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Randal S. Jennings

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Oct 26, 1997, 2:00:00 AM10/26/97
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Is it possible to have more than one sound card in a single computer? If
so, how?


frank@home

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Oct 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/27/97
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On Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:12:37 +0100, Manfred Huebener
<hueb...@hildesheim.sgh-net.de> wrote:

>Just avoid any resource conflicts, like sharing IRQs, overlapping
>I/O areas etc. The Windows device manager will be helpful here.
>If you are using Plug & Play cards, you shouldn´t have any troubles, anyway.
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>Manfred


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>Randal S. Jennings wrote:
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>> Is it possible to have more than one sound card in a single computer? If
>> so, how?
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and then you need software that will handle multiple soundcards.
SAW, Samplitude, and Cool Edit, are some.


Deursen

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Oct 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/27/97
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In <01bce260$47b65240$0359eca3@ntdevelopment> "Randal S. Jennings" <uccs...@traveller.com> writes:

>Is it possible to have more than one sound card in a single computer? If
>so, how?

I've got a GUS-MAX and AWE64 in one machine.
Line-out from GUS to line-in AWE. I had to change the base address
for the GUS so that it did not conflict with the AWE. For multiple
sound cards make sure the used IRQ and DMA channels do not overlap.

Ton van Deursen
deu...@natlab.research.philips.com
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Manfred Huebener

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Oct 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/27/97
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Just avoid any resource conflicts, like sharing IRQs, overlapping
I/O areas etc. The Windows device manager will be helpful here.
If you are using Plug & Play cards, you shouldn´t have any troubles, anyway.

Manfred

gr...@nospamhotmail.com

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Oct 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/29/97
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Randal S. Jennings <uccs...@traveller.com> wrote in article
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> Is it possible to have more than one sound card in a single computer? If
> so, how?

You can have two or more sound cards in one pc as long as they don't
conflict in IRQs and DMAs. Newer soundcards, like the TerraTeq EWS64XL,
with which you can use up to four of the same sound cards and they will
share one IRQ and DMA, or the PCI sound cards, with which I think they
should be more acceptable to co-exist with a second PCI sound card.


Jean-Paul Rondof

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Oct 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/29/97
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On 26 Oct 1997 22:41:43 GMT, "Randal S. Jennings"
<uccs...@traveller.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to have more than one sound card in a single computer? If
>so, how?

yep!
Gus Max and MaxiSound 64 HomeStudio...
no problem at all after quickly resolving all the conflict ;)

one annoying thing is that you must open two volume control (or play
with "properties" menu)... does someone know a software which can
control both devices at once ?


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