Using Multiple Sound Cards

[Peter Torpey]

I had a strange experience with my sound devices when installing Ubuntu with
Orca.  Also, I have a question on how to have Orca come out of a particular
sound device.

 

First, here is my (slightly unusual) setup:

-          I have Windows XP Pro installed, and Ubuntu installed on a
separate partition

-          I have an internal, built-in sound chip, as part of my desktop.
I don't use this much.

-          I have an EMU 0202 USB sound device which I generally use for
music editing and creation.

-          I have a SoundBlaster Live 24-bit USB device which I use for
speech output from JAWS using Windows

 

What went well:

I installed Ubuntu using Orca, and speech came out of the internal sound
card of my desktop computer.  No problems.

 

What went strangely:

After installing Ubuntu, I restarted the computer in Ubuntu and logged into
my account.

Surprisingly, Orca speech came out of my EMU 0202 sound device (although the
quality seems rather distorted).

 

Questions:

1.        How did this happen that Orca spoke from my internal built-in
sound chip during install and then suddenly switched to my external sound
device after a restart and logging in?

2.       How do I make Orca come out of a specific sound device?  For
example, I would like Orca speech to come out of my SB Live device.  Are
there Orca settings for selecting the output sound device?

Thanks.

 

--Pete

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