sound card on alpha255/300

From: Jerry Ponder <ponder_at_la.asu.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 18:24:13 -0700

I have an alphastation 255/300 running Digital Unix 4.0B. It does have a sound card and
the appropriate Multimedia Services are running. The problem is that when I run the
*.avi, *.au, *.wav, etc. files (either ones that were pre-installed on the system or ones
off the net), what I hear is very noisy. I've tried these same files on both SGIs and Macs
and the files sound normal there. If I listen carefully enough to the sound card on the
alpha, I can hear what the sound should sound like, but the noise is overpowering.
(Decsound does show the waveforms correctly).

So, my question is: did Digital send us a bad sound card?

Thanks

Jerry


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               Jerry Ponder
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
         Arizona State University
          Tempe, Az, 85287-1504
     Email: ponder_at_groucho.la.asu.edu
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Received on Sat May 31 1997 - 03:34:09 NZST