Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] ALSA device sharing?
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 04:17:29 EEST
Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 15:17, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
>
>>Hello!
>>
>>Does alsa allow several programs to use one device, with soft mixing?
>>
>
>
> Not really. But Jack, which runs on top of Alsa, does. fluidsynth
> supports JAck, as well as ither soft synths like amSynth and
> ZynAddSubFx.
>
Actually it does but the apps should have native alsa support and it
needs to be fairly recent.
You can use the dmix plugin
I have used it with xmms.
There is documentation available on the .asoundrc page via the soundcard
matrix at alsa-project.org.
The jack plugin for xmms has been broken by recent jack cvs changes but
the author is planning to get it working again when he has time.
Also I second Ico's suggestion to use libjackasyn.
-- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. http://www.boosthardware.com http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ========================================Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done.
Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman
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