emu4
Creative labs sblive!, pci 512, and audigy audio device
Usage
emu* at pci? audio* at emu?
Overview
The emu device driver supports Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live!, Sound Blaster PCI 512, and SoundBlaster Audigy cards.
These Environmental Audio cards are based upon the programmable EMU10K1 digital-processing chip.
Hardware features:
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E-mu Systems, Inc. EMU10K1 music synthesis engine
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64-voice hardware polyphony with E-mu's patented 8-point interpolation technology
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Up to 1024-voice polyphony with multi-timbre capability
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Support for real-time digital effects like reverb, chorus, flanger, pitch shifter, or distortion across any audio source
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User-selectable settings are optimized for headphones, two or four speakers
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Processes sample rates from 5kHz to 48kHz
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Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) places any mono or stereo sound source in a 360 degree audio space
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Hardware full-duplex support enables simultaneous record and playback at 8 standard sample rates
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Allows multiple audio sources playback on the same speaker system
Caveats
ATTENTION!
The hardware interface of this card contains registers not used for normal operation, but potentially dangerous and not possible to disable. Potential damage ranges from frying the card to frying motherboard or external equipment connected to its outputs.
Releases
51 releases since OpenBSD 3.1; the text changed 10 times.