[Alsa-user] Advice pro/con on Turtle Beach Montego DDL card?

2008-01-15 Thread Craig Huff
I have come to the conclusion that if the built-in audio will ever be supported, it will be awhile and I need a working audio device in the meantime. Can anyone provide advice pro or con regarding the Turtle Beach Montego DDL sound card listed at this link? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a

Re: [Alsa-user] Recommend a good XLR/line/instrument interface (USB or PCI) ?

2008-01-15 Thread James Shatto
> Not really insight suggestions: But if you can negotiate with PCI try the > M-Audio delta series. I've got a delta 1010lt and it works great. There are > smaller models, the delta44 and delta66. > They have XLR, chinch and digital I/O and MIDI in/out. > My card cost about 300 EUR (about 6

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread Tom Enderlin
> On Tuesday 15 January 2008 01:40, Tom Enderlin wrote: > >> Tried moving all the mic and mic boost sliders in alsamixer to their max >> settings and it still didn't record any audio, just background static. > In my desktop system (which use an Intel MB with ICH5 audio chipset), ALSA > mixer provi

Re: [Alsa-user] Recommend a good XLR/line/instrument interface (USB or PCI) ?

2008-01-15 Thread Julien Claassen
Hi! Not really insight suggestions: But if you can negotiate with PCI try the M-Audio delta series. I've got a delta 1010lt and it works great. There are smaller models, the delta44 and delta66. They have XLR, chinch and digital I/O and MIDI in/out. My card cost about 300 EUR (about 6 years

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:58:28 -0800 (PST) "Tom Enderlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Tom Enderlin wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> I'm having a heck of time trying to figure this out and could really use > >> some help. > >> > >> Problem is that I'm able to use an old (crappy) la

[Alsa-user] Recommend a good XLR/line/instrument interface (USB or PCI) ?

2008-01-15 Thread Wade Nelson
Hi, I'm looking for a good interface to use with some various recording equipment I have handy. I'll be using the interface exclusively with alsa/jack. Here's what I need: 1) XLR input(s) 2) 1/4" Line input(s) 3) 1/4" Instrument (Guitar/Hi-Z) input(s) Here's what I'd like: 4) Headphone output 5)

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread Tom Enderlin
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Tom Enderlin wrote: > >> Hello, >> I'm having a heck of time trying to figure this out and could really use >> some help. >> >> Problem is that I'm able to use an old (crappy) labtec microphone, but >> the >> two different headset microphones I tried, don't pick up a thing. >

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread Tom Enderlin
>> Problem is that I'm able to use an old (crappy) labtec microphone, but >> the >> two different headset microphones I tried, don't pick up a thing. >> I've tried the headsets on another computer so I know the headset mics >> are >> working. > > You're probably missing the DC bias aka bias voltage

[Alsa-user] HDMI status

2008-01-15 Thread Zsolt Barat
hi list, i own a MSI board, K9AGM2, with north bridge S690G/690V and a SB600 south bridge. the soundcard is integrated into the SB600. see lspci output below. my question is, how complete is the driver for the HDMI part. if i select it in alsamixer, i already get a device: Generic 1002 ATI RS69

[Alsa-user] terratec phase 28 capturing

2008-01-15 Thread Sim
Hi. I would like, if possible, only a short and quick answer: has the terratec phase 28 any capturing capabilities with alsa driver? I'll appreciate a lot a short answer, too. Thanks a lot. Bye Sim - This SF.net email is sp

Re: [Alsa-user] Configure sound card for hundreds devices at once

2008-01-15 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Quasi Steady State wrote: > Everytime the system is booting I run the command 'alsactl -F restore'. > > Everything goes perfect. But if I *change the harddisk (flash-card) from the > device to another (same hardware) device I get an error during booting:* > > Error if '*alsactl -F restore* ' is r

Re: [Alsa-user] Edirol UA-20

2008-01-15 Thread Clemens Ladisch
immanuel litzroth wrote: > Quoting Clemens Ladisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> W. Ryan Nestor wrote: >> > I have an Edirol UA-20 which works fine as an audio device in it's >> > 'normal' mode, without MIDI functionality. In it's 'advanced' mode, >> > however, it doesn't seem to work at all. >> > >> >

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread James Shatto
> Nothing that could construed as phantom voltage > (which is normally 50 volts in the broadcast industry) > is visible for either the intel_8xx on the motherboard, > or for the audigy 2 value I use for everything. I also > have an sb16 but don't recall it as having such a feature > either. Phant

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread John Haxby
Gene Heskett wrote: > > Nothing that could construed as phantom voltage (which is normally 50 volts > in > the broadcast industry) is visible for either the intel_8xx on the > motherboard, or for the audigy 2 value I use for everything. I also have an > sb16 but don't recall it as having such

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 15 January 2008, James Shatto wrote: >> High-Z >> 3.7 V >> 2.25 V >> 0 V >> I have no idea what does the first one means. Does it provides any >> voltage? > >Not sure about the voltage. But things like electric guitar need high-Z > (high impedence). In the Mega Ohms. As opposed to you

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread James Shatto
> High-Z > 3.7 V > 2.25 V > 0 V > I have no idea what does the first one means. Does it provides any voltage? Not sure about the voltage. But things like electric guitar need high-Z (high impedence). In the Mega Ohms. As opposed to your standard microphone preamp that only has a few Kilo Ohm

Re: [Alsa-user] using two sound cards

2008-01-15 Thread Erik Slagter
Lee Revell wrote: I have one sound card onboard of my PC which I have disabled from BIOS. My question is can I activate the second sound card and for example duplicate all that is played on my front speakers of the primary card and pass it to the output of the second card ? If the answer is yes c

Re: [Alsa-user] Edirol UA-20

2008-01-15 Thread immanuel litzroth
Quoting Clemens Ladisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > W. Ryan Nestor wrote: > > I have an Edirol UA-20 which works fine as an audio device in > it's > > 'normal' mode, without MIDI functionality. In it's 'advanced' > mode, > > however, it doesn't seem to work at all. > > > > kernel 2.6.23.11-rt14 > > Al

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Bill Unruh wrote: >On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 14 January 2008, Bill Unruh wrote: >>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Tom Enderlin wrote: Hello, I'm having a heck of time trying to figure this out and could really use some help. Pr

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:43:53 +0100 Paolo Saggese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 15 January 2008 01:40, Tom Enderlin wrote: > > > Tried moving all the mic and mic boost sliders in alsamixer to their max > > settings and it still didn't record any audio, just background static. > > I also

Re: [Alsa-user] Weird microphone issue

2008-01-15 Thread Paolo Saggese
On Tuesday 15 January 2008 01:40, Tom Enderlin wrote: > Tried moving all the mic and mic boost sliders in alsamixer to their max > settings and it still didn't record any audio, just background static. I also use Debian. Some time ago, after some upgrade I have experienced similar problems with

[Alsa-user] Configure sound card for hundreds devices at once

2008-01-15 Thread Quasi Steady State
-- Forwarded message -- From: Quasi Steady State <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 15, 2008 10:35 AM Subject: Configure sound card for hundreds devices at once To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I have an problem with automatic configuring the volume levels with ALSA. I made a Linux syste

Re: [Alsa-user] Edirol UA-20

2008-01-15 Thread Clemens Ladisch
W. Ryan Nestor wrote: > I have an Edirol UA-20 which works fine as an audio device in it's > 'normal' mode, without MIDI functionality. In it's 'advanced' mode, > however, it doesn't seem to work at all. > > kernel 2.6.23.11-rt14 > Alsa1.0.14 > > proc/asound/cards: (advanced) > > 1 [UA20