On Wed, 2014-07-02 at 18:08 +0300, Burak METİN wrote: > What do you mean by need CPU? He pointed out, that the software providing what you need, other than a hardware solution, does need CPU resources, IOW some percentage of the CPU is used to provide the functionality you need. $ top does show %CPU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softvol Some sound devices provide amazing hardware mixers, that are remote controlled by software, but the software doesn't do the processing. I e.g. own a RME audio card, that comes with the amazing TotalMix, unfortunately the Linux driver for my card is a PITA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user