Does the sound hardware support hardware mixing?

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The BeBox
Specifications

Does the sound hardware support hardware mixing or must this be done by the software (that is, by mod players, etc.)?

The BeBox:
Specifications

FAQ Number:
FAQ-0094

Last Modified:
2/3/98

Keywords:
BeOS, BeBox, Specifications, sound, audio, hardware, digitize, mix, DAC, channel

The sound hardware supports hardware mixing only to the extent provided by the Crystal codec. Which is to say that the DAC output is mixed in hardware with Line Input, Mic Input, and AUX (which is normally the analog audio output of a connected CD-ROM drive).

Multiple channels of digital audio must be mixed by the processors (which the BeOS will do for you) before being sent to the DAC.

Does the BeBox have CD-quality sound?

How come the BeBox does not use hardware to do its audio mixing?