[expert] any opinions on SBlive Platinum?
Hello. I am considering upgrading my sound card from AWE64 ISA to the SBLive Platinum. Does the wavetable midi still sound as good (or better) than the old awe64 or does it even use the same kind of synth? I should have asked if it works with linux to begin with in the first place sorry. If so, how do all you sblive users like it? Thanks
Re: [expert] any opinions on SBlive Platinum?
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 02:36:55PM -0600, Chubby Vic wrote: Hello. I am considering upgrading my sound card from AWE64 ISA to the SBLive Platinum. Does the wavetable midi still sound as good (or better) than the old awe64 or does it even use the same kind of synth? I should have asked if it works with linux to begin with in the first place sorry. If so, how do all you sblive users like it? Thanks Well, I just upgraded from an old ISA soundblaster to the SB Live Value (not the platinum). Works great, but I can't really say about the midi stuff. Just turn on kudzu (in drakeconf -- startup services) before you switch cards and it will set up the new card on reboot. Then run sndconfig and you should be set. For some reason, kudzu did not remove some of the old sound stuff. It doesn't cause any real problems, just on boot it tries to configure the old isa card, doesn't find it and exits with an error. No big deal because the computer continues right on booting and later sets up the new card. Like I said, this is for the SB Live Value, but I would think it should apply to the Platinum as well. -- Chris and Yoshiko Spackman www.openhistory.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] (English) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Japanese) "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own." -The Prisoner PGP signature
Re: [expert] any opinions on SBlive Platinum?
Well, the platinum is the same hardware and chipsets etc as the value and the other one. It's only the software packages included that are different. (Well, you get some extra jacks for the front and the jacks are gold colored plated metal with the platinum.) So unless you boot into windows alot, save some bucks and get the value which works great with Mandrake and Redhat. -s On Sunday 25 March 2001 05:43 pm, you wrote: On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 02:36:55PM -0600, Chubby Vic wrote: Hello. I am considering upgrading my sound card from AWE64 ISA to the SBLive Platinum. snip I should have asked if it works with linux to begin with in the first place sorry. If so, how do all you sblive users like it? Thanks Well, I just upgraded from an old ISA soundblaster to the SB Live Value (not the platinum). Works great, but I can't really say about the midi stuff. snip Like I said, this is for the SB Live Value, but I would think it should apply to the Platinum as well. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description:
