Soundcard

[Marcus Zingmark]

BRUCE STANLEY skrev:

>--- Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>>On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 21:54 +0200, Marcus Zingmark wrote:
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>>>Kam Leo wrote:
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>>>>On 8/1/05, Marcus Zingmark <blackline at bodymodification.se> wrote:
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>>>>>>On 8/1/05, Marcus Zingmark <blackline at bodymodification.se> wrote:
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>>>>>>>Hi!
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>>>>>>>Got Fedora Core 4 installed since yesterday and getting to know it
>>>>>>>better hour for hour.
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>>>>>>>I have problem with my Soundcard and I'm quite sure it's software
>>>>>>>related cause it works well under Windows. The thing is that I have
>>>>>>>sound and all but it's a buzzing sound that's quite annoying that have
>>>>>>>not been there before. The buzz disapears if I pause the track so it
>>>>>>>does not seem to be related to the cables/speakers.
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>>>>>>>Linux had no trouble finding my sound device but I'm a bit confused by
>>>>>>>the name cause the soundcard detector says: "Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI" and
>>>>>>>I'm quite sure I have Creative Labs Soundblaster 128PCI. Can this be a
>>>>>>>driver issue?
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>>>>>>>Would be very tankeful for help with this issue, and keep it simple
>>>>>>>cause I'm really a newbie ;)
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>>>>>>>/// Marcus
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>>>>>>Might your motherboard also have built-in sound? Which MB do you have?
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>>>>>>Dotan
>>>>>>http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/214/gaynor_gloria.php
>>>>>>Gaynor, Gloria Song Lyrics
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>>>>>No, no inbuilt. megabyte?
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>>>>>/// Marcus
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>>>>Open volume control.  Mute microphone and line-in if these inputs are
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>>>They are down to bottom. But to my main question. Do I have the right 
>>>driver if the detector says "Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI" when I have 
>>>Soundblaster 128PCI?
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>>Marcus,
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>>More than likely you do.  Per google hits and the alsa website some 128
>>PCI Soundblasters use the Ensoniq chipset.  1371 or something like that.
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>>There is another, unresolved, thread concerning distortion with the
>>Ensoniq based sound card originated by William Case.  Possibly you have
>>the same problem.
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>>Bob...
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>If you sound is distorted, check the kmix setting for the IEC958 option.
>If it is turned on,  turn it off (mute it).
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>I had distorted sound problems with FC4 with this option turned on.
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Thanks Bruce, that did it. I no longer have distorted sound. Terrific :D