[mdlug] sound card recommendation?

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: gib at juno.com

> I have to suggest that I could not get Windows to handle both my
> microphone and guitar input at the same time.  Linux did it fine.

 It's not that Linux has *bad* sound APIs. Linux just has *too many*
sound APIs that don't always play well together. At the very least,
you've got ALSA, PulseAudio, and JACK. Lots of apps that have been
around a while use older APIs, like OSS or ESD or aRTs or...

 Here's an article that talks about many of the APIs and their intended
usage:

 http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/guide-to-sound-apis.html

 This will settle down eventually, but I think we've got a couple more
years of pain to get through.

Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                         (313) 227-2317

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