Re: [Alsa-user] doom 3 sounds also messed up

[jpshark <jpo...@sa...>]

Interesting, well, clearly I need to look for some empirical evidence.
I'll scour the various forums and find out exactly which ones will work.
Sounds like the one you mentioned is a winner if I can find one. Thanks
again.
/JP

BTW - with ALSA 1.0.7, can I still rely on emu10k1 cards to function
properly? Would there be any advantage to upgrading to 1.0.8 with a
emu10k1 card?


On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 12:32 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 11:25 -0600, jpshark wrote:
> > I got ya, believe me I understand. I didn't know about all this when I
> > purchased it and it really works fine under Win XP. I like your
> > comparison to WinModems, that's exactly what they (Creative) did. I
> > figure if the box says full multichannel hardware decoding it should
> > work fine. For that I'll have to step up to the Audigy 2 ZS Gamer for
> > around $130 US. At least I'd finally have a decent sound card...  :^)
> 
> That one might be a rip.  I know the Audigy 2 Value works with the
> emu10k1 driver and goes for about $60 (there were a few minor issues
> with it that should be fixed).  So it's possible the Audigy 2 Gamer is
> similar.
> 
> The problem is AFAIK there's absolutely no distinction on the box
> between functionality that's implemented in hardware (emu10k1) and
> emulated in software by the Windows driver (LS).  Many, many users have
> gotten burned. :-( 
> 
> Lee
>