Re: [Alsa-user] alsa clearifications

2013-12-16 Thread D.T.au
i'm not sure if linux mint is the right distro for this kind of audio setup. i don't know what you need it for, but you might want to consider triple booting - install some dedicated audio distro like AVLinux: http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html or ubuntu studio or also i think you should s

Re: [Alsa-user] I think that the current state of ALSA is poor

2013-12-01 Thread D.T.au
hello, most of the examples you are giving are not about alsa but about other sound architectures that build on top of that, and software. i think you might want to do some reading, e.g. here: http://tuxradar.com/content/how-it-works-linux-audio-explained maybe you'll notice that the writer of th

Re: [Alsa-user] re-route sound output to line in (for e.g. recording, audio visualization)

2013-11-17 Thread D.T.au
ing still. would Paolos suggestion even work while mpd is running? meaning i "fake" sndpeek into seeing another card/device as the default while mpd is playing sound through "its own" default device? do i even have to combine this approach with a Loopback device? i think yes.

[Alsa-user] re-route sound output to line in (for e.g. recording, audio visualization)

2013-11-16 Thread D.T.au
hello, i've been struggling with this for weeks now... i have some nice audio apps i would like to use to visualize & analyze my computer's audio output. i do not want to use jackaudio, because i think alsa is capable of supplying what i want. i managed earlier to create a loopback device, and i