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timcd100:
Is there any way multiple music files can be played simultaneously?

 I really want this on my sansa fuze because the thing I most want to use it for is noise cancellation, ie white noise. But I don't want to just listen to white noise, I want to listen to music on top of white noise to make the noise cancellation effect complete.

 If I can't do this on any mp3 player I'll have to come up with the money to buy 2 of them and listen to them both at the same time using both earbuds and over-the-ear headphones! That's why I'd be very grateful if this could be done.

It would also be useful for listening to an audiobook and music at the same time which lots of people want to do.

Thank you

saratoga:

--- Quote from: timcd100 on August 15, 2011, 04:46:31 PM ---Is there any way multiple music files can be played simultaneously?

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Not using the normal playback system.  Plugins have the ability to do this, but I don't think anyone has written something like this.

timcd100:
I see, thanks for the feedback. Do you think someone will make a plug-in like this within a few months or should I just buy another cheap mp3 player if I want to have simultaneous playback and not wait for a possible plug-in? I'm not sure how often plug-ins come out, how easy it is.

Another problem with the Sansa Fuze is that the shuffle feature doesn't do a true random shuffle it always seems to gravitate to certain songs and not others.

AlexP:
It really is impossible to say, it depends when someone who wants it decides to write it.  It could be tomorrow, it be never.

saratoga:

--- Quote from: timcd100 on August 16, 2011, 09:53:17 AM ---Do you think someone will make a plug-in like this within a few months or should I just buy another cheap mp3 player if I want to have simultaneous playback and not wait for a possible plug-in?

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For such an obscure plugin I think its unlikely that anyone but you would implement it. 

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