sound blaster live soundcard help

Aussie · 03-06-2003, 01:18 AM

And if you prefer the OSS option then you should have a look at the Creative Open Source page and the related SourceForge emu10k1 project page.

Zeth_htp · 03-06-2003, 10:29 AM

I just woke up this morning, but I'll try your suggestion's, becuse simply no sound in Linux is boring, and I'm getting tierd of my headphones, and there short wire.

calinlis · 04-25-2003, 04:31 AM

hi,
i'm newbie arround linux. I like it, but it's a litle hard...
I use RH 8. Till now i used WIN XP. i have 5.1 live! digital, but it'd not sound like in WIN! What can i do? I've tried a lot, but still don't work! Where can be the problem?

webtoe · 04-25-2003, 06:42 AM

If you want the digital sound, you'd be best off either installing alsa or the sound card drivers from Creative themselves (including the emutools package which is used to set the whole lot up). Alsa apparently can be used for the digital set-up but is *not* the easiest thing to set up from scratch if it is not already set up by your distro.

I recommend the drivers from creative. They make the things so...... Remember to read the documentation for the emu tools package since this is used to tell the driver which ports etc to use.

You can't use the emu tools without their driver though. It doesn't work with the kernel driver.

HTH

Alex

calinlis · 04-25-2003, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by webtoe
If you want the digital sound, you'd be best off either installing alsa or the sound card drivers from Creative themselves (including the emutools package which is used to set the whole lot up). Alsa apparently can be used for the digital set-up but is *not* the easiest thing to set up from scratch if it is not already set up by your distro.

I recommend the drivers from creative. They make the things so...... Remember to read the documentation for the emu tools package since this is used to tell the driver which ports etc to use.

You can't use the emu tools without their driver though. It doesn't work with the kernel driver.

HTH

Alex

Allready tried, but in Mandrake 8.2; i'm not satisffied how it sounds (not like in WIN). Could i use something else?
Or make some changes in my actually settings?

calinlis · 04-25-2003, 07:00 AM

I don't like the effects on Creative driver. How could i make a script with my settings (output enabling, tone control, etc) for Creative driver? Do you know this?

webtoe · 04-25-2003, 10:06 AM

I'm afraid I've moved to using alsa (after a bit of a struggle with it) and don't use any digital ports. I only have analogue so I'm afraid I can't help you there. Maybe a search at www.google.co.uk/linux may turn something useful up.

Alex

calinlis · 04-25-2003, 10:53 AM

No problem, but could you tell me if you have Creative Live 5.1 card? Also, i want to know if you can use all the outputs (especially LFE and center) and the sound is like in WIN.
Thanks

webtoe · 04-25-2003, 11:13 AM

I'm afraid I just have the SoundBlaster live! value card. As far as the ouputs, you;ll have to consult the documentation at opensource.creative.com

I think that the sound is better. I remember reading that in the open source drivers released for linux there were some features that were not enabled under windows. There is much better configurability and I have fuond that the sound is much louder for some reason. If you turn all the volumes up it is too much for my diddly little speakers to manage but in windows I have to twiddle the volume knobs all the way (and therefore end up with the hissing noise when the amp is amplifying noise).

Sorry that was probably not much help

Alex

calinlis · 04-30-2003, 03:10 AM

Sorry that i've don't answer till now, but it was Easter!
Thx for your answer, but still "on fog" with this.
First: i want to use "Bass redirection", like in WIN; how could i do this?
Second: i don't like how it sound rear spk (like from underwater).
Third: where can i find the source from the mixer to enable inputs and outputs, or other controls?
Thx anyway!