Don and all, --
I've forwarded my original April post to save archival hunting. Don gave
the essence nicely, and I'd like to add that I ended up buying, and using
happily, an SB-16 PCI ($29.00) which is now my primary sound card (rating
7f).
In my new Athlon XP 1700+ / Soyo Dragon Plus setup, I also have an on-board
C-Media chip that gives a rating of 7b, same as the Extigy, but does just
fine. These two systems perform perfectly in dual MMTTY SO2R, and also do
well in CW as Stereo AFSK in RttyRite windows. [Win XP HE.]
The Extigy would have done OK, just too pricey for the 7b rating, I felt.
73, Jon K1US
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Harder" <jon@praxisworks.org>
To: "Donald Eriksen" <don.wsixffh@verizon.net>; <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 21:26
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Sound Blaster "Extigy" External Sound Processor
> A while back, Don W6FFH, noted the publicity out on the Creative "Extigy"
> processor.
> I've finally tried one out, and thought I'd post what I've found, maybe to
> spare others some potential disappointment. It's supposed to be a USB
clone
> of their Audigy card, and I thought it might be useful for running a
second
> MMTTY-driven RttyRite window in tandem with my SB AWE64.
>
> The Extigy gets only a 7b on the SBCheck utility, and works nicely enough
> with the WL/MMTTY Plug-in combo. BUT, I found it's not useful with the
> vanilla RttyRite decoder, since the line-in
> recording control mutes input any time the focus shifts, such as clicking
on
> a
> callsign for auto-entry, or other essential WL functions. That probably
> also
> make it unusable for CW mode on "Stereo Soundboard AFSK," though I gave
up
> after finding the focus problem with it on RttyRite. Wish I had better
> news, but guess this one goes back to the store.
>
> Jon K1US
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Eriksen" <don.wsixffh@verizon.net>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 11:31 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Sound Blaster "Extigy" External Sound Processor
>
>
> > I just saw an ad for a new external sound processor called "Extigy" by
> > Creative Labs: http://www.creative.com
> >
> > It connects to a USB port and is primarily for PC or notebook to Digital
> 5.1
> > surround sound output. I looked at the specs on the web-site and it sure
> > looks like it could be an answer especially for notebook users looking
for
> > another sound device! According to the specs, it appears to be duplex,
has
> > optical and MIDI, in/out, Line In, Mic In, Headphone Out, and of course
5
> > speaker outputs. It's in a nice looking cabinet, takes 12V DC in, and
the
> > nice thing in my opinion, it has Master Volume and Mic gain CONTROLS.
> >
> > I have no idea what kind of problems there will be using USB with
> Writelog,
> > but at $150 US, I'd sure be tempted to try it if I didn't already have
two
> > sound devices in my computer (I use simultaneous receive with MMTTY and
> > RITTY now).
> >
> > Anyone want to be a beta tester? The ad I saw was at Circuit City, which
I
> > rarely, if ever use, but check out the Creative site for availability.
> >
> > Don W6FFH
> > don.wsixffh@verizon.net
> >
> >
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