[kwlug-disc] Linux supported sound cards

[CrankyOldBugger]

Now I never considered an external sound card before.  Are you guys talking
about the little USB sticks about the size of thumb drives, or the
"set-top" boxes I see on Canada Computers?


On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 at 15:11 <peter_melse at gto.net> wrote:

> For configuring pulse audio, I highly recommend the program pavucontrol.
> it's graphical, gives you all the options and just works(ha, really) on
> most systems.
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> *Subject:* Re: [kwlug-disc] Linux supported sound cards
> *Date:* Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:55:52 -0400
> *From:* "R. Brent Clements" <rbclemen at gmail.com>
> *To:* KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> *Reply-To:* KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> ‎That is two message that my phone defaulted to a direct reply instead of
> posting to the group :-(
>
> Yes USB options are good. I think there is a 2in 2out (one stereo channel
> each way) device by behringer that is around 50 bucks now. More than an
> internal device obviously. I have used one on a Ubuntu laptop a few years
> ago. Worked immediately tho I had to tell pulseaudio to use it instead of
> the built in one
>
> Pulseaudio does not replace the need for alsa or OSS (depreciated)
> drivers. I will definitely spend a few minutes on the layers of sound
> processing on Linux during my November talk
>
> Brent
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
> *From: *CrankyOldBugger
> *Sent: *Tuesday, September 1, 2015 2:10 PM
> *To: *KWLUG discussion
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> *Subject: *[kwlug-disc] Linux supported sound cards
>
>
> Hi everyone...
>
> I just found out the other day that the sound card (Creative Labs Audigy
> FX) in my dual boot desktop doesn't have Linux drivers (specifically,
> Ubuntu).  Windows side works fine.  In travelling around Creative Labs'
> website, I noticed a serious lack of Linux commitment from CL.
>
> Does anyone have experience with any sort of PCI-e sound card that has
> available Linux drivers?  I value "cheap" over "lots of flashy lights".
> And being half deaf, I don't really care for some audiophile-level sound
> machine, just something that can drive my external speakers reasonably well
> (the sound card on the motherboard has issues, thus my need for a separate
> card).
>
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