which sound card?

[wayne]

Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 09:39 -0700, wayne wrote:
>   
>> I have run into a issue with my Kubuntu System configuration.
>>
>> I play a game called Urban Terror - online.
>> I also need to run TEAMSPEAK, a  2-way comm app that works like a party 
>> line.
>>
>> If I start TS first, i cannot hear the game sounds
>> If I start the game first, I cannot leave its window to start TS
>>
>> I cannot run both at the same time and i need to.
>>
>> What card should  use?  Looking for the most INEXPENSIVE
>>     
> ----
> This sounds more like an alsa problem than a sound card problem as to my
> knowledge, alsa will lock out any other software from attaching to the
> sound hardware once a program has attached to it. This was the itch that
> pulseaudio intended to scratch. Do you have pulseaudio running?
I don't know. How do I check
>  Is it
> possible to use pulseaudio?
I dont know
>  Which version of Kubuntu?
>   
8.04.1