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DosBoxer
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Hardware mixing?
by {DosBoxer} » July 16, 2013 - 19:06

Hello,

I noticed enable hardware mixing is checked on by default in VirtualMIDISynth. I'm personally running onboard sound. Would it be recommended to disable hardware mixing in my case? Given that I'm not using a dedicated sound card. I've tried it both ways and it seemed to work fine with my admittedly limited testing. Thanks and great software, by the way.

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Hardware mixing is a feature
by coolsoft » July 17, 2013 - 08:45

Hardware mixing is a feature (available on most of the modern soundcards); this feature is not related to mixers or external audio devices.
The subject of "mixing" are the audio streams sent to the sound card.

Suppose you're watching a video on Youtube and placing a Skype call; both the audio streams must be reproduced by your sound card.
If the card supports hardware mixing, both the streams are joined by the hardware and played together with no CPU charge.
If hardware mixing is not supported (or buggy) then a software mixing will take place, and this could require some CPU power.

That's why it's enabled by default ;)

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