Sound Card Suggestions

[Chris Gray]

Hi Sean:

Thanks for the links and the alsa-project site is fascinating, even a 
little overwhelming at first.  I've got lots to learn.

I plan to use a sound card for recording both voice and music, sound 
editing, and as my synthesizer, at least for now.  I'll be using 
brltty for a serial braille display so am not necessarily as concerned 
as others might be about when speech kicks in, but I do want some 
speech.  I could easily go out and buy an SB Live, but decided to ask 
around a bit and see if something new and intriguing might be available. 
My Sound Blaster card used under Windows is pretty old, but I must say, 
it's midi is pathetic and the sound can be a bit hissy and sibilant! 
Even improving that would be nice, especially for things I wish to 
broadcast and/or edit.

Chris

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Sean McMahon wrote:

> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:30:21 -0700
> From: Sean McMahon <smcmahon at usgs.gov>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions
> 
> running modconf will show you all the soundcards that you can load if you have
> the official debian speakup kernel.  WHat kind of sound card do you want to
> have?  If you use alsa, what works and what doesn't work or is not yet tested
> yet but may work is pretty well documented at alsa-project.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Gray" <christopher_gray at symantec.com>
> To: "Speakup screen review list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:34 AM
> Subject: Sound Card Suggestions
>
>
>> Hi List Members:
>>
>> I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card.
>> Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are
>> there other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux?  I'm
>> running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer        Symantec Corporation
415-365-6199 voice                      301 Howard Street, Suite 1800
415-348-9636 fax             		San Francisco, CA 94105