Ooooh! I've been struggling with this one for a while. I've had a nightmare
trying to get my Terratec EWS64XL to work under Linux. The solution that I
would recommend (and which I am adopting) is to use a good card (in my case
the EWS) under Win9x for all audio I/O (via SPDIF), and to use a crummy card
like the AWE64, which has good Linux compatibility and use it purely for
_monitoring_ under Linux. This should be fine so long as you don't want more
than 2 channels!

Having said this, new drivers are being developed for Linux a quite a rapid
rate. I think Dave Phillips' website has links to *driver development* sites
for The Terratec and other cards (which use a SAM9407 chip?). see
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/index.html

One piece of advice for configuring a dual boot system when using 'shared'
hardware (especially Plug n pray)like a soundcard or Fax/modem: ***Don't use
the Lilo method to boot your OS*** It is much better to use Loadlin.exe
under these circumstances: If you use Loadlin you will be able to initialise
hardware  under Win9x/dos then softboot into Linux with the hardware
settings still loaded. For example, using this method the crystal chip on
the EWS64 can be initialised under Win9x and a bank can be loaded which can
then be used under Linux. Similar fudges may be possible using other cards.

Good luck!

JamieB

-----Original Message-----
From: threedegree 
To: Csound List 
Date: 13 October 1998 16:23
Subject: HKP Composer-cecilia


Forgot to say...i'm tring to use HKP composer on Win98
I've just started with Linux so I don't know much at this time....
can anyone suggest some sound cards?
i'm using an AWE64 gold on windows but i'm lookinfg for a new sound card
that would work well on windows and linux is there such a thing!!!
i'm looking at the EVENT Layla audio card.
Thanks