[mikechai]

Quote:

Originally Posted by uzziah death to windows long live the penguin!

Can't say about Linux. But I have tried running my Waveterminal U24 under FreeBSD, using foobar2000@wine, the sound is noticeable better than running in Windows -> ASIO -> foobar2000. I still have no idea why.

Guys please try FreeBSD.

 

[Malus]

FreeBSD is definitely where its at.

Is it really worth it to run Foobar2k in Wine?

 

[mikechai]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malus FreeBSD is definitely where its at. Is it really worth it to run Foobar2k in Wine?

I'm addicted to FB2K.

Other applications should sound the same in FreeBSD. But I can't find a worthy replacement for FB2K yet...

 

[Malus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikechai I'm addicted to FB2K. Other applications should sound the same in FreeBSD. But I can't find a worthy replacement for FB2K yet...

I've been using amaroK. I believe gapless and Replaygain should be working in 1.4, which are the only two features I really need.

 

[mikechai]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malus I've been using amaroK. I believe gapless and Replaygain should be working in 1.4, which are the only two features I really need.

That's good news!


Does it also read and play CUE like FB2K does?

 

[Malus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikechai That's good news! Does it also read and play CUE like FB2K does?

If one of the supported engines can do it, then amaroK can do it.

http://amarok.kde.org/amarokwiki/ind...ine_Comparison

 

[patricklang]

I have had good results with USB devices (iMic) using the built-in drivers. The per-application volume settings are nice, I can keep my music at 100% so its essentially bit-perfect, but then listen to voicemail at a lower volume at the same time, etc. It's a good pipeline, no complaints with it.

But, being a beta OS, not all hardware manufacturers have released updated drivers. So far I have been unable to get sound out of a Revolution 7.1 at all. The current XP drivers cause bluescreens on Vista. My AV710 partially works - I get sound, but cannot set the sample rate to 44100, so I lose quality in the 44.1k->48k resampling.

Also exciting - you can set the desired output sample/bitrate and lock it. Windows will mix and output everything at that rate. 24/44.1k will be great for simultaneous music & application sounds. No resampling for your CD's, and 8 bits extra headroom for mixing with other apps.

 

[tschanrm]

I know one of Vista's new audio feature is support for native asynchronous USB audio devices. This means that if a manufacturer uses asynchronous instead of isochronous, they can still use the windows USBaudio.sys driver.

 

[thomaspf]

Asynchronous USB audio is supported in XP as well.

Vista has some improvements on the robustness but an Audigy 2NX or EMI 2|6 will work just fine with the standard XP drivers.

Cheers

Thomas

 

[patricklang]

EMI 2|6 eh? How do those sound? That might be what I need right now so I can switch to Vista instead of dual-boot. A quick search on eBay puts them at <$100

 

[thomaspf]

They are quite old and I mostly looked at the async operation in an USB monitor but if I recall correctly the sound was nothing special.

Not a Lavry ...

Cheers

Thomas

 

[tschanrm]

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomaspf Asynchronous USB audio is supported in XP as well. Vista has some improvements on the robustness but an Audigy 2NX or EMI 2|6 will work just fine with the standard XP drivers. Cheers Thomas

Thomas,

Yes, you can use Asynch for audio, but not through USBaudio.sys. I believe the audigy 2 nx uses a custom driver. With Vista, it will be easier for sound cards to use Asynch, as it is built into USBaudio.sys.

Taken from Microsoft's Universal Audio Architecture Guidlines, October, 2005:
Quote:

In Windows Server 2003 and earlier versions of Windows, usbaudio.sys supports adaptive and synchronous endpoints, but not asynchronous endpoints.

And also from Windows Platform Design Notes, Draft 0.3, 2003:

Quote:

Starting with Windows 98, Usbaudio.sys supported the adaptive and synchronous endpoints, but it did not implement the asynchronous endpoint correctly. Full support for asynchronous endpoints in Usbaudio.sys is planned for Windows Longhorn.

Now the 2003 draft says full support for asynch audio in Vista. I wonder what asynch modes usbaudio.sys supports in XP and earlier versions of Windows? I'm guessing it doesn't support asynch at all (based on 2005 Guidlines), but I don't have access to an Audigy 2nx to know for sure.

 

[thomaspf]

I think I have commented on this before. This is mostly a cya statement. Try it and it will work just fine.

Cheers

Thomas