SoundCard compatibility question

SoundCard compatibility question

[Pete Barnard]

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I have just installed Red Hat Linux 7.3 on my pc at work and will be installing the ALSA drivers.  However, the sound card is described as a "SoundMax integrated Audio" (I don't really know much about this card and cannot find it on the ALSA soundcard matrix).   I have read that it is a SoundBlaster compatible card but I haven't had this confirmed.  Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I would get ALSA to work with this card? for example, what lines do I need to put in the /etc/modules.conf file? and what options do I need to type when I do a ./configure for the drivers? Are there any external drivers that I need to download etc?

Failing all this - will I have to replace it with another card that is listed on the ALSA soundcard matrix ??

Regards,

Pete

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Re: SoundCard compatibility question

[Jan "Evil Twin" Depner]

That card may not even be full duplex.  For a very cheap, compatible
card you can use an Ensoniq Audio PCI.  This is 16 bit 48KHz.  I've done
some decent two channel recording with one of those.  There are a couple
of decent two channel 24 bit 96KHz cards based on the envy24 chipset
that run about $130 to $180 US at musician's Friend.  Here are a couple
of examples.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=030320132900024117199122901257/search/g=live/detail/base_id/52845

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=030320132900024117199122901257/search/g=live/detail/base_id/52399


If you need more than two channels I would recommend the Delta 44 or 66
(again, envy24 chipset which I highly recommend).

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=030320132900024117199122901257/search/g=live/detail/base_id/52398

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=030320132900024117199122901257/search/g=live/detail/base_id/52397


Hope that helps.


Jan


On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 14:48, Pete Barnard wrote:
> I have just installed Red Hat Linux 7.3 on my pc at work and will be installing the ALSA drivers.  However, the sound card is described as a "SoundMax integrated Audio" (I don't really know much about this card and cannot find it on the ALSA soundcard matrix).   I have read that it is a SoundBlaster compatible card but I haven't had this confirmed.  Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I would get ALSA to work with this card? for example, what lines do I need to put in the /etc/modules.conf file? and what options do I need to type when I do a ./configure for the drivers? Are there any external drivers that I need to download etc?
> 
> Failing all this - will I have to replace it with another card that is listed on the ALSA soundcard matrix ??
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Pete




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Re: SoundCard compatibility question

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Pete Barnard hat gesagt: // Pete Barnard wrote:

> I have just installed Red Hat Linux 7.3 on my pc at work and will be
> installing the ALSA drivers.  However, the sound card is described
> as a "SoundMax integrated Audio" (I don't really know much about
> this card and cannot find it on the ALSA soundcard matrix).   I have
> read that it is a SoundBlaster compatible card but I haven't had
> this confirmed.  Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I would
> get ALSA to work with this card? for example, what lines do I need
> to put in the /etc/modules.conf file? and what options do I need to
> type when I do a ./configure for the drivers? Are there any external
> drivers that I need to download etc?

With a lot of cards, and most onboard chipsets, it is important to
know, which chipset is used. You can try to find this out with
"lspci". It prints a long list that you should search for Multimedia
or Audio adapters. Then look for a module called somehow like it and
try to modprobe it. 

ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__


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