From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 3 20:44:58 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E832B0E for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 20:44:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-x234.google.com (mail-bk0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4008:c01::234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B11711666 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 20:44:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f52.google.com with SMTP id e11so1105575bkh.39 for ; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:44:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=m99yhJhCDqaWwnlcGk1i7DgSlEeJBzKo1dSm7Vhlm2k=; b=QasoGfoC+L5COYbEby4oIM4XD18OrFIoYocoST9xYoKnKcvXujBj5o8auTdL6X8y5m cPNXg2qlXvoIrJyFup3L8FPi1iMJLR6icTvNJf23Vq+FQ2lCpQiWHRfK7/AsibCOgmUP Vbsjrju9+xagYSq5dBuKywfEcHO1ZeasUCEZFjVnnjz9arjh4JYZFdMcNrcqOQZFfa/y c+2+PM1x43vqxCO8pnuLYgxdR69HNNjsl3u1ZCdipcSN5KNEj/XgonXQeC5quNJkz1zI iyXXTVjBOAVEFtK4DR4Gc8vuvg8Yxw/RiOQ/u7DluqL9ReE0zDXYtC1jOR7GctwwRUff MmBQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.204.235.73 with SMTP id kf9mr5399823bkb.136.1370292296066; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:44:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.184.8 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:44:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20130602185742.F9E5.AA011270@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:44:55 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Sound cards From: Waitman Gobble To: birdfund@yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:44:58 -0000 On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2013 3:57 PM, "mike miskulin" wrote: >> >> Hi all - I may be building a system which does not have any onboard >> sounds thus need to find either a pci-e or usb solution which will work >> with FreeBSD. I've combed newegg and have to say I never realized how >> crappy the sound cards have become - that used to be a big thing back in >> the day! >> >> Could any of you who have installed something of ->recent<- vintage >> which worked well post the make/model? I just need something for basic >> audio, nothing superduper. >> >> TIA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > hi, i believe the market been more about mainstream-acceptable quality for > cheaper and cheaper the past few years. most people use on board sound. > > not sure there will alot of new and exciting sound cards coming soon, its > kind of at the limit of pcm. it will be totally very cool when sound cards > do dsd / 5.7 mhz / 1 bit sampling rates, but thats still a ways off i think. > > i use a creative x-fi card pci-e, the blue one that runs about 50 bucks... > on a FreeBSD system, it works pretty good with oss in base or you can try > v4.2 in ports. > > asus xonar cards are excellent, they supposedly work in oss but i have not > tried my xonar on a FreeBSD machine yet. > > if you run usb sound, i recommend getting an add-IN usb card, especially if > you want to do some 48k recording. add a couple devices to your usb bus and > you might notice some latency. > > Hope that helps. > > Waitman Gobble > San Jose California USA > Sorry, I was typing my email on my phone before. yikes, grammar! Anyhow, this card works pretty good on my FreeBSD system: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102017 Note: if you want 'more' than 16bit stereo sound, ie multiple 'surround sound' channels, 32(24) bit, 96Khz recording - you have to do a little code hacking. That card also has an ac3 decoder, so I think you can dump ac3 data to it, but i haven't tried that yet. 'one of these weekends' i'll get to it. :) -- Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA 510-830-7975