2 sound cards at once?

Sure, but they can't use the same resources (except maybe IRQ which can be shared between PCI devices). You can often manipulate resources for the cards within Device Manager. I'm currently running two cards in my machine: SB Audigy and SB AWE32. They co-exist perfectly and I can choose either one to play sound in Windows. Of course the AWE32 is from around 1993 and has crappy sound quality so I only use it for DOS games, for which the Audigy has major compatibility issues.

You may have to use a switch (available at Radio Shack) to switch between the outputs. Or you can simply direct one sound card's output into the Line In of your other one, then mess with the Line In controls on your mixer when you wish to use one or the other. Personally I have to use a combination of both techniques because I have two additional devices hanging off the AWE32: a Roland SCD-15 daughtercard and a Roland MT-32 external MIDI module. The back of my computer's a mess of spaghetti wiring but it actually all works fine.

Ritesh

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by ritesh_laud on 08/30/02 10:41 AM.</EM></FONT></P>