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NAME
       oss_audigyls - Creative Labs CA106 (AudigyLS/SBLive 24bit) driver.

DESCRIPTION
       Open Sound System driver for Creative Labs Audigy2-LS and SBLive 24bit 7.1 soundcards.

       Audigy-LS device characteristics:

	      o  8/16/24 bit playback/record

	      o  mono/stereo/4/5.1 playback

	      o  8KHz to 192Khz sample rate.

   AUDIGYLS MODELS
       There  are  2  models  of the AudigyLS device: one with an AC97 codec called the AudigyLS and the one without called the SBLive 7.1. Essen-
       tially they are the same chip but behave a bit differently.

       When playing AC3 on the AudigyLS (the one with the AC97 mixer) - you need to ensure that the igain slider is set to 0.

   AUDIGYLS MIXER
       o  The AudigyLS has 4 mixer controls for each channel.

       o  The "spread" button will simply duplicate the front audio on the other 3 channels so that every speaker is playing what the front L/R is
	  playing.

       o  LoopBack recording allows you to capture any channel that's playing audio.

       o  Record Volume slider just adjusts the input gain.

       o  Record Source selector selects the input.

       o  The "recmon" button enables a passthrough of the analog input signal.

       o  Monitor Volume slider sets the passthrough gain if recmon is enabled.

OPTIONS
       o  audigyls_spdif_enable=0|1 The Audigy LS has a versa-jack (orange) that can be set as SPDIF output or the Side-Surround left/right speak-
	  ers in a 7.1 setup.  When set as SPDIF, you can get play PCM/AC3 audio to a Dolby(R) capable receiver.

FILES
       /etc/oss4/conf/oss_audigyls.conf Device configuration file

AUTHOR
       4Front Technologies

								 16 December 2012						   oss_audigyls(7)