Re: [Alsa-user] looking for pci sound card with wavetable

[James Courtier-D. <jam...@gm...>]

On 14 July 2010 09:24, Arthur Marsh <art...@in...> wrote:
> Hi, I picked up a Soundblaster Audigy SB0570 card, hoping that it would
> have a wavetable synth like some of the EMU10K1/EMU10K2 based cards,
> however it identifies as:
>
> CA0106 0000:00:09.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 5
> snd-ca0106: Model 100a Rev 00000000 Serial 100a1102
>

Not exactly user friendly, but look in the source code.
emu10k1_main.c: Line 1295

It has a table that is used to identify the cards.
SBnnnn  numbers are mentioned.

"Creative" marketing are to blame for the problems you are having.
Calling two different hardware types by the same name confuses
everyone.

An option might be to use a software synth. They work with all sound cards.