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Thread: Help getting Sound Blaster card to work
Started 2 years, 10 months ago by seth556
I have a Sound Blaster Audigy card. It says it's a LS but it has the same chipset as the SE. I'm not sure the difference. But I need help installing it because creative only has windows support for it.
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tbroderick replied 2 years, 10 months ago
Ubuntu should auto detect and setup your card. Open a terminal, (Alt-F2 and type gnome-terminal), and run alsamixer. In the top left of the screen there should be Card: followed by your driver. You might have to mess with the mixer channels to find the one that controls the master volume.
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crispy_420 replied 2 years, 10 months ago
Try the alsa driver. Set up these items: System -> Preferences -> Multimedia Selector System -> Preferences -> Sound On gnome panel right click volume control -> preferences , select alsa mixer
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RomeReactor replied 2 years, 10 months ago
Hi. I installed ld10k1 to get my Audigy SE to work Code: sudo apt-get install ld10k1 After that, right-click on the volume control applet (little speaker on the top panel), change the driver and select Analog Front as the track to control.
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seth556 replied 2 years, 10 months ago
I installed the id10k1 and the card works but is distorted. It doesn't distort very much if I turn the preamp all the way down in xmms.
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RomeReactor replied 2 years, 10 months ago
If the sound is crackling, try Code: alsamixer in the terminal and play with the sound levels. You can also install a frontend to alsamixer Code: sudo apt-get install alsamixergui or Code: sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
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seth556 replied 2 years, 10 months ago
Thanks, I lowered the Analog Front level and it fixed it. I'm now completly happy with Linux.
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seth556
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Help getting Sound Blaster card...
Published (2007-02-11 18:02:29)
Thanks, I lowered the Analog Front level and it fixed it. I'm now completly happy with Linux.
RomeReactor
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Help getting Sound Blaster card...
Published (2007-02-11 18:02:29)
If the sound is crackling, try Code: alsamixer in the terminal and play with the sound levels. You can also install a frontend to alsamixer Code: sudo apt-get install alsamixergui or Code: sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
tbroderick
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Help getting Sound Blaster card...
Published (2007-02-11 16:02:28)
Ubuntu should auto detect and setup your card. Open a terminal, (Alt-F2 and type gnome-terminal), and run alsamixer. In the top left of the screen there should be Card: followed by your driver. You might have to mess with the mixer channels to find the one that controls the master volume.
crispy_420
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user's latest post:
Help getting Sound Blaster card...
Published (2007-02-11 16:02:28)
Try the alsa driver. Set up these items: System -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Multimedia Selector System -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Sound On gnome panel right click volume control -&gt; preferences , select alsa mixer

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