Re: [Alsa-user] M-Audio Duo USB, dmix

[Bob Hartmann]

Right.  maybe.  I realized after I sent that that what I was suggesting amounted to pre-mixing with the mic/line inputs for capture and then ??  I can do that with 2 cassette machines.   the kitty story is still funny..  Bill, you know your stuff.  I don't understand what you mean by 'instead of running the signal out of 16 bits you run it out of say 8 bits. '   To which program are you referring?   I'm intrigued now by the dmix plugin and the Ecasound Users Guide Since my Duo has no mixer in hardware, is dmix an option?   Yes, I'll keep reading.  I also dreamed of a system where I used the ensoniq  device as a pseudo-mixer.  that's nuts as far as I can see.  I'm in love with the chain object concept in ecasound.   ((semi off-topic, email me)  Has anyone here used Bars&Pipes on Amiga??  that rocked in 1993 and I haven't seen anything near as cool since.   Now Microsoft owns it for some reason and they're doing nothing with it.  ??) Bill Unruh wrote: On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Bob Hartmann wrote: ah, but the Duo has input pads and mic preamps, and a +4/-10dB switch on the output. Same things? Is that what you mean by scaling before sending to the device? (I admit I launched my kitty out of my lap and half-way up the stairs the first time I tested the volume from YaST) No he means instead of running the signal out of 16 bits you run it out of say 8 bits. This decreases the amplitude by a factor of 256. It also increases the noise floor by that same factor. Clemens Ladisch wrote: The Duo indeed doesn't have a volume control. You'd have to scale the audio data before sending it to the device. (Some future version of ALSA may be able to do this.)