Sound Card Recommendations for Linux

[Lonni J Friedman]

Oh.  In that case, did you verify that you've got the latest mobo BIOS?

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 2:01 PM, James McDonald
<james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:
> F15 sigh
>
> On 18/08/2011 1:48 AM, "Lonni J Friedman" <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can't offer any sound card reqs, as I'm using what comes onboard in
>> all of my systems. However, I think I was experiencing the same
>> problem as you on a Macbook Pro. Whenever I was attempting to do
>> anything with Flash, the audio was horrible. Stuttering, feedback,
>> horrible noise. Then I upgraded from Fedora14 to Fedora15, and the
>> problem went away. You didn't say which distro you're running.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:44 AM, James McDonald
>> <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I recently bought a new PC with embedded sound that was recognized as a
>>> Realtek ALC887-VD and installs a snd-hda-intel ALSA module. The
>>> snd-hda-intel module has some quirks.
>>>
>>> I have Googled till I'm cross eyed but haven't yet discovered the magical
>>> mix to get it to work crackle and feedback free. Especially since I want to
>>> be able to Skype and use gtk-recordmydesktop with sound input.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking that maybe one day some one will get it right but it's
>>> probably a few kernel upgrades/dist releases away.
>>>
>>> Until then I would like your idea's on what sound cards are working in
>>> your own setups. With the idea of maybe installing one on my box.
>>>
>>> I have the following slots. With a graphics card taking up the PCIe 2.0 x
>>> 16 slot.
>>>
>>> Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue)
>>> 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
>>> 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
>>> 1 x PCI
>>> So suggestions please.
>>>
>>> Of course I will be able to investigate and figure this out myself using
>>> the interwebs. But I had a hankering for a nostalgia post as much as to ask
>>> this question.
>>>
>>> PS. Hope you are all well.



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