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From: Thomas Pfenning <thomaspf@microsoft.com>
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        "'Denis DeLaRoca  825-4580'"
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Subject: RE: GUS PRO: functional!
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 16:25:52 -0800
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I see the looping also happening with a Soundblaster, so the problem
seems to be somewhere outside the specific sound driver. Guspnp6 does
indeed sound very good.

Cheers

	Thomas

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	gwh@spiders.com [SMTP:gwh@spiders.com]
>Sent:	Friday, December 06, 1996 3:32 PM
>To:	Denis DeLaRoca  825-4580; dwhite@RESNET.UOREGON.EDU
>Cc:	multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject:	Re: GUS PRO: functional!
>
> +---
> | driver is in better shape. Recently, someone reported on the list
> | good results with the guspnp6 driver in terms of audio quality but
> | he also reported the sound loop problems so I don't know how much
> | better things are...
> +---
>
>	That would be me.  guspnp6 helped a _lot_, but I still get the
>looping after anywhere from 10min to 3 hours of continual use.
>Sound quality in vat is much much better though, and the looping has
>only happened a few times.  
>
>I'm also running 961006-SNAP, but should be upgrading to 3.0-current
>or 2.2-ALPHA soon.
>
>I'd say its stable enough for general uise, but I wouldn't want to
>use it for a demo.  Amancio mentioned something about trying to change
>something else in the driver I believe.
>
>
>						--Gene
>
>
>-- 
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