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Asahi Linux progress report

Asahi Linux progress report

Posted Mar 19, 2021 0:00 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566)
In reply to: Asahi Linux progress report by Cyberax
Parent article: Asahi Linux progress report

The base OS removed that ability, but I've heard enough irritated tales of having to “reboot into ASIO mode” that high end sound cards apparently didn't die out entirely.

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Asahi Linux progress report

Posted Mar 19, 2021 0:06 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

There was nothing stopping you from talking with audio cards directly, you just needed a driver for that. Some "pro" audio cards tried that approach, but it just wasn't worth it. Floating point software mixing just became way superior to any fixed DSP magic, especially at the pro level.


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