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Newer page: version 20 Last edited on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 5:10:16 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 18 Last edited on Saturday, June 10, 2006 4:34:06 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
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 !!! Software Mixing With [ALSA] 
  
-You can get [ALSA] to do software mixing for you without having to resort to something like esd(1). This is done via the dmix plugin and as [documented on the ALSA wiki|http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin]. Basically , you need to do is get [ALSA] going, then put the following in a <tt>.asoundrc</tt> file in your home directory. 
+You can get [ALSA] to do software mixing for you without having to resort to something like esd(1). This is done via the dmix plugin and as [documented on the ALSA wiki | http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin]. As of 1..9rc2 , this is configured out of the box for the vast majority of consumer sound chipsets. (The first [Ubuntu] version to benefit from this was Breezy.)  
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+If you have an earlier version, after you get [ALSA] going, you need to put the following in a <tt>.asoundrc</tt> file in your home directory. 
  
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 # .asoundrc file. Put this in your home directory.