Thanks for the info - having the audio working (only at 48khz?) with 0.9.0rc6 is better than nothing. It looks like a lot of work was done on usbaudio.c between rc6 and rc7.. I wonder which of the changes broke things with the Audiophile.. :(
Ben On Wednesday 09 July 2003 9:47 am, Jonathan Gage wrote: > After much testing i'd say firmware is not really the issue with this > card, especially for the audio side of it. The midi ports now work > perfectly with a warm boot from windows using the latest ALSA > drivers. The problem has become the audio side, as ben said you get > static. Before the midi ports were ever working for this card, the > audio side WAS working. If you use alsa driver version 0.9.0rc5+6 the > audio works quite well. Those drivers however did not have the midi > implementation. Unfortunately something changed in the usb-audio > driver between rc6 and rc7, which has never been resolved or > discovered and ever since the card delivers nothing but static. The > audio static problem is definitely not a firmware issue. Its > exceedingly frustrating to have this card so close to working > perfectly, yet so far... the main functionality is only able to be > accessed by switching between drivers. > > Cheers, > > Jonathan > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:52:48 +0200 (METDST) > > From: Clemens Ladisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] Audiophile USB > > To: Ben Saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Ben Saylor wrote: > > > I searched the archives and found that the Audiophile still needs > > > a firmware loader. I checked the driver CD for a .sys file for > > > the Audiophile on which I could run the extractfirmware program > > > from the midisport-firmware package.. Well, unlike the midisport > > > drivers, there's only an executable installer > > > (Audiophile_1541_CD.exe). I looked at it with a hex editor and > > > it seems to contain zip-compressed data, but I can't figure out > > > how to extract it. unzip doesn't recognize it. If I can somehow > > > get a .sys file out of this installer, should I be able to use > > > extractfirmware on it > > > > The Audiophile's firmware is a separate .bin file which gets > > unpacked when you run the installer in Windows (and then > > immediately abort). > > > > > and load the firmware using fxload? > > > > Unfortunately, the Audiophile uses a different loading mechanism. > > > > > > Regards, > > Clemens > > Message: 2 > From: Ben Saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 21:33:49 -0800 > Subject: [Alsa-user] Audiophile USB > > I'm getting only static when I try to play sound through my > Audiophile USB (using aplay and audacity). If I convert the sound > file to 8 bit, it is recognizable but very distorted. I'm using > alsa-driver 0.9.5; the rest is 0.9.4 from Debian unstable. > > I searched the archives and found that the Audiophile still needs a > firmware loader. I checked the driver CD for a .sys file for the > Audiophile on which I could run the extractfirmware program from the > midisport-firmware package.. Well, unlike the midisport drivers, > there's only an executable installer (Audiophile_1541_CD.exe). I > looked at it with a hex editor and it seems to contain zip-compressed > data, but I can't figure out how to extract it. unzip doesn't > recognize it. If I can somehow get a .sys file out of this > installer, should I be able to use extractfirmware on it and load the > firmware using fxload? > > Thanks, > Ben > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft > Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. > Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. > www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
