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Model

Chipset/Driver

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Creative Labs

Audigy 1

emu10k1

Yes

Output only

v5.10 (Breezy)

Sound input does not work in Breezy, though it did in Hoary

2006-Jan-02

Creative Labs

Sound Blaster Audigy ES

emuk10k1

Yes

Yes

Turn off 'Audigy Analog' and increase surround volumes

Creative Labs

Sound Blaster Audigy ES

snd-audigyls

No

No

Creative Labs

Sound Blaster Awe 32/64

snd-sbawe

No

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy), v6.06 (Dapper), 8.10

Type "sudo nano /etc/modules" in terminal, then add "snd-sbawe" at a separate line, save, quite, restart. For 8.10- additionally add user (here x) to group audio by "sudo adduser x audio" and reboot.

2009-04-02

Creative Labs

Sound Blaster Extigy

snd-usb-audio

Yes

Yes

Creative Labs

Sound Blaster Live!

emu10k1

Yes

Yes

6.06, 6.10

Also has hardware MIDI synthesis capability (wavetable synth). For 5.1 (e.g. in Totem/DVD), one has to activate "Wave Surround" in volume settings. Works perfectly.

2007-01-08

Creative Labs

Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit

ca0106

Yes

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper)

Latest alsa-driver required for Hoary ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/ I had to boot with "irqpoll" to prevent a conflict with my videocard. The Microphone now works "By default" in the Lates Build of Dapper

2006-Mar-24

Creative Labs

Sound Blaster MP3+ External

USB Audio interface

Yes

Yes

v5.04 (Hoary)

2005-Jun-14

Creative Labs

Sound Blaster PCI64

Ensonic AudioPCI 1370

Yes

Yes

v5.04 (Hoary)