> PLAYBACK
> ? ? ? ? ?
> ? ? ? ? ? - play a compressed audio file
> ???????? ? ? ? ?* user driven (e.g. play(1))
> ????????????????* app driven (e.g. {kde,gnome_play}_audiofile())
> ???????? ?- play a PCM encoded audio file (specifics as above)
> ???????? ?- hear system sounds
> ???????? ?- VOIP
> ???????? ?- game audio
> ???????? ?- music composition
> ???????? ?- music editing
> ???????? ?- video post production
- Watching DVD with n.1 sound
- Easy MIDI file playback (Timidity comes to my mind)
- Play along with prerecorded audio
(playing guitar/synths along ogg files)
- Play along with sequenced audio
(playing guitar/synths along arrangements including
MIDI/audio)
- Karaoke
> ?RECORDING
> ? ? ?
> ? ? ? ? ? - record from hardware inputs
> ???????? ? ? ?* use default audio interface
> ???????? ? ? ?* use other audio interface
> ???????? ? ? ?* specify which h/w input to use
> ???????? ? ? ?* control input gain
> ???????? ?- record from other application(s)
e.g. recording VIOP calls
- answering machine
> ???????? ?- record from live (network-delivered) compressed audio
> ? ? ? ? ? ?????? ?streams
[...]
> ?ROUTING
>
> ? ? ? ? ? - route audio to specific h/w among several installed
> devices
> - route audio between applications
> ???????? ?- route audio across network
- easy sharing of audio across networks (see iTunes)
> ???????? ?
> ?MULTIUSER
>
> ? ? ? ? ? - which of the above should work in a multi-user scenario?
>
> ?MISC
> ? ? ?
> ? ? ? ? ? - use multiple soundcards as a single logical device
- unplug USB & Firewire devices even if they are in use
(I even sometimes forget that jackd is still running and
unplug my USB device, and my system isn't very happy
about this ;-)
- Easy access to Master Volume/Mute functions
(e.g. muting audio playback when Phone/VOIP is ringing)
Best regards
ce
