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Thread ID: 12623	2001-11-03 06:55:00	Dual Soundcards?	Guest (0)	Press F1

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23525	2001-11-03 06:55:00	I have a motherboard with an integrated soundcard (yamaha) and I also have a Soundblaster Awe64 ISA soundcard. I was wondering if it is at all possible to have them both running at the same time so that i can use the Speaker Out/Line Out ports on both for various speakers that i have. ANY HELP APPRECIATED.	Guest (0)
23526	2001-11-03 10:44:00	NO and Why? The various speakers you are talking about should be supplied from your amplifirer. and not your sound card.. You should be running a feed from your 'line out' of your soundcard to your 'linein' on your stereo to which your speakers are thus connected..Should you require surround sound..bass etc you may have to upgrade to a better sound card with outputs to match your stereo.. ==Orac==	Guest (0)
23527	2001-11-03 22:28:00	hi Che, yes it should be possible to run both at the same time. It depends on whether there are enough DMA resources available. Try installing and see. It can be a tad confusing with two sound cards, adjusting volumes setting applications to use specific cards etc.	Guest (0)
23528	2001-11-04 05:52:00	No you cant have them both running at the same time, the best you could hope for is to be able to select either of the sound cards at any given time using software, which is a waste of time because you gain no benefit from it. I would have said disable the onboard sound, but if the alternative is ISA Awe64, you probably should stick with the onboard ;-) If you want to run multiple speaker sets from one line out plug, just split the lines. For about $2.95, you can get a 1-2 3.5mm splitter from Dick Smith, this will turn one female 3.5mm plug into two, the trade off is that the signal is halved between the two sockets, so you only have half the potential volume going to each lot of speakers.	Guest (0)
23529	2001-11-04 06:42:00	hi Ian, what do you mean you can't have them running at the same time? I frequently use both of mine at the same time. Eg one playing a sample while the other is running my midi kit. Both can play samples simultaniously too, which can be handy with apps that don't support Directsound for mixing.....	Guest (0)
23530	2001-11-05 10:15:00	If your after surround sound, your onboard should do it. I have onboard sound and I use the 'line in' yes line in as my rear speakers. there is an option under advanced in my volume control for '4 speakers' which uses line in as rear out. mint -karz	Guest (0)
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