophile 2496 (Envy24) > > * Creative SB PCI 128 (ES1371) > > I've used both of these extensively with JACK and numerous other ALSA apps > and they work really well (full-duplex, low-latency use). Other > soundcards/chipsets that I've used: > > - snd-intel8x0 (nice chipset, is suitable for low-latency use)
the real-time response is dependent on the system. some notebooks have problems in this regard. > - snd-cs4281 (good for low-latency although has a max two-interrupts > per buffer limitation which can confuse apps) > - GUS MAX (this very, very old ISA-card can still beat a number of > today's crappy chipsets... I don't know whether to cry or laugh ;)) > > Cards that I have no personal experience with, but I've heard very > good things about: > > - RME Digi9652 > > Beware: > > - SB AWE models (ugh, crap!) > - Yamaha YMF7xx/DS-XG (some have reported that these work ok, > but in any case they have a max 3 periods limitation > similar to cs4281, which can confuse apps) no, instead, the interrupts are generated in the fixed time-length, not at the period boundary or the end of buffer. thus, this chip doesn't suit for low-latency purpose at all. the similar case is ESS chips, es1968 and maestro3 (allegro). that is, many on-board chips on notebooks are crap, unfortunately. Takashi