[Sound card]

Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com
Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:54:24 -0500


>I second this...I have the Gateway OEM version of this card here at work
and at home and they both work great
>
>Matt Graham extolled:
>> The card I've been recommending for this sort of thing is the Ensoniq
>> AudioPCI, otherwise known as the Soundblaster-128 PCI.  I paid $30 for
one of
>> these in January 2000, so you can probably find one for $25 now!  This
card
>> should use the es1371 module (included with every distro, trivial to
compile
>> if you build your own kernel.)
>>
>> The only problem with this is that the newest cards have slightly
different
>> firmware than the older models, so if you buy one of these off the
shelf, you
>> might need a 2.2.18 kernel for sound to work.  Also, there is no
hardware MIDI
>> for this card--get "timidity" and you'll be OK wrt MIDI.

     Make that a third.  I went from a Yamaha card w/ OSS to
     the Ensoniq ES1371.  Not only was it cheaper by almost
     $10, it sounded better.  Now, maybe that was OSS's fault,
     but regardless, it works better.

PaulM