sblive speaker configurations

[Watson, Keith]

Chuck, 

According to Creative Labs page the following is the setup for the rear of
the SBLive from top to bottom.

Digital in:	Digital Speakers
Line in:	Stereo, CD player, tape, etc.
Mic in:	Microphone input
Line out:	Powered Speakers (Front)
Rear out:	Powered Speakers (Rear)
Game Controller:

Like Kirk suggested, I would upgrade to beta6. You have controll of all the
PCM channels. It's really sweet.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Hallenbeck [mailto:chuckh at mhonline.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 6:34 AM
To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: sblive speaker configurations



That is an interesting setup, Kirk. 

My card has five jacks too, and somehow I recall someone mentioning that
the first one was "digital out". I experimented to find the function of
the other four, and have correctly identified 'line in' and 'mike'but
misidentified the other two evidently. I get sound output from them both
from trplayer, mpg123, and the sox 'play' command, but only from the
"front" jack (which I took to be "speakers") when inputting from 'line in'
or CD. Juggling those last two outputs, Front and Rear, they both seem to
have the same audio levels and impedance when they work, but I just cannot
make my Rear speakers work with 'line in' and CD.

I guess the folks in the back seat will just have to lean forward a
little.

I am using version 0.5.10 of alsa and will upgrade as you suggested.

Actually I am relatively happy right now without solving the rear speaker
output problem, since with my amplified speakers on the Front jack I can
keep an ear on recordings I make from CD or a device on the line input.

Chuck
 


 On 21 Aug 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote:

> Well, you either have a newer card than I do or there is something
> else really weird.  I have 4 eighth inch jacks and the game/midi
> connector.
> 
> I have the output of my DoubleTalk speaker going through a matching
> transformer into the line-in.  I have the built-in aplifier of the
> system output
> from the microphone going into mic-in, I have the main-out from the
> sound card going into the built-in amplifier of the system for my
> built-in speakers and I have the rear-out of the card going into a rf
> transmitter which powers remote speakers on the head-board in my
> bedroom.
> 
> Now Chuck and I corresponded a bit off list and I told him I am using
> the 0.9beta6 alsa drivers.  However, it worked as well when I was
> using 0.5.10b.
> 
> I recommend the 0.9beta6 drivers for anyone with a sblive because they
> give you individual control over the virtual pcm devices for volume.
> I can be listening to freeamp and when someone starts talking on the
> reflector I can turn down the volume of freeamp without affecting speak
freely.
> 
> That's how it works for me. YMMV!
> 
>   Kirk
> 
> 

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