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Creative SB Live! 24 Bit
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Description: Got it to work with the snd-ca0106 module from ALSA, for more informations: http://alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc...mpany=Creative Labs&card=Sound Blaster Live 24bit.&chip=SB0310, P17&module=ca0106
It works fine but sometimes you can hear some "cracking" sounds when playing mp3's.
Keywords: sb live 24bit soundblaster creative
/sbin/lspci output: 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs: Unknown device 0007
Connection Type: PCI


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Old 02-08-2006, 08:54 PM   #1
peter_89
 
Registered: Jan 2006
Distribution: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2; Slackware Linux 10.2
Posts: 216
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5

Kernel (uname -r): Most Newer 2.6 Kernels
Distribution: SUSE 9.3 Special Edition; OpenSUSE 10.0; Xandros 3.0 OCE



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I don't know what to say for this; it's a great card under Windows but unfortunately is not well supported by Linux. I paid only 30 dollars for this card and can't say I nesecarily had expected full Linux support. Now, realize it WORKS under Linux, but you get horrible crackling noises consistantly. I toyed with the audio settings for about an hour before returning it. Yes, I realize I could have delved deeper into ALSA file configuration and such, but didn't want to spend all my time doing so. I was just too busy. Besides that, I'm not what you would call an "audiophile" so I'm not one to play with ALSA all the time anyway; just give me a card that sounds normal and works under any distro and I won't be able to tell the difference between that and a model costing 100 dollars more. If you like messing with ALSA all day to get sound to work then this is for you; otherwise I'd recommend you go with a different card, preferibly a TurtleBeach. I've never had any bad experiences with them.
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Old 05-12-2006, 06:16 PM   #2
jw_wvu
 
Registered: May 2006
Posts: 11
Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 1

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.16
Distribution: debian


It doesn't work.

I spent the better part of a week getting the ALSA drivers configured for this card. All I got for my efforts was some faint sound that was covered with "noise" (static, pops, etc).

Don't get fooled by the ALSA site that tells you their snd_ca0106 module is all you need.

Don't use this card.
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Old 08-01-2006, 07:56 AM   #3
Guimauve2
 
Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Debian sarge and LFS (Linux From Scratch)
Posts: 14
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.15.6
Distribution: Ubuntu Dapper Drake


Installation works fine on Ubuntu.

This card offers a lot of features, all of them works under Windows, of course.

However, on GNU/Linux, not all of them work (only one output is supported, for instance), and I noticed some kind of "static", distortion when I raise the volume (and I have good speakers!).

However, I think that in time, this card is going to be much more supported.
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Old 07-04-2007, 04:55 PM   #4
johnlim81
 
Registered: Jul 2007
Distribution: Ubuntu Feisty
Posts: 2
Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.20.16
Distribution: Ubuntu Feisty


Do not use this card for recording, because the result is not good and clear as in Windows.
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