[linux-audio-user] A Newbie's New System?

Steve Harris S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Sun Sep 15 14:47:27 EDT 2002


On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 06:17:57 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>    One other thing to consider is expandability. You might not be used to
> this with a Mac. I'm not with Windows. Alsa actually supports multiple cards
> from different manufacturers at the same time. I don't have it working yet,
> but with Alsa I can apparently make a 'virtual' card that combines the
> AP2496 and the Hammerfall into a single card from an application's point of
> view. Cool 'eh?! ;-) You can expand later and still use everything you've
> purchased.

I wouldn't actually recommend this myself, it will only work reliably if
both cards have wordclock.

- Steve



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