Re: [orca-list] Orca-list Digest, Vol 15, Issue 46

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

I don't know if such cards exist, but from what I understand, with alsa
you can configure it so that different channels on the card appear as
different devices, or you can combine two cards into one device. So I
suppose if you have something like a 5.1 channel sound card you could
set it to use rear channels for speech and front for audio. The only
limitation to this configuration would be that you now can't use the
card for surround sound while configured like that. If you want surround
sound, then sound cards can be got very cheaply, consider buying one
specifically for speech.

From
Michael Whapples
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> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:30:43 -0500
> From: "Brent Harding" <bharding doorpi net>
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] sound on feisty
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> Are there cards that can actually handle the multiple sources coming in out 
> there that don't depend on odd Windows drivers to do it? I don't know that 
> we can set a separate device to be used for speech.