OSS 4.0 RC2 Build 177 review

OSS provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux, *BSD, Solaris, UnixWare, OpenServer, AIX, HPUX, LynxOS, VxW

License: Freely Distributable File size: 0K Developer: 4Front Technologies

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OSS provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux, *BSD, Solaris, UnixWare, OpenServer, AIX, HPUX, LynxOS, VxWorks, and Tru64.

These drivers support digital audio, MIDI, synthesizers, and mixers found on sound cards. These sound drivers comply with the Open Sound System API specification. OSS provides a user-friendly GUI which makes the installation of sound drivers and configuration of sound cards very simple.

OSS project supports over 200 brand name sound cards, and provides automatic sound card detection, Plug-n-Play support, support for PCI audio soundcards, and support for full duplex audio.

OSS is now free for home/personal use and doesn't have any restrictions other than refreshing the software every 4months.

New and simplified licensing model announced - no more lowlevel driver options necessary. One license will allow you to run as many audio devices as you have.

OSS/3D Fidelity/3D Spatialization and Reverb feature added to Virtual Mixer PRO.

What's New in This Release:
The audio engine has been updated (bugfixes to the OSS 3.99 version).
There are proper OS native interfaces and installation for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and UnixWare.
There is a CMI8788 audio driver with 32bit/192Khz/8channel/AC3/SPDIF I/O support.
There are updates to the HDaudio (Azalia) drivers.
There are fixes for the SB Audigy SE.