Linux Audio Development

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Posted by Hemos on Friday April 4, 2003 @03:36AM from the building-it-all-out dept.

JulesVD writes "There is an article from Linux Journal about the latest plans for Linux audio functionality from the first developer's conference in Germany. Developers from more than a dozen countries attended this successful conference, representing organizations such as SuSE, Linux Audio Systems, Stanford University, IRCAM and Centro Tempo Reale. Topic discussions included in-depth presentations of the rapidly evolving Linux sound system, a look at the details of programming for professional audio standards and a survey of recent applications and audio-centric Linux distributions." Mmm...interesting reading (blantant plug for cool program), but I think the most important question is will it make Scrubby happy?

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Aaah Sweep. by gowen · 2003-04-04 03:41 · Score: 2, Funny

Sweep development:
Two messages in five forums

When the forums outnumber the posts, you know you've ound a real classical sourceforge project.

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Linux Audio Development.......... by Mattygfunk1 · 2003-04-04 03:44 · Score: 1, Funny

..... is like music to my ears.
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After dealing with Linux sound for 3 years..... by mao+che+minh · 2003-04-04 03:54 · Score: 5, Funny

"Topic discussions included in-depth presentations of the rapidly evolving Linux sound system..."
I hope so. After working with Linux for three years I have come to expect little in terms of audio. Hell, I was taken completely by suprise when the Redhat 8.0 install actually had a "play sample sound" button. It was like first time I witnessed scaling effects on the SNES. Inspiring.
Re:Yet a long way to reach DirectX.... by Sloppy · 2003-04-04 06:35 · Score: 2, Funny

I don't know about EAX support in Linux, anyone can help?
You get EAX if you run Linux on a 386sx or better. The PPC, Alpha, and SPARC ports don't have it yet, though.
(PS: I apologize.)

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Re:My head hurt by Doc+Hopper · 2003-04-04 09:50 · Score: 2, Funny

Most people who are familiar with GNU/Linux audio development refer to the "Open Sound System/Free Version" as "OSS/Free". Unfortunately, this is often confused with "Open Source Software/Free Software", which is also sometimes abbreviated "OSS/Free".

Even better, I often talk about running something in "UML", or "User-Mode Linux", at work. Until I explained, many people were thinking I was talking about "UML", (I think it's an abbreviation for) "Unified Markup Language". They thought it was amazing I could do all this cool stuff with kernels and isolation using a prototyping & flowcharting language.

When in doubt, use the full name first and the abbreviation later...

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