2009/8/13 Devon H. O'Dell <devon.od...@gmail.com>: > 2009/8/13 James Tomaschke <ja...@orcasystems.com>: >> Rather, your suggestion of forcing a single format, prevents my >> applications from using other formats, and it requires I implement >> conversions. This is because you limit freedom by placing a simple >> interface into kernelspace. > > This is the silliest thing I've seen posted in this thread. No offense > intended, but if you choose the highest available sample size and bit > rate available to the card, you are not limiting anybody: the > limitation becomes the hardware. If that's an issue, get really > ridiculously high quality analog devices, and stop being so anal about > your perfect ears.
And if this is a problem for the processor, resample to the highest input or output format provided. If that's an issue, don't mix so much at once, or get newer hardware or buy a mixer :) --dho
