Awfully OT Question.

[Mario Lobo]

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Thanks Matt and Frank for responding.

The reason I asked is because ALSA includes my ECHO GINA audio card on its list 
of compatible devices and I can't find a way to make it work on FreeBSD. 

I have an extra PCI audio card that IS working but I was just trying for a 
higher end audio so I could run one of multitrack recording software. I love 
FreeBSD too much to switch it for linux for any reason. 

I'll just keep using "wishndows" until FreeBSD becomes the best and most stable 
OS for professional audio recording.

Best wishes,

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> 
> This was brought up a while ago (check the archives.)
> 
> The answer was "porting ALSA to FreeBSD would be a bad idea", mainly
> becaue the sound system architecture that we have is much better than
> ALSA.
> 
> Please refer to the archives for more details.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Frank J. Cameron wrote:
> 
> > FYI, There is a general questions list at freebsd-questions at freebsd.org.
> >
> > I actually know nothing about this; but, I would be  surprised if this
> > was possible.  FreeBSD does have its own driver pcm.  Add "device pcm"
> > to your kernel config and reboot; it usually works pretty well for plug
> > and play cards (though I've never tried anything high-end or exotic).
> >
> > -frank
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 15:56, Mario Lobo wrote:
> > > Please forgive me for this terribly off-topic question but could anyone 
on this
> > > list point to me the proper direction on info to get the ALSA sound 
driver to
> > > work under FreeBSD (if that is at all possible!!)? I figured there are 
many
> > > kernel experts here who would an idea about this.
> > >
> > > I looked in the FreeBSD and ALSA sites and there is no mention of each 
other on
> > > neither.
> > >
> > > Again, sorry and Thanks!
> > --
> > Frank J. Cameron <cameron at ctc.com>
> > Concurrent Technologies Corp.
> >
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