[AG-TECH] Soundblaster Cards

Robert Olson olson at mcs.anl.gov
Tue Jul 10 16:25:32 CDT 2001


At 02:13 PM 7/10/2001 -0700, Jonathan C. Humfrey wrote:
>Is there any reason we should not go with an SB Live card instead of the
>128r, in the event that we use the cpu for other sound apps?

Yes. The SBLive has characteristics (large minimum fragment size) that make 
it less than suitable for low latency full duplex audio use. The Creative 
Ensoniq AudioPCI card works fine, and is easily available.

http://www2.soundblaster.com/sound/ensoniq/
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=115070


--bob




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