Max # of Sound Cards

[Jim]

My system currently has 2 sound cards installed and I find
the need to add a 3rd. Does anyone know how many sound
cards WinXP professional supports?

Thanks

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello Jim

I did see an article on having 2 sounds cards but not 3 and
also you could end with conflicts, 3 soundcards in one pc (why)
..
Al



Jim wrote:

> My system currently has 2 sound cards installed and I find
> the need to add a 3rd. Does anyone know how many sound
> cards WinXP professional supports?
>
> Thanks

[Jim]

1st Card drives HomeAutomation Speach recognition.
2nd Card drives a Digital Music Player.
3rd Card would be driving audio for Windows Media Encoder 9


If 3 cards are not possible I guess I could try to hook
the Media encoder to line-in on the 2nd card, but can a
sound card play and record simultainiously???

[SD]

Only if it is capable of Full Duplex mode.
In Full Duplex mode it can send and receive data simultaneously. That's the
theory anyway.LOL
One way to find out is to try it out. As long as your system is up to par
is should not be a problem.

"Jim" > wrote in message
...
> 1st Card drives HomeAutomation Speach recognition.
> 2nd Card drives a Digital Music Player.
> 3rd Card would be driving audio for Windows Media Encoder 9
>
>
> If 3 cards are not possible I guess I could try to hook
> the Media encoder to line-in on the 2nd card, but can a
> sound card play and record simultainiously???

[Jim]

Just finished a chat with MS. They say no limit to sound
cards. You can install as many as you have slots. So the
last slot gets another sound card I guess.

Thanks
Jim


>-----Original Message-----
>Only if it is capable of Full Duplex mode.
>In Full Duplex mode it can send and receive data
simultaneously. That's the
>theory anyway.LOL
>One way to find out is to try it out. As long as your
system is up to par
>is should not be a problem.
>
>"Jim" > wrote in message
...
>> 1st Card drives HomeAutomation Speach recognition.
>> 2nd Card drives a Digital Music Player.
>> 3rd Card would be driving audio for Windows Media
Encoder 9
>>
>>
>> If 3 cards are not possible I guess I could try to hook
>> the Media encoder to line-in on the 2nd card, but can a
>> sound card play and record simultainiously???
>
>
>.
>