Re: Does ANYone have Soundblaster Live! working in 7.2, wo/ usingALSA???!!!

[Arend Meetsma <arend meetsma org>]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Dan Egli wrote:

> Ok. Here's a quick diagram of the back of a Soundblaster PCI card (PCI 128+)
> |------------------------------\_
> | (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)            _|
> |------------------------------/
>
> You get the idea.
>
> Ok Outputs are labeled (acording to creative labs) as follows:
> Input         Socket Color             Purpose
> 1                 Blue                           Line In
> 2                 Red                           Microphone
> 3                 Green                        PRIMARY output
> 4                 Black                         SECONDARY output
>
> The secondary output is only initialized for 3d Suround Sound and other
> things like that. The default state for that port under normal conditions is
> OFF.

Correct, except when you turn line3 up or down, which seems to fade from
front to back (zero - full back, 100 - full front), but only for certain
channels (PCM..others?) and _not_ for cd, or so it seems.

Arend


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arend Meetsma" <arend meetsma org>
> To: <enigma-list redhat com>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 2:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Does ANYone have Soundblaster Live! working in 7.2, wo/ using
> ALSA???!!!
>
>
> > Hi Steven,
> >
> > I figured I'd drop a cd in to see if it works on my system. I don't
> > usually listen to cds on my computer, so I don't know if I've ever
> > tested this before.
> >
> > What I find, is that I can't get any _cd_ sound out of the rear (output
> > 2). No matter what I do. So if you are running your speakers out of the
> > rear channel (output 2, black, not green), as I think you said earlier, I
> > think that may be why you get no sound.
> >
> > I do get great sound out of the front, but it seems like the
> > settings for digital2 and cd effect the sound, and master volume does not
> > at all.
> >
> > I think that only some channels are capable of being faded to the rear on
> > the soundblaster live. This is what I found when I tried to run my tv
> > tuner into the aux input on the top of the card, I got no surround. I
> > plugged it into the line-in on the back of the card, and I was able to run
> > the tv through all four speakers.
> >
> > I think that you will get cd sound when you find an answer to why you get
> > no sound out of the front channel of your sound card.
> >
> > Do you use the front channel to listen to cds under windows? I'm afraid I
> > can't test this anymore here, as my machine just complains every time I
> > boot to windows, the only solution is not to boot to windows.
> >
> > Time to get two sets of earphones, put them both on your head, and play
> > around with aumix while listening to some mp3s.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Arend
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Steven Rubenstein wrote:
> >
> > > Klaasjan Brand wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2001.12.10 05:27 Steven Rubenstein wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Heyyyy!!! I got this one... When I crank line3 up to 100% (whatever
> > > >> line3 is supposed to be), I lose sound. Now that I can GET sound
> > > >> everytime, I'm back to my original enigma: Why can't I hear an audio
> > > >> CD when I can through Windowslop (dual-boot).
> > > >
> > > > Just checking: does your windows setup use digital audio extracting to
> > > > read the audio cd? You won't hear anything from the analog cd-in if
> > > > the analog cd-audio cable is not connected...
> > > >
> > > > groeten,
> > > > Klaasjan Brand
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, I've been asked this enough that you finally encouraged me to open
> > > the box back up and take a look.  Turns out:
> > > - one cable runs from "Audio Out" on my CD-RW to "CD In" on my sound
> card
> > > - one cable runs from "Reserved" on my  CD-RW to "SPDIF" on my sound
> card
> > >
> > > To double-check Windows is playing analog, I disconnected the Audio Out
> > > to CD In cable, then got no sound in Windows.  So, as far as I can see,
> > > my hardware's okay.
> > >
> > > (Note, though, in 7.2 I absolutely can extract a CD to WAV and play the
> > > WAV.)
> > >
> > > SJR
> > >
> > >
> > >
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