Re: [linux-audio-dev] Open Sound System v4.0 released

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Open Sound System v4.0 Released. CULVER CITY, CA, March 15, 2007: 4Front Technologies is announcing the availability of Open Sound System (OSS) version 4.0 for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Open Server6 and UnixWare7. Open Sound System is a cross platform audio architecture that provides drivers for most consumer and professional audio devices and comes with an API that allows applications to be simply recompiled on any of the supported operating systems. New Features: o New and improved transparent Virtual Mixer engine - Allows up to 16 applications to share the same "real" audio device. - Supports recording and full duplex in addition to playback. - Ability to mix stereo and multichannel audio streams up to 7.1/192Khz/32bit. - Supports full 24 bit range without loss of precision during internal computations. - mmap() support for games like DoomIII and Quake4. - Each application has its own independant volume controls. - Supports loop back recording. o Full Solaris Audio Device Architecture (SADA) emulation on Solaris so that legacy Solaris audio apps can run on Open Sound System drivers. o Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) Library emulation support so that popular ALSA apps (the ones that use the ALSA library interface) can run on Open Sound System.