On Sunday 16 September 2007 14:56:30 Tom Patton wrote: > On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 13:29 +0100, michael norman wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a box, used mainly for multimedia, which has two sound cards : > > the on board chip and an external Soundbaster USB. I can configure both > > have have not found an easy way of either swithing between the two or > > assigning individual apps to automatically use a particular card.. The > > box is openSUSE 10.2 with the latest KDE from SUSE. As I pretty much > > always use KDE a KDE configuration would be the easiest but if I have to > > I'll have a look in ALSA configuration. > > > > Any clues as to where to start gratefully received. > > > > Mike > > Have you considered an external patch bay? I use the onboard chip plus > two PCI sound cards in mine. Apps like Cinelerra or Audacity have > choices for input and output dsp devices (hw0,0 hw1,0 etc). I use FVWM > as a desktop, and with QAmix, there is a tab for each sound card. > > In the patch bay, I have the first device "normalled" into the second's > line-in, and it drives a monitor speaker system. The Aux and CD input > jacks are also routed by the patch bay, so I have tons of "old-school" > flexibility. > > Check with your local TV stations...they could have stacks of patch bays > they have been replacing recently as they upgrade to digital. > > Tom in NM
Thanks I'll investigate along those lines. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
