Can it be an Envy 24GT, or does it have to be an HT? Used Gt goes for >$40. used HT is closer to $80 on ebay.
How about an old PCI Soundblaster 128? Are they known to work? Much cheaper and ships from the US. chipset?
Thanks,
Paul
Can it be an Envy 24GT, or does it have to be an HT? Used Gt goes for >$40. used HT is closer to $80 on ebay.
If you want to use your card also with Linux, do NOT buy a 24HT ! There is a long known but unfixed bug in the Linux driver, and the card gives out sound only very occasionally...Paul Zager wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:32 pm Can it be an Envy 24GT, or does it have to be an HT? Used Gt goes for >$40. used HT is closer to $80 on ebay.
Thank you! But onboard chip...? What machine did you use for testing?
No need to be sorry...! Your information was indeed valuable. I was just surpriced if there were hiding in the p5020 an integrated sound chip which I was not aware of... But if an Envy24HT card gives in a X1000 a clean sound but shows this 's-issue' in my X5000 (but only with OS4.1), what can we conlude from that...?!
Well, I have downloaded that linked video, and tested to run it also from HD and RAM:, but no difference. Have tested also other sound files with speak, but the issue have been audible in all cases.Anyway, I did not test with any kind of file, but with the linked yt video...though I believe that there might be many more issues with that kind of testing. What about my (or your) internet connection producing such sound issues/artefacts due to bad connection or whatever else?
Maybe, but I'm not familiar with audio formats and how they differ from each others... Audio is not my strongest area.Wouldn't a mp3 file be suited better for such tests?
I would sincerely advise against such an attempt.Roland wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:58 pmBut if Tabor gets out finally, OS4.1 supplied with it will probably have many, if not all the updates made so far. And I suppose at least part of them should work in other NG models, too... So, even if OS update kits for other models were never published, a Tabor could be used as 'emergency update package' for those !-).
I'd definitely also recommend using MP3 or even WAV or AIFF for such comparisons. Once sound gets encoded together with video or in other formats where small size is more important than quality, you can get all sorts of deteriorations of the sound. I would even imagine that you could see (hear) some of them on some hardware/driver combos and not on others.Maybe, but I'm not familiar with audio formats and how they differ from each others... Audio is not my strongest area.Wouldn't a mp3 file be suited better for such tests?