Brett,

  It sounds like a good idea to me, and think it would be cool to do, but one small thing has me wondering... I am a fan of opensource, but if you are making good money from licencing the fmod libary then keep it closed, but I suppose you could do like id software has done with the Quake source and have the libary under two licences.. opensource for those who like it, and a pay-to-use licence for people wanting to market there completed project.

Just an idea 😉

Robert ‘Heffo’ Heffernan

Hey brett ? when are you going to sleep ? It s a good idea to implement such sound engine with thinking about object oriented Api. I m very interresting with vu-meters (oscillo, fft, what-u-want) because i don t know how to code those things. Good luck, if you want some moral support, french documentation or anything else i m here 😉

P S : sorry for my poor english …

Is it possible to create seperate threads that use different soundcards?

I want to have two seperate windows (although part of the same application) that each output to their own different sound card — is this possible?

Not possible yet. As Brett mentioned, it would require a rewrite of most of FMOD to utilize multiple soundcards. It may be possible in a future version, but not in the current version.

Brett it’s a pity it’s such a big task. I’ve been waiting for the multi sound card support for a while.

I don’t think it’s necessary to release the Worlds best sound library just one that works. Why don’t you start small and aim high?

Brett, correct me if I’m wrong here. That’s exactly how FMOD began. It started out as a small MOD player for the demo scene and grew into the library that you use today. Multiple sound cards in one machine was an unheard-of situation back then, hence no support for it from the start. Retro-fitting multiple sound card support would be a major undertaking.

Hmm… that doesn’t sound like a bad idea.. but I would look at adding some functions (not overly important though) to allow direct transfer of data between multiple cards inside fmod… like piping the line-in of card A to the output of card B

just my two cents 😉