Re: [Alsa-user] Diamond50 7.1 audio card at Staples

[Clemens L. <cla...@go...>]

Rene Herman wrote:
> On 09/12/2007 03:12 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> Grepping though the driver shows it doesn't support PCM volume, meaning
>>> volume adjustment has to be in software (ALSA can do this) and that it
>>> records only at 44.1/48 if that's important to you.
>>
>> No wonder its "quite affordable".  That sounds rather crippled to me.

It still has a master volume.  You just cannot adjust the computer's sound
relative to any of the analog inputs.

> Latency-wise, I expect softvol is a non-starter always but if this is not a
> concern, I don't know.

Nothing needs to be scheduled separately; there shouldn't be any noticeable
latency.

> As to the capture direction; well, capture isn't widely used. You don't need
> 192 kHz for recording, say, a VoIP conversation.

The ADC is still as crappy as in earlier CMI chips, but the CMI8768's DACs
have been improved and are as good as other good 16-bit sound cards.


Regards,
Clemens