From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9ab217670908131842n11324f25gf66f3baf34a7668a@mail.gmail.com> References: <73ab23d94e5572e651d06f5ced559ade@quanstro.net> <4A84BA51.2010002@orcasystems.com> <9ab217670908131842n11324f25gf66f3baf34a7668a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:51:55 -0400 Message-ID: <9ab217670908131851v29c71e3arc77ade3d736b06f4@mail.gmail.com> From: "Devon H. O'Dell" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] audio standards -- too many to choose from Topicbox-Message-UUID: 48807aac-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 2009/8/13 Devon H. O'Dell : > 2009/8/13 James Tomaschke : >> Rather, your suggestion of forcing a single format, prevents my >> applications from using other formats, and it requires I implement >> conversions. =A0This 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