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What is Hardware Mixing and does ALSA support it?

April 26, 2017ALSA support

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What is Hardware Mixing and does ALSA support it?

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“Hardware mixing” is a feature that some soundcards support that allows the card to receive multiple audio streams and play them all at the same time. This is done entirely in hardware, and does not adversely affect system performance. ALSA supports hardware mixing for a few cards, particularly the Trident 4DWave, in the current CVS.