You shouldn't _need_ to run a sound server.
The sound server just provides additional mixing so that applications aware of the sound server will all be able to play sound at the same time.
The problem is, applications that aren't aware of the sound server see that the audio device is in use and therefore will not play any sound. The worst offender for this seem to be the Flash plugin in Firefox.
I have had BlitzMax make noise while Artsd is running, so it is possible to run a sound server and use BlitzMax. In the short term you should try disabling the sound server completely - if Blitz starts making noise, then you will need to make some configuration changes to your sound server.
Additionally, you may have some luck running your applications through a dsp program:
For aRts -> artsdsp -m <programname>
For eSound -> esddsp <programname>
These programs will tunnel sound requests through to the sound server you are running. I'm not sure how well it works with Blitz though.
The sound server just provides additional mixing so that applications aware of the sound server will all be able to play sound at the same time.
The problem is, applications that aren't aware of the sound server see that the audio device is in use and therefore will not play any sound. The worst offender for this seem to be the Flash plugin in Firefox.
I have had BlitzMax make noise while Artsd is running, so it is possible to run a sound server and use BlitzMax. In the short term you should try disabling the sound server completely - if Blitz starts making noise, then you will need to make some configuration changes to your sound server.
Additionally, you may have some luck running your applications through a dsp program:
For aRts -> artsdsp -m <programname>
For eSound -> esddsp <programname>
These programs will tunnel sound requests through to the sound server you are running. I'm not sure how well it works with Blitz though.