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Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:12:05 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Changing my Sound drivers?

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Harry Motin wrote:

> Does anyone use the Realtek AC97 drivers? Any opinions on their quality, capability,
> shortcomings, etc.?

Hi Harry,

The built-in sound chip on my Shuttle XPC (small form factor pc) is definitely AC97, and
supposedly Realtek, but I suspect that is a broad family of chips; PCI048VK identified
it as something else, which I've never heard of. Anyway, (possibly) your only recourse
to run it is the UniAud driver. IMO, the sound results obtained from this duo under
OS/2 is mediocre at best. For example, I can play a test song -- female vocals +
assorted instrumental backup -- and there will be pops & clicks, very brief gaps,
constant-speed issues, and a tremor to the vocal that is not part of the performance. I
think the built-in sound chips are rather limited, vs. a full-on sound card that is any
good. UniAud is a big compromise, about which the best thing you can say is that sound
does come out of it. Curiously enough, however, the sound quality is dramatically
better -- practically free of these issues -- when I play the same song with Windows
Media Player 9, under W2K. This leads me to think that there is no real problem with
the test track itself. I would be curious to hear what Jerry or Peter might have to say
about this.

Jordan

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