Re: [Sheflug] Audigy Support

[Mark Broadbent <markb [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 23:08, Darrell Blake wrote:
> Does anyone on this list have any experience with getting the Creative Audigy 
> working in Linux? I've only got a SB Live! because I know there is very 
> little support for sound cards in Linux under OSS. I've noticed that there is 
> good support for the Audigy under ALSA but I've no experience with ALSA 
> whatsoever. I'm not getting the Audigy until after Chrimbo though and, 
> hopefully, 2.6 will be released then so I won't have to patch my 2.4 
> kernel ;o)

I have a Audigy 2 Platinum that works fine in Linux 2.4 using the ALSA
drivers (using the emu10k1 driver).  Works like a dream just remember to
turn the volume up on the channels to use them (and there is a lot! see
below).
The ALSA drivers don't require patching the kernel - just a case of
having the kernel sources configured then issuing the standard
configure, make, make install trio of commands.

> The thing is I'm a musician and am extremely limitied with the sound card I 
> have at the mo. I suppose I could use the Audigy when I'm in Windows and my 
> onboard sound card in Linux but I'm hardly ever in Windows so it wouldn't 
> warrant the purchase.

Cheers
Mark

mark [at] tigger:~$ /opt/alsa/bin/amixer -c 0 |grep control
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Simple mixer control 'Tone',0
Simple mixer control 'Bass',0
Simple mixer control 'Treble',0
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0
Simple mixer control '3D Control Sigmatel - Depth',0
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Simple mixer control 'PCM Center',0
Simple mixer control 'PCM Front',0
Simple mixer control 'PCM LFE',0
Simple mixer control 'PCM Surround',0
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
Simple mixer control 'Music',0
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Simple mixer control 'Line2',0
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical Raw',0
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Simple mixer control 'Aux2',0
Simple mixer control 'Analog Mix',0
Simple mixer control 'Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack',0
Simple mixer control 'Audigy CD',0
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier Power Down',0
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo',0
Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Surround Phase Inversion Playback ',0
mark [at] tigger:~$

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