[linux-audio-user] How to setup dmix with m-audio audiophile usb

[Patrick Shirkey]

Florian Ladstaedter wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am struggling with setting up the alsa dmixer with the M-Audio 
> Audiophile USB sound card. The card works well (even better now since 
> alsa 1.0.11rc4/linux 2.6.17rc1) but only one application can access it 
> at the same time. Internet search gives a lots of results for 
> asound.conf dmix configurations (and that it should work out of the box 
> with recent alsa versions) but the M-Audio seems to be special, as 
> always. So,
> 
> 1. Is this a stupid question? (I am a newbie...)
> 

Latest alsa should do it for you automagically.

> 
> 3. Can jackd and simple alsa apps use the soundcard at the same time 
> with dmix (theoretically, if it would work)?
> 

Technically it should work but there are better ways. Like setting alsa 
to use jack output. It may be possible to have it dmix to jack output 
but I haven't tried that.

cheers.

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