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Open Sound System for NetBSD (x86)

What'sNew?

OSS v3.99.4a announced

• Support for NetBSD 3.0 (x86)
• Beta drivers for Intel High definition audio (azalia) ***Remember to unmute the controls***
• Added record monitor feature for LynxONE
• recording level control support for IMUX
• fixed up SBLive 7.1 recording
• Support for MAudio Revolution 5.1 announced
• Support for Terratec Aureon/Phase 28 cards
• OSS is now free for home/personal use (runs in "unregistered mode" but no longer times out during evaluation). License is still required for commercial, educational and personal use with services

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4Front Advanced Audio Technologies:

• Virtual Synth - software wavetable synthesizer fo r any 16bit audio card
• Input Multiplexer - record audio in multiple formats at the same time using a single input source.
• Virtual Mixer - mix up to 8 separate audio apps i n real time

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Configuring your kernel for OSS

You need to reconfigure the kernel and delete the sound driver entries that enable the OSS/Free drivers in the kernel. Edit your kernel configuration file and make the following changes by adding a # symbol in front of each of the following lines:

# mainboard audio chips
#ess* at pnpbios? index ? # ESS AudioDrive
#sb* at pnpbios? index ? # NeoMagic 256AV in sb mode
#wss* at pnpbios? index ? # NeoMagic 256AV in wss mode
#ym* at pnpbios? index ? # OPL3-SA3
# USB audio 
#uaudio* at uhub? port ? configuration ?
# PCI audio devices
# PCI audio devices
#auvia* at pci? dev ? function ? # VIA VT82C686A integrated AC'97 Audio
#clcs* at pci? dev ? function ? # Cirrus Logic CS4280
#clct* at pci? dev ? function ? # Cirrus Logic CS4281
#cmpci* at pci? dev ? function ? # C-Media CMI8338/8738
#eap* at pci? dev ? function ? # Ensoniq AudioPCI
#esm* at pci? dev ? function ? # ESS Maestro-1/2/2e PCI Audio Accelerat
or
#eso* at pci? dev ? function ? # ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive
#fms* at pci? dev ? function ? # Forte Media FM801
#neo* at pci? dev ? function ? # NeoMagic 256 AC'97 Audio
#sv* at pci? dev ? function ? # S3 SonicVibes
#yds* at pci? dev ? function ? # Yamaha DS-1 PCI Audio
# ISA Plug-and-Play audio devices
#ess* at isapnp? # ESS Tech ES1887, ES1888, ES888 audio
#guspnp* at isapnp? # Gravis Ultra Sound PnP audio
#sb* at isapnp? # SoundBlaster-compatible audio
#wss* at isapnp? # Windows Sound System
#ym* at isapnp? # Yamaha OPL3-SA3 audio
# ISA audio devices
# the "aria" probe might give false hits
#aria0 at isa? port 0x290 irq 10 # Aria
#ess0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 drq2 5 # ESS 18XX
#gus0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 drq2 6 # Gravis Ultra Sound
#pas0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 # ProAudio Spectrum
#pss0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 6 # Personal Sound System
#sp0 at pss0 port 0x530 irq 10 drq 0 # sound port driver
#sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 drq2 5 # SoundBlaster
#wss0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 10 drq 0 drq2 1 # Windows Sound System
#cms0 at isa? port 0x220 # Creative Music System
# OPL[23] FM synthesizers
#opl0 at isa? port 0x388 # use only if not attached to sound card
#opl* at eso?
#opl* at ess?
#opl* at fms?
#opl* at sb?
#opl* at sv?
#opl* at wss?
#opl* at yds?
#opl* at ym?
# Audio support
#audio* at aria?
#audio* at auvia?
#audio* at clcs?
#audio* at clct?
#audio* at cmpci?
#audio* at eap?
#audio* at esm?
#audio* at eso?
#audio* at ess?
#audio* at fms?
#audio* at gus?
#audio* at guspnp?
#audio* at neo?
#audio* at pas?
#audio* at sb?
#audio* at sp?
#audio* at sv?
#audio* at uaudio?
#audio* at wss?
#audio* at yds?
#audio* at ym?
# MPU 401 UARTs
#mpu* at isa? port 0x330 irq 9 # MPU401 or compatible card
#mpu* at eso?
#mpu* at fms?
#mpu* at sb?
#mpu* at yds?
#mpu* at ym?
# MIDI support
#midi* at clcs? # Cirrus Logic CS4280 MIDI port
#midi* at clct? # Cirrus Logic CS4281 MIDI port
#midi* at cms? # Creative Music System
#midi* at eap? # 137[01] MIDI port
#midi* at mpu? # MPU 401
#midi* at opl? # OPL FM synth
#midi* at pcppi? # MIDI interface to the PC speaker
#midi* at sb? # SB1 MIDI port
# The spkr driver provides a simple tone interface to the built in speaker.
#spkr0 at pcppi? # PC speaker
# miscellaneous pseudo-devices
#pseudo-device sequencer 1 # MIDI sequencer

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