Hi,

Can you hear mic through speakers (headphone) ?
Could you try to record from device 1 (this is not very usable - but it
bypass mixer) ?

Peter Zubaj

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 02:34 -0700, David Liontooth wrote:
> On an Audigy 2 Value SB0400 I'm unable to record from the microphone.
> 
> Sound output is working fine. I plugged the microphone into the red jack
> and tried to record using audacity,
> but get no response.
> 
> # arecord -l
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC
> Capture/Standard PCM Playback]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]], device 1: emu10k1 mic [Mic
> Capture]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]], device 2: emu10k1 efx
> [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> 
> # lsmod | grep snd
> snd_pcm_oss            46368  0
> snd_mixer_oss          14848  5 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_emu10k1           110084  4
> snd_rawmidi            21344  1 snd_emu10k1
> snd_ac97_codec         98492  1 snd_emu10k1
> snd_ac97_bus            2560  1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm                78600  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
> snd_seq_device          7440  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
> snd_timer              20360  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc          8656  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
> snd_util_mem            4032  1 snd_emu10k1
> snd_hwdep               8264  1 snd_emu10k1
> snd                    49056  9
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
> 
> # amixer controls | grep Capture
> numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Capture Volume'
> numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Synth Capture Volume'
> numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='Line2 Capture Volume'
> numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Capture Volume'
> numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='Aux2 Capture Volume'
> numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Optical Capture Volume'
> numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='Analog Mix Capture Volume'
> numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='Audigy CD Capture Volume'
> numid=32,iface=PCM,name='Captured FX8010 Outputs',device=2
> 
> # amixer -c 0 cset numid=11 50%,50% unmute cap
> numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Capture Volume'
>   ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=100,step=0
>   : values=50,50
> 
> # amixer -c 0 cget numid=19
> numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='Analog Mix Capture Volume'
>   ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=100,step=0
>   : values=50,50
> 
> I run this while talking into the microphone:
> 
> # arecord -d 5 -N -vvv foobar.wav
> Recording WAVE 'foobar.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
> Plug PCM: Linear conversion PCM (S16_LE)
> Its setup is:
>   stream       : CAPTURE
>   access       : RW_INTERLEAVED
>   format       : U8
>   subformat    : STD
>   channels     : 1
>   rate         : 8000
>   exact rate   : 8000 (8000/1)
>   msbits       : 8
>   buffer_size  : 2048
>   period_size  : 1024
>   period_time  : 128000
>   tick_time    : 1000
>   tstamp_mode  : NONE
>   period_step  : 1
>   sleep_min    : 0
>   avail_min    : 1024
>   xfer_align   : 1024
>   start_threshold  : 1
>   stop_threshold   : 2048
>   silence_threshold: 0
>   silence_size : 0
>   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
> Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]' device 0 subdevice 0
> Its setup is:
>   stream       : CAPTURE
>   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
>   format       : S16_LE
>   subformat    : STD
>   channels     : 1
>   rate         : 8000
>   exact rate   : 8000 (8000/1)
>   msbits       : 16
>   buffer_size  : 2048
>   period_size  : 1024
>   period_time  : 128000
>   tick_time    : 1000
>   tstamp_mode  : NONE
>   period_step  : 1
>   sleep_min    : 0
>   avail_min    : 1024
>   xfer_align   : 1024
>   start_threshold  : 1
>   stop_threshold   : 2048
>   silence_threshold: 0
>   silence_size : 0
>   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
> Max peak (1024 samples): 0x00000001 #                    0%
> Max peak (1024 samples): 0x00000001 #                    0%
> 
> No sound input appears to be detected. When I play the file, I get a
> low-level static:
> 
> # aplay foobar.wav
> Playing WAVE 'foobar.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
> 
> Suggestions? Am I looking at the wrong channels?
> 
> David
> 




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