[ANNOUNCE] New Mixer Handling in PA 0.9.16/F12

[Jeff Garzik]

Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Wed, 29.07.09 09:47, Jeff Garzik (jgarzik at pobox.com) wrote:
> 
>>> mixing is certainly the smallest part of it. Plese don't forget that
>>> mixing is not exactly the most complex operation on earth.
>> Please don't forget that hardware mixing... is more than just mixing.  
>> Modern audio hardware can offload sample rate conversion, attenuation,  
>> 3D processing, and other goodies.
> 
> Interesting in which parallel universe you must be living.
> 
> Modern audio hardware is usually locked to a specific sample rate, got
> rid of all mixer controls by going to 24bit and letting the CPU
> attenuate using the 8bit extra headroom. And 3d processing, and other
> "goodies" aren't avilable in newer hw designs anymore either. In fact
> haven't been available since quite some time in any design
> anymore. (With the excption of those creative cards)

bzzt, sorry, thanks for playing.

The world has more to offer than 2005-era motherboard audio locked at 48K.

If you keeping bringing up Microsoft as a shining example, it might 
behoove you examine how DirectSound has evolved for modern audio.

	Jeff