13 Dec
2005
13 Dec
'05
6:23 p.m.
PLAYBACK
- play a compressed audio file
* user driven (e.g. play(1))
* app driven (e.g. {kde,gnome_play}_audiofile())
- play a PCM encoded audio file (specifics as above)
- hear system sounds
- VOIP
- game audio
- music composition
- music editing
- video post production
- Watching DVD with n.1 sound
- Easy MIDI file playback (Timidity comes to my mind)
- Play along with prerecorded audio
(playing guitar/synths along ogg files)
- Play along with sequenced audio
(playing guitar/synths along arrangements including
MIDI/audio)
- Karaoke
RECORDING
- record from hardware inputs
* use default audio interface
* use other audio interface
* specify which h/w input to use
* control input gain
- record from other application(s)
e.g. recording VIOP
calls
- answering machine
- record from live (network-delivered)
compressed audio
streams
[...]
ROUTING
- route audio to specific h/w among several installed
devices
- route audio between applications
- route audio across network
- easy sharing of audio across
networks (see iTunes)
MULTIUSER
- which of the above should work in a multi-user scenario?
MISC
- use multiple soundcards as a single logical device
-
unplug USB & Firewire devices even if they are in use
(I even sometimes forget that jackd is still running and
unplug my USB device, and my system isn't very happy
about this ;-)
- Easy access to Master Volume/Mute functions
(e.g. muting audio playback when Phone/VOIP is ringing)
Best regards
ce