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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
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Subject: Re: Event Layle / Multitrack driver
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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, meme wrote:

> > >From look at the API, it should be possible with ALSA.  (non-authoritative
> > opinion)
> > 
> > What do you mean by DSPs?  AFAIK, ALSA only supports PCM - I don't know that
> > you could do effects processing or the like through ALSA.  It would be
> > difficult to provide device abstraction...
> 
> 
> Well, that would not be good then.  Ideally if you can get the DSP's to do
> the work, the chance of real-time effects is much greater.  For example,
> Ensoniq has 6 DSP's on their PARIS EDS 1000 card.  The Layla has some
> sembelance of on board processing as well.  Maybe what we need is the
> OpenGL of sound, an effects/processing abstraction layer. Woohoo, this is
> getting silly.

ALSA have ways to access special hardware features (with switch or /proc
interface), but I'm not sure howto create effect/processing abstraction
layer. This hardware is very special and in most cases very different,
too.

							Jaroslav

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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


