On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 13:29 +0100, michael norman wrote: > Hi > > I have a box, used mainly for multimedia, which has two sound cards : the on > board chip and an external Soundbaster USB. I can configure both have have > not found an easy way of either swithing between the two or assigning > individual apps to automatically use a particular card.. The box is openSUSE > 10.2 with the latest KDE from SUSE. As I pretty much always use KDE a KDE > configuration would be the easiest but if I have to I'll have a look in ALSA > configuration. > > Any clues as to where to start gratefully received. > > Mike Have you considered an external patch bay? I use the onboard chip plus two PCI sound cards in mine. Apps like Cinelerra or Audacity have choices for input and output dsp devices (hw0,0 hw1,0 etc). I use FVWM as a desktop, and with QAmix, there is a tab for each sound card.
In the patch bay, I have the first device "normalled" into the second's line-in, and it drives a monitor speaker system. The Aux and CD input jacks are also routed by the patch bay, so I have tons of "old-school" flexibility. Check with your local TV stations...they could have stacks of patch bays they have been replacing recently as they upgrade to digital. Tom in NM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
