does this sound blaster use alsa module emu10k1?
 

Hey all,

I am very confused about this sound blaster card. I purchased it for $30 from Comp USA and have not opened it yet, because I want a card that uses the emu10k1 module since it is very well developed.

The card I purchased was the:
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit 7.1/6.1/5.1 SB0410 70SB041000000

I believe this is the same card as this on newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102176

Newegg does not show it as having the emu10k1 chipset, but instead shows this card as having the emu10k1 chipset:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102177
It has a different part number: 30SB041000000.

All i want is a sound blaster card that uses the emu10k1 chipset. Can someone verify which of these two cards actually uses the emu10k1 chipset, and can verify that they will in fact use the emu10k1 alsa module?

Thanks!
George

Take a look here:

http://www.anime.net/~goemon/alsa/

And in the case it's not compatible with emu10k1 chipset, look in this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=emu10k1

Regards!

i cannot "chance" it, i need to know if the one i bought is emu10k1 or not

i can't tell by that alsa matrix

i already have a non-emu10k1 sound blaster card, and i tried using ca0106 module but it is horrible, i can only get mono output

That could be tricky. Perhaps Creative Labs could give you some assistence?

http://us.creative.com/support/custs.../emailform.asp

I have a SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum that I got about 4 years ago.....it has an emu10k1 module......my guess would be that if Creative Labs bothered to release a 24-bit version of the SB Live then they would have added emu10k1.

This is from # lspci in my machine:
=====================

00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04)
00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 01)

This is from # lsmod in my machine:
======================

snd_pcm_oss 49056 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_emu10k1 96132 0
snd_rawmidi 20256 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device 7052 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 75256 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm 83720 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 21636 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 7812 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 3584 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 7456 1 snd_emu10k1
snd 47588 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,sn d_hwdep
soundcore 7648 1 snd

I hope it helps.

dont buy that card, cuz i had and i cant use it FC4.. i mean it is working but this gnome sound control button doesnt work.. everytime i had to open console and then # alsamixer.. wtf? and couldnt find any solution till now..