Well, it's more that most programs now are designed to run their sound through the operating system's drivers, which either uses a software mixer or redirects the sounds to the hardware mixer on newer sound cards. I was referring to when most programs took direct control of the sound card, but this isn't really common anymore.
Re: Go Macintosh! - yeah
: Yeah, i think the "one sound per time" idea for
: windows was back when we all had crappy sound
: cards. All the decent sound cards (and many crappy
: cards) have multi-voice. The sb-live! is a good
: example - fully reprogrammable spu, at 40mhz...
: plus soundfonts galoré... maybe you haven't
: read anything on pc's for a couple of years..
Well, it's more that most programs now are designed to run their sound through the operating system's drivers, which either uses a software mixer or redirects the sounds to the hardware mixer on newer sound cards. I was referring to when most programs took direct control of the sound card, but this isn't really common anymore.