>By "ESS" I'm assuming you mean Ensoniq SoundScape. ESS and Ensoniq are two different companies. Regarding ESS, the ESS 688 and ESS1688 sucks. However, I am told that the ESS 1888 (?) is supposed to be ok.
>Some of the mixer controls on the card are different from SB. That makes >it a bit challenging to use under Linux. For example, the MIDI mixer >interface is propritary. Last time I checked, unless you buy the >commercial version of the Linux sound driver, you can't mix MIDI. I assume you have the Vivo 90 card. I believe the other Soundscape cards are fully supported in OSS lite. Not sure though. Stig Are M. Botterli | "Always let people think you're dumber than [EMAIL PROTECTED] | you really are, they'll underestimate you. | Then you can obliterate them." -Greg Graffin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .