-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Peter Pankonin wrote: > Greetings... > > I am using an HP Pavilion dv4000 laptop for music performance (running > Mandriva 2008.1, jack, qsynth, M-audio Axiom 61, Rosegarden, Hydrogen,
The axiom is a nice little keyboard, I have one myself. To be perfectly synchronized, use the midi connector on the Axiom instead of the USB midi interface it presents to the computer (ie. connect the axiom to your sound card via a midi cable, you can still use the USB cable to power the keyboard). > etc.), but I'm finding that my internal sound card is way too > noisy...there is a noticeable hiss and a high-pitched whine (actually, > in order to use the laptop at all I have to bypass the ground plug on > the power supply. If I plug in the ground, it makes quite an awful > buzzing noise). > Most laptops sound devices suck. By most I mean 99.9% > Is anyone using something like an M-Audio Fast Track or Fast Track Pro > as an external sound card? I tried both and couldn't seem to get my > laptop to use either of them as the system audio device. It recognized > them (lsusb showed them as "midiman") but I couldn't get the sound to > come out of them instead of the onboard speakers. > Midiman is the midi interface, you are still looking for the actual audio device. Fire up qjackctl and click on setup. The option for "Interface" should have a drop down menu with device choices. You will probably have a couple of hw:0,x for the integrated audio device, is there an hw:1,x? I personally prefer PCI/PCIe devices for low latency audio work. At home I have an RME 9652 + RME ADI-8 DS,which is a pretty awesome combination. > ...or does some company make a decent quality external USB sound card > that works with linux? I've seen cheap ones in computer stores but Like Mark said, it depends on what you are doing with it. For "serious" (sometimes referred to as "pro") work, there is nothing suitable at a computer shop. Axe or L&M would be where I would look (I special ordered my gear from Axe, both of them have mediocre stock in store). The device Mark talked about is a great playback only device. If you require a low latency, high quality card for input and output, then you have some options. There are people using Tascam US-122, US-224, US-428, as well as Roland/Edirol UA-25. Edirol makes a lot of devices, check the following link for compatibility. http://alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Roland_Edirol I would also stay away from firewire devices. If you decide to go the firewire route anyway, you *need* to check out http://www.ffado.org/ There is some decent documentation here. > have never had a chance to try one out? And, again, how does one > configure such a device in Linux? Thanks much. > Most of the cheap(er) USB devices I have used did not require any configuration. All that I needed to do was point my application to the usb device instead of the integrated one. This is app specific so I cannot be any more specific. Also, if you making music (which I can only assume is the point of the Axiom), get familiar with jack. The LAU (Linux Audio User) list is the place to be. I tend to hang out on the 64Studio and Ubuntu Studio lists since those are the distros I use. I have not used Mandriva since the 90s so I won't be of much help with the Mandriva specific stuff. Google is your friend. Also, when you run into problems and need to ask questions, you would be well served learn, love, and live the info in this link: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Hth, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkltDWMACgkQwRXgH3rKGfM6bQCfVjPmA6MdJ1me7xyttPOLzypd 4KoAoJ2h6GTuPNRqLEDq4ZNgPT8p6gPI =6uRo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
