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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
To: Boris Nagels <bnagels@amb.nl>
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Subject: RE: ALSA and Multitrack
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On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Boris Nagels wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Multitrack uses indeed the /dev/sndstat device to figure out how many
> soundcards there are on the system. Some time ago I heard of the ALSA
> project and I inmediately tried it out and it looks promising. I made ALSA
> support in multitrack and it will be available in the next release. I still
> have to do some testing and I can send you a test version if you like it. It

Thank you. I don't need test version immediately. I'll wait for final
version rather...

> looks like the ALSA driver will be the ultimate sounddriver (multiple
> soundcards (even up to 8) and full duplex support) for multitrack! Also the
> midi in/out works perfectly so I am planning to incorporate that also in
> multitrack. Thanks again to your team for writing such a nice soundcard
> driver!
> 
> Greetings,
> Boris.
> 
> Btw: Is there a feature in the ALSA driver to synchronise multiple
> soundcards?

Do you have any other idea than synchronisation with system time? I don't
:-((( If you mean general "GO!" signal - it doesn't help very much if you
have different hardware.

                                                        Jaroslav
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Jaroslav Kysela [SMTP:perex@jcu.cz]
> > Sent:	26 October 1998 12:01
> > To:	boris@rulhm1.LeidenUniv.nl
> > Subject:	ALSA and Multitrack
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > 	I'm leader of ALSA team (http://alsa.jcu.cz) and I'm figuring why
> > you program Multitrack v2.2 doesn't detect any soundcard with ALSA
> > OSS/Lite PCM emulation. Our driver have /dev/sndstat file for compatility,
> > but seems that your driver doesn't accept information from this file for
> > unknown reason.
> > 	Any chance to get appropriate source code which plays with
> > /dev/sndstat contents to testing? Maybe you may choose better way - add
> > native Mixer/PCM interface for ALSA to your multitrack program.
> > 
> > 					Thank you for any reply,
> > 							  Jaroslav
> > 
> > -----
> > Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
> > Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
> > Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic
> 

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic


