From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 6 17:50:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 942A716A41F for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:50:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from sianna.shopkeeper.de (sianna.shopkeeper.de [217.17.196.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0AD543D58 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:50:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from avalon.dobu.local (p54B842EC.dip.t-dialin.net [84.184.66.236]) (authenticated bits=0) by sianna.shopkeeper.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j56HoJnT073894; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:50:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from avalon.dobu.local (localhost.dobu.local [127.0.0.1]) by avalon.dobu.local (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j56HoH3K002369; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:50:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sklauder@avalon.dobu.local) Received: (from sklauder@localhost) by avalon.dobu.local (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j56HoFna002368; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:50:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sklauder) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:50:15 +0200 From: Sascha Klauder To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Message-ID: <20050606175015.GA2315@trimind.de> References: <20050606105039.GA632@gothic.blackend.org> <20050606122310.GA43737@over-yonder.net> <20050606132919.GD32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050606133438.GH57893@over-yonder.net> <20050606134459.GE32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050606135100.GI57893@over-yonder.net> <20050606140946.GF32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050606141622.GJ57893@over-yonder.net> <20050606142955.GG32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050606154204.GK57893@over-yonder.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050606154204.GK57893@over-yonder.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Mathew Kanner Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook: Soundcard Setup Addition (7.2.1) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 17:50:43 -0000 On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 10:42:04AM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 10:29:55AM -0400 I heard the voice of > Mathew Kanner, and lo! it spake thus: > > My expectation was that no-one was using ISA. From your message and > > a couple last month I think it's more popular that I ever thought. > > I wish there was some way of doing a poll of whats really is used > > out there. I for one use both :) I've got a SB AWE64 Gold and a SB Live! card. The AWE card is used primarily for listening to music, the Live for playing games/watching movies. My primary annoyance with the Live card is that it's mixer lacks bass and treble controls. And the AWE card has better sound -- my (subjective) opionion. > I doubt anybody in the last 5 years has built a system and put an ISA > soundcard in it. And most newer systems don't even have ISA at all, I admit to using retro hardware, both my systems have ISA slots ;) > It'd probably be a pretty bad thing to not SUPPORT the ISA cards, but > I wouldn't trip over myself offering amenities to people using 'em. Please don't drop ISA sound support. Cheers, -sascha