Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Blaster Audigy LS support
On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 14:07 -0500, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > On Monday 16 January 2006 13:18, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 12:52 -0500, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am trying to determine what kind of support that ALSA has on Sound > > > Blaster Audigy LS. > > > I have no idea about MIDI but the Audigy LS does not support hardware > > mixing. > > Please excuse my ignorant. But is there such thing as "software mixing" ? > Basically, what I want is for the soundcard to be used by more than one > source. For example, I want to be able to run "ogg123 song1.ogg" on a shell > instance, and run "ogg123 song2.ogg" on another shell and have both song > played. I am not sure if that what "hardware mixing" really means. Yes, ALSA supports software mixing for cards that can't do it in hardware. But, why would you want to buy crippled Win-Hardware that makes the CPU do more work, if you have a choice? Lee --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Blaster Audigy LS support
On Monday 16 January 2006 13:18, Lee Revell wrote: > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 12:52 -0500, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to determine what kind of support that ALSA has on Sound > > Blaster Audigy LS. > I have no idea about MIDI but the Audigy LS does not support hardware > mixing. Please excuse my ignorant. But is there such thing as "software mixing" ? Basically, what I want is for the soundcard to be used by more than one source. For example, I want to be able to run "ogg123 song1.ogg" on a shell instance, and run "ogg123 song2.ogg" on another shell and have both song played. I am not sure if that what "hardware mixing" really means. Thanks. RDB -- Reuben D. Budiardja Dept. Physics and Astronomy University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Blaster Audigy LS support
On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 12:52 -0500, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to determine what kind of support that ALSA has on Sound Blaster > Audigy LS. I tried to search the chipset of the card but couldn't find any > info on it. Here's the one I am looking at: > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1532756&CatId=0 > > I particularly want to know if MIDI capture is supported, and also hardware > mixing. > Otherwise, I am wondering if anyone can give me suggestion of sound card to > buy with the following requirement: > 1. Support for MIDI (I want to hook up my MIDI keyboard to it and be able to > capture the MIDI with some sort of sequencer program to print the music) > 2. Support for hardware mixing (if I understand correctly, this means I can > play more than one source at once) > 3. Not too expensive, maybe about $50 or less. I have no idea about MIDI but the Audigy LS does not support hardware mixing. Audigy 2 based devices like the Audigy 2 Value do support hardware mixing though. Lee --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
