Re: [Alsa-user] SB Live! _sometime_ rear speaker are much louder

2008-05-25 Thread Erik Steffl
watch videos. any ideas how to investigate this further? don't see any changes in mixer, erik Erik Steffl wrote: >I have a weird problem, it seems that SOMETIME the rear speakers are > much louder the front speakers and center (5.1 setup). > >The symptom is s

[Alsa-user] SB Live! _sometime_ rear speaker are much louder

2008-05-20 Thread Erik Steffl
I have a weird problem, it seems that SOMETIME the rear speakers are much louder the front speakers and center (5.1 setup). The symptom is similar to what it sounds like when master is down (master only controls front/center on sb live!) but I truned on master all the way up and the fron/cen

Re: [Alsa-user] headphones

2007-05-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Khalid Luqman wrote: > So I need help. Not with installation. I have ubuntu 7.04 installed and > Alsa comes preinstalled and it works ok. Except I have one glitch that I > havent been able to fix for months. I get terrible sound through > headphones. At high volumes its static but fine at volume

[Alsa-user] how to record on sb live (low recording levels)

2005-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
I've been playing with it quite a lot but it's pretty elusive, can somebody shed som light on how to record using sb live platinum liveDrive (front panel). I can get it to record but the levels are very low (vu meter goes to about 25%), even when I put the slider to max. I have the same probl

Re: [Alsa-user] OSS midi emulation not working?

2004-05-09 Thread Erik Steffl
Miguel wrote: On Sat, 08 May 2004 18:23:19 -0700 Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Miguel wrote: Hi list I'm using kernel 2.6.5 with alsa built in, and programs using oss iface to my sb live internal synth are not working, it's alsa counterparts work well. !!! I was

Re: [Alsa-user] OSS midi emulation not working?

2004-05-08 Thread Erik Steffl
Miguel wrote: Hi list I'm using kernel 2.6.5 with alsa built in, and programs using oss iface to my sb live internal synth are not working, it's alsa counterparts work well. !!! I was writing the same email this morning. it turned out I was missing a module, fixed by: modprobe -v snd-seq-oss

Re: [Alsa-user] again about EMU10K1 mixer

2004-05-01 Thread Erik Steffl
Peter Zubaj wrote: do you know how's the front panel support now - is it possible to record via line in and RCA inputs on liveDrive? I think yes, just set these volumes: Line LiveDrive Capture Volume - 100 % Line LiveDrive Capture Switch - unmute Line2 LiveDrive Capture Volume - 100 % Line2 Liv

Re: [Alsa-user] again about EMU10K1 mixer

2004-04-29 Thread Erik Steffl
Peter Zubaj wrote: Hi, What is wrong with the mixer of SB Live? It needs face lifting. I would like to do this, but I don't have SB Live (only Audigy). Is there any voluteer to test patches ??? of course! Mostly live mixer under ALSA uses AC97 codec to volume control and OSS uses digital mix

Re: [Alsa-user] Soundblaster Live!, how can I unmute it?

2004-04-28 Thread Erik Steffl
Alberto Mardegan wrote: ... I cannot hear anything on the green jack, while others work but are controlled byt the headphone slider in alsamixer, while Master and PCM are uneffective. So I tried kernel 2.6.5, but still no improvement. I ... 00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live

Re: [Alsa-user] Intel 8x0 and Midi

2004-03-24 Thread Erik Steffl
Matt Middleton wrote: I posted earlier about problems with midi and the intel 8x0. I thought the midi device listed was a sequencer, but I guess thats not the case. Is the mpu uart device just for a hardware midi interface? In yes (AFAIK) any case I tried using timidity, but its playback for

Re: [Alsa-user] intel8x0 and Midi

2004-03-22 Thread Erik Steffl
Matt Middleton wrote: I am trying to setup MIDI on my intel8x0 to no avail. My modprobe.conf looks like this: alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio alias snd-slot-1 snd-usb-audio alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 alias so

Re: [Alsa-user] Intel8x0 sound but no volume control

2004-03-09 Thread Erik Steffl
David Honeywell wrote: I have an Intel motherboard with integrated Intel8x0 audio. I recently upgraded from Mandrake 9.2 to Mandrake 10, which uses the 2.6.3 kernel. Under Mandrake 9.2 (using the 2.4.xx kernel), I had no problems with this chipset. Now that I've upgraded, I have had several p

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Erik Steffl
Richard Kimber wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:12:45 -0800 Noah Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Erik Steffl wrote: so while you are pretty much right that alsa is not easy to configure, it's not easy to figure out what is supported for particular cards etc. it's all work in

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Erik Steffl
Steve Conrad wrote: ... Compared to mature products like those with which I ordinarily work, alsa is an impenetrable thicket of trouble with few guideposts. because it is NOT a mature product. Both alsa and linux kernel are not mature as far as audio work goes - alsa only fairly recently stab

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-16 Thread Erik Steffl
Steve Conrad wrote: ... I don't buy into the PBS-begathon line of reasoning that because it's free I should be greatful for any limited functionality if offers. you don't have to be greatful. but offending people for providing something that you find no use for is not very nice. erik --

[Alsa-user] Re: [linux-audio-user] ALSA: What is the website missing?

2003-12-01 Thread Erik Steffl
Patrick Shirkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As some of you already know I am the occasional webmaster/docs maintainer for ALSA. I have been planning some additions to the site to make it more accessible but before I jump into anything that could be considered a facelift I would like to get some

Re: [Alsa-user] intel8x0 playing simultaneous sounds

2003-12-01 Thread Erik Steffl
Keith Lea wrote: I'm using Alsa for my IBM T30 laptop's Intel 810 sound card (the intel8x0 driver), and I can't seem to play more than one sound at once. My friend with an Audigy and Alsa can, and on this same laptop Windows XP can. Is this normal? Is it a hardware thing or a problem with the d

Re: [Alsa-user] LEAVE ME ALONE (IN FINAL RESPONSE TO EVERYONE)

2003-10-29 Thread Erik Steffl
Dean Rantala wrote: ... from the center. Can you even find one? My point exactly. The fact that the Linux community has decided to replace a perfectly good working sound system (that is desktop and n00bi freindly) for one that is sparsely documented and has many prevailing bugs at the moment i

Re: [Alsa-user] Master volume on intel8x0

2003-08-30 Thread Erik Steffl
Leonardo Macchia wrote: Hello. I'm using intel8x0 Alsa driver; on mixer application (alsamixer and mixer_applet2 (Gnome)) master volume does not work... on the other hand master volume seems to be the one labelled "Surround" in alsamixer. Maybe a driver mistake? I have an integrated card on Intel

Re: [Alsa-user] Debian ALSA scripts

2003-08-24 Thread Erik Steffl
Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: Sorry in advance for crossposting. Package alsa-base in Debian unstable repository includes the following scripts: /etc/apm/event.d/alsa /etc/devfs/conf.d/alsa /etc/init.d/alsa I have not found them in any of the current 0.9.6 packages downloaded directly from ftp.a

[Alsa-user] intel D865PERL on-board audio supported?

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Steffl
I have an intel D865PERL motherboard with on-board audio, not sure what it is, they refer to it as SoundMax (but that might be just software), lspci doesn't reveal much: 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d5 (rev 02) I looked at the list of supported cards on

Re: [Alsa-user] intel D865PERL on-board audio supported?

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Steffl
Clemens Ladisch wrote: Erik Steffl wrote: I have an intel D865PERL motherboard with on-board audio, not sure what it is, they refer to it as SoundMax (but that might be just software), An Analog Devices AD18xx/19xx AC'97 codec. The driver to use depends on the type of southbridge

[Alsa-user] intel8x0 midi?

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Steffl
system: debian unstable 2.4.21-ac4 alsa 0.9.6 intel8x0 driver intel D965PERL motherboard I followed the advice on alsa web site and: options snd-intel8x0 mpu_port=0x330 so now aconnect says there is a midi port: jojda:/home/erik/skusobna/alsa-driver-0.9.6# aconnect -i -o -l client

SOLVED: Re: [Alsa-user] intel D865PERL on-board audio supported?

2003-08-10 Thread Erik Steffl
Clemens Ladisch wrote: Erik Steffl wrote: I have an intel D865PERL motherboard with on-board audio, not sure what it is, they refer to it as SoundMax (but that might be just software), An Analog Devices AD18xx/19xx AC'97 codec. The driver to use depends on the type of southbridge

[Alsa-user] intel8x0 mixer - master doesn't work?

2003-08-09 Thread Erik Steffl
system: debian unstable 2.4.21-ac4 alsa 0.9.6 mixer says: Card: Intel ICH5 Chip: Analog Devices AD1985 mixer is somewhat strange: Master: no change in volume Master mono: no change in volume PCM & Surround: both change volume - if at least on of them is zero there is no

Re: [Alsa-user] MIDI with Alsa + SBLive!

2003-06-09 Thread Erik Steffl
Rohan Parkes wrote: On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 06:05, David Hunt wrote: Have you tryed loading some sound fonts? You need to load some sound fonts for the hardware synth to work. There is some on the SBLive cd. These can be loaded using sfxload out of the awesfx package. David I tried installing a s

Re: [Alsa-user] Web SIte and documentation

2002-12-23 Thread Erik Steffl
http://www.alsa-project.org/ works right now, erik Richard wrote: > > Hi > > Is it just me or is the web site down ? > > I cant reach the alsa web site for 3 days now.. > > Well i need the how-to's and documentation to install > and i really need docs : ) > > Any other mirror si

Re: [Alsa-user] Soundblaster Live! volume control

2002-12-13 Thread Erik Steffl
puterwzzrd at hotmeel dot com wrote: Hi! I got a little problem with ALSA!: I can decrease and increase the front and rear speaker sepparately, but not together. By using Wave (front) and Wave Surround (rear) in alsamixer, I can therefore adjust the volume, though it´s very impractical that way

Re: [Alsa-user] Re: sblive + internal midi -> no sound ?!

2002-12-04 Thread Erik Steffl
Adam Jones wrote: On 04-Dec-02, Jean-Marc Desprez wrote: and the wavetables seem loaded (with sfxload), and voice allocated Device: Emu10k1 Ports: 4 Addresses: 65:0 65:1 65:2 65:3 Use Counter: 1 Max Voices: 64 Allocated Voices: 7 Memory Size: 134217728 Memory Available: 134213632 That does

Re: [Alsa-user] Audigy livedrive midi and IR

2002-12-04 Thread Erik Steffl
Giles Constant wrote: On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: On the SB Live, yes. On the Audigy, no! is there any way to make the front panel midi work? I've had an SB Live then upgraded to the Audigy (about 4 months ago). I don't remember getting the front panel midi to

Re: [Alsa-user] Audigy livedrive midi and IR

2002-12-04 Thread Erik Steffl
Giles Constant wrote: On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: so if there is only one midi register on sb live then how is it supposed to work? are the two connectors basically just one midi port (I On the SB Live, yes. On the Audigy, no! is there any way to make the front panel midi

Re: [Alsa-user] Mixer problem on Intel 82801DB-ICH4

2002-12-02 Thread Erik Steffl
Hamel Gilles - Brandt Appliances wrote: $ cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.9.0rc6. Compiled on Dec 2 2002 for kernel 2.4.18-3custom with versioned symbols. $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [82801DBICH4]: ICH - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Intel

Re: [Alsa-user] Mixer problem on Intel 82801DB-ICH4

2002-12-02 Thread Erik Steffl
Hamel Gilles - Brandt Appliances wrote: $ cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.9.0rc6. Compiled on Dec 2 2002 for kernel 2.4.18-3custom with versioned symbols. $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [82801DBICH4]: ICH - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Intel

Re: [Alsa-user] Audigy livedrive midi and IR

2002-12-01 Thread Erik Steffl
Takashi Iwai wrote: At Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:04:29 -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: Takashi Iwai wrote: At Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:54:07 + (GMT), Giles Constant wrote: Hi there, I'm trying to get the midi inputs on the livedrive working, and having looked at the source, I *think* it&#

Re: [Alsa-user] Audigy livedrive midi and IR

2002-11-29 Thread Erik Steffl
Takashi Iwai wrote: At Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:54:07 + (GMT), Giles Constant wrote: Hi there, I'm trying to get the midi inputs on the livedrive working, and having looked at the source, I *think* it's been detected, but i'm not sure which device it is or what to check. I've also been told tha

Re: [Alsa-user] sb live platinum

2002-11-17 Thread Erik Steffl
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, linux power wrote: > I have a Terratec 24/96 EWX with optical in/out which is supported by alsa. > But its rather expensive. > You can go to www.alsa-project.org and find out which cards is supported. it's hard to use as a guide since it doesn't say much about how well the p

Re: [Alsa-user] sb live! platinum mixer controls: how to adjust overall volume?

2002-11-17 Thread Erik Steffl
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Jesse Marlin wrote: > > using master volume? very strange. can you send me your config > > files,? not sure which ones are important, I guess asound.state, > > relevant parts /etc/modules.conf, maybe some toher ones? > > > > btw I also upgraded from rc3 to rc5, it cha

Re: [Alsa-user] sb live! platinum mixer controls: how to adjust overall volume?

2002-11-12 Thread Erik Steffl
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Jesse Marlin wrote: > Erik Steffl writes: > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Jesse Marlin wrote: > > > I had some problems initially with 5.1, but now it works great. > > > I added this in /etc/modules.conf: > > > > > > # Enable SBL

[Alsa-user] sb live, rc3 and broken mixer

2002-11-10 Thread Erik Steffl
the mixer for sb live was always confusing but it used to sort of work, the latest changes make it even more confusing and, as far as I can tell, less functional. I hope I am mistaken and I would appreciate any info on what's going on. master volume used to work - now it doesn't. The sound is

Re: [Alsa-user] sb live! platinum mixer controls: how to adjust overall volume?

2002-11-10 Thread Erik Steffl
not control the volume level (master volume level). Can you control volume? erik > Hope this helps. > > > Erik Steffl writes: > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > - master volume? > > > > > > I thought the

Re: [Alsa-user] sb live! platinum mixer controls: how to adjust overall volume?

2002-11-10 Thread Erik Steffl
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: > - master volume? > > I thought the Master worked before but now it has no influence on > volume. How do I set the overall volume? The individual controls do > something but none of them adjusts master volume. btw t

Re: [Alsa-user] soundblaster live! platinum: Enable IR

2002-11-10 Thread Erik Steffl
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > > this is for soundblaster live! platinum > > > > > > there is following parameter > > > >(http

Re: [Alsa-user] Alsa and SB LiveDrive

2002-11-10 Thread Erik Steffl
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, The Arrow wrote: > I'm sure this these questions come up quite often, but since they aren't > in any FAQ or don't have (IMHO) any good answers I'll ask them again: > > I have a SBLive! with a LiveDriveII. I want to be able to use a sequencer > program to control a synth conn

Re: [Alsa-user] Re: sb live! platinum mixer controls: how to adjust overall volume?

2002-10-28 Thread Erik Steffl
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Adam Jones wrote: > On 24-Oct-02, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > I thought the Master worked before but now it has no influence on > > volume. How do I set the overall volume? The individual controls do > > something but none of them adjusts master volu

Re: [Alsa-user] soundblaster live! platinum: Enable IR

2002-10-27 Thread Erik Steffl
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > this is for soundblaster live! platinum > > > > there is following parameter > > >(http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=Creative+Lab

[Alsa-user] soundblaster live! platinum: Enable IR

2002-10-25 Thread Erik Steffl
this is for soundblaster live! platinum there is following parameter (http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=Creative+Labs&card=Soundblaster+Live+Platinum&chip=EMU10K1&module=emu10k1) parm: enable_ir int array (min = 1, max = 8), description "Enable IR." what va

[Alsa-user] sb live! platinum mixer controls: how to adjust overall volume?

2002-10-23 Thread Erik Steffl
- master volume? I thought the Master worked before but now it has no influence on volume. How do I set the overall volume? The individual controls do something but none of them adjusts master volume. - funny EMU101K PCM controls also there is a bunch of

Re: [Alsa-user] SoundBlaster Live and Alsa

2002-08-16 Thread Erik Steffl
"J. Scott Amort" wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to get the headphone output on my LiveDrive (connected to a > SBLive) to work on my RedHat 7.3 (kernel 2.4.19) setup. I have the alsa > drivers (0.9.0rc2), and the sound outputs fine to the rear output of the > soundcard, but not to the headpho

Re: [Alsa-user] xmms, equalizer and bass/treble

2002-07-17 Thread Erik Steffl
Dominik Szczerba wrote: > > Hi, > > I have 2 independent machines: one with built-in intel sound card, one > with soundblaster live 5.1. Both machines have Alsa 0.9.0rc2 installed. > (0.9.0beta12?). In both cases equalizer in xmms doesnt work - no effect AFAIK the equalizer in xmms is done in

Re: SOLVED? Re: [Alsa-user] sb live: midi in doesn't work

2002-06-23 Thread Erik Steffl
Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Thu, 20 Jun 2002 00:59:18 -0700, > Erik Steffl wrote: ... > > or is there any chance front panel midi in being supported? is it a > > matter of porting it from audugy driver or is it comepletely different? > > i guess they are different.

[Alsa-user] sb live! - how to record?

2002-06-23 Thread Erik Steffl
no matter what I do I just can't get sb live! to record, here's what I tried: arecord to file or arecord|aplay muting and unmuting various capture channels, namely the following (that's for mic in 2 and rca on the front panel): Line LiveDrive Line LiveDrive Capture Line LiveDrive 1 Aux C

Re: [Alsa-user] Tone Control Sound Blaster Live!

2002-06-14 Thread Erik Steffl
Eric wrote: > > Thanx Stefan that worked. > > I got one more simple question to anybody, is it possible to save current > setting without loosing them during a reboot? I did not see this is the docs. use alsactl to store settings during shutdown and restore them during boot. how to do that

SOLVED? Re: [Alsa-user] sb live: midi in doesn't work

2002-06-13 Thread Erik Steffl
any ideas what's going on? at least how to reset it back so that it works aghain (without reboot) will front panel midi in be supported? could it be mentioned/documented somewhere? it doesn't seem to be a common knowledge (the fact that front panel midi in doesn't work).

[Alsa-user] sb live: midi in doesn't work

2002-06-11 Thread Erik Steffl
this is a more specific version of my previous question about midi thru. It looks like for some reason the midi in (front panel connector) on my sb live doesn't work under linux (it works fine under windows so it's not a hw/cable problem). The rx field in /proc/asound/card0/midi0 is always zero.

Re: [Alsa-user] SB live: midi thru (external keyboard -> internal synth)

2002-06-11 Thread Erik Steffl
Takashi Iwai wrote: > > Hi, > > At Sun, 09 Jun 2002 23:51:39 -0700, > Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > I have an external midi controller (just a keyboard with midi out, no > > sound) and I would like to use it to control sb live! internal synth. > > Back in t

Re: [Alsa-user] sblive & mixer settings

2002-06-10 Thread Erik Steffl
"Nathan A. Smith" wrote: > > I have been trying to get alsamixergui working, but I really don't > expect that it will address our concerns. > > So as far as what I reported before, is this a bug with Alsa? Or is > there some FAQ or manual page I can read to correct these issues? Again > any he

[Alsa-user] SB live: midi thru (external keyboard -> internal synth)

2002-06-09 Thread Erik Steffl
I have an external midi controller (just a keyboard with midi out, no sound) and I would like to use it to control sb live! internal synth. Back in the old times aconnect 64:0 65:0 used to do the trick but now it doesn't seem to be working. the following works: pmidi -p 65:0 jazz.mid so I

SOLVED Re: [Alsa-user] Re: sb live! midi not heard

2002-06-09 Thread Erik Steffl
Adam Jones wrote: > > On 19-May-02, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > I have sb live! platinum, it works except of one problem: I can't > > make it play midi. there is no error message but there's no sound > > either, I tried: > > > > pmidi -p 65:0 fil

[Alsa-user] alsa & muse (somewhat off topic)

2002-06-09 Thread Erik Steffl
anybody got muse working with alsa? I have the debian muse package installed and everything looks ok but I cannot make it record anything... (midi or audio). any success stories? I have alsa 0.9 and muse 0.5.2 TIA erik _

[Alsa-user] SBlive! and its remote control

2002-05-26 Thread Erik Steffl
I have found the rcenter program that is supposed to make it possible to use remote control (infrared, for SB live! platinum). It uses /dev/midi00 for this purpose and while it opens it successfully nothing is ever read from the device... I also tried different devices (/dev/midi*) but they do n

[Alsa-user] SBlive! and its remote control

2002-05-26 Thread Erik Steffl
I have found the rcenter program that is supposed to make it possible to use remote control (infrared, for SB live! platinum). It uses /dev/midi00 for this purpose and while it opens it successfully nothing is ever read from the device... I also tried different devices (/dev/midi*) but they do n

[Alsa-user] sb live! midi not heard

2002-05-26 Thread Erik Steffl
I have sb live! platinum, it works except of one problem: I can't make it play midi. there is no error message but there's no sound either, I tried: pmidi -p 65:0 file.mid (also 64:0 and some other numbers) but I cannot hear anything. I ran the sfxload (just like for sb awe 64) but it d

[Alsa-user] SBlive! and its remote control

2002-05-26 Thread Erik Steffl
I have found the rcenter program that is supposed to make it possible to use remote control (infrared, for SB live! platinum). It uses /dev/midi00 for this purpose and while it opens it successfully nothing is ever read from the device... I also tried different devices (/dev/midi*) but they do n