Re: [Alsa-user] USB audio device that works for recording?

2004-02-02 Thread John W. Cocula
My suggestion might be blasphemous to the true audio professionals, but I have been very pleased overall so far with my Soundblaster Audigy 2 NX device. It has the potential to do 96KHz, 24-bit playback and capture. I have recorded at 48KHz 16-bit from its line in jack, and the quality was excell

[Alsa-user] [Fwd: Audigy2 NX (USB 2.0) on ALSA 1.0.2]

2004-01-30 Thread John W. Cocula
I have an Audigy2 NX working under ALSA 1.0.2 (the latest 1.0.2 :), but it is of course slightly imperfect in how it's controlled. Here are some issues: 1. alsamixer is very confusing, with redundant labels (lots of "Speaker 2" settings). Lots of trial and error to control the volume, but there

Re: [Alsa-user] .asoundrc for S16_LE 16KHz Mono out center channel? -CLARIFICATION

2004-01-28 Thread John W. Cocula
d? Thanks again for your help! John Clemens Ladisch said: > John W. Cocula wrote: >> Let me clarify: the real issue is *mixing* normal stereo out the L and R >> channels, while a mono channel is also coming out the center speaker. >> So, >> like dmix, but dmix only

[Alsa-user] .asoundrc for S16_LE 16KHz Mono out center channel? - CLARIFICATION

2004-01-27 Thread John W. Cocula
channel, but other ALSA players block. pcm.voice { type plug slave { pcm "surround51" } ttable.0.4 1 } I have dmix / asym working fine for normal stereo. Again, thanks! John John W. Cocula said: > Honestly, I've really been tr

[Alsa-user] .asoundrc for S16_LE 16KHz Mono out center channel?

2004-01-27 Thread John W. Cocula
Honestly, I've really been trying to figure out .asoundrc and plugins, but you have to admit that the various docs can be terribly confusing. I have an intel8x0 device, and I can pump a mono WAVE file out L and R channels, no problem, as you might expect. But what is the magic incantation to crea

[Alsa-user] Another surround sound mystery

2004-01-23 Thread John W. Cocula
block ac3dec from accessing the device. - alsaplayer -F 48000 doesn't appear to make a difference. Any ideas why this creates noise instead of a clean signal? Thanks, John Jaroslav Kysela said: > On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, John W. Cocula wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Wi

[Alsa-user] ALSA 1.0.1 / intel8x0 surround sound mysteries

2004-01-23 Thread John W. Cocula
Hello all, With the speaker-test program, why is it that I can get all six channels of surround51 through my analog OUT jacks, but I can only receive the front left and front right channels via the SPDIF digital OUT? (The external digital decoder says it's in "stereo PCM" mode, but I'm obviously

Re: [Alsa-user] SOLVED! Cany *anyone* record from their mic inputs???]

2004-01-20 Thread John W. Cocula
Florian Schmidt said: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:37:59 -0500 (EST) > "John W. Cocula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> P.S. Can your recipe for dumping hex from arecord be posted somewhere >> to benefit others like me in the future? > > Use the wiki at http

Re: [Alsa-user] SOLVED! Cany *anyone* record from their mic inputs???]

2004-01-20 Thread John W. Cocula
ere a Realtek ALC650 / intel8x0 comes into play, and thanks particularly to Jaroslav and Takashi for their excellent work! All the best, John P.S. Can your recipe for dumping hex from arecord be posted somewhere to benefit others like me in the future? Kai Vehmanen said: > On Tue, 20 Jan 200

[Alsa-user] Cany *anyone* record from their mic inputs???

2004-01-20 Thread John W. Cocula
I have been a little shocked that absolutely no one has responded to my questions regarding recording from mic inputs. I don't mean to complain; I am very impressed with the tremendous accomplishment that ALSA represents. But it's as if no one uses their microphone jacks at all, and that captur

[Alsa-user] ALSA 1.0.1: arecord records noise

2004-01-17 Thread John W. Cocula
ALSA 0.9.6 would not capture any recording at all on my Realtek ALC650 rev 3 chip, using the intel8x0 driver. After installing ALSA 1.0.1, it now acts like it's recording, but no matter what, it records noise. I think I've tried every conceivable permutation in alsamixer, including switching betw

[Alsa-user] ALSA 1.0.1 rate stuck at 48000Hz!

2004-01-17 Thread John W. Cocula
Hi all, I have been using ALSA 0.9.6, which worked fine except no mic capture. Well, I bought this Shuttle SB62G2 system in order to capture from the mic input, so you see my dilemma. I upgraded to ALSA 1.0.1, and now it seems to want to let me record, but it keeps forcing 48000Hz in arecord, as

[Alsa-user] Re: Popping sound using Audigy/RedHat 9

2004-01-17 Thread John W. Cocula
Do you hear these clicks from XMMS? The ALSA that comes with Mandrake 9.2 (0.9.6?) generates clean audio output with my Realtek ALC650 rev 3 chip (intel8x0 driver), but when I upgraded to ALSA 1.0.1, I also now hear these same faint clicks, very much like a small scratch on a 78rpm record. HOWEVE