Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X (again)

2013-06-27 Thread Werner Arnhold
Hi Clemens, Am Donnerstag, den 27.06.2013, 12:07 +0200 schrieb Clemens Ladisch: > Werner Arnhold wrote: > > If the input level is lower than a certain point, the Xonar stops > > producing any bytes at all. > If it is not a hardware feature it must be software. I studied the preferences from auda

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X (again)

2013-06-27 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Werner Arnhold wrote: > If the input level is lower than a certain point, the Xonar stops > producing any bytes at all. This is not how the hardware works; it would happily move lots of zeros around. > I tried with audacity and an input from a audio cassette player: when > I press the "pause" but

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-08 Thread chris hermansen
Clemens, Werner, list; On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 10:13 AM, chris hermansen wrote: > Clemens, Werner, list; > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Clemens Ladisch > wrote: [...] >> This is a good idea in general, but on the Xonars, the line input >> bypasses the CMI9780 (this is why there is no hardwa

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-07 Thread chris hermansen
Clemens, Werner, list; On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > chris hermansen wrote: >> [...] >> Based on the above, if I were going to rip some vinyl through this >> sound card, I would connect the phono pre-amp to the Aux jack. > > The Aux input goes through a very crappy anal

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-07 Thread Clemens Ladisch
chris hermansen wrote: > [...] > Based on the above, if I were going to rip some vinyl through this > sound card, I would connect the phono pre-amp to the Aux jack. The Aux input goes through a very crappy analog mixer (a CM9780). > I understand what you are trying to do. For sure you want the >

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-06 Thread chris hermansen
Werner, list: On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Werner Arnhold wrote: > Hi Chris, > > The Aux input has two channels with sliders, so I will try this way. I > just have to find something fitting in the jack on top of the sound card > and then lead the other end to a shield at an unused extension s

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-06 Thread Werner Arnhold
Hi Chris, Am Samstag, den 06.04.2013, 08:56 -0700 schrieb chris hermansen: > Werner, list: > . > I guess your special box is a phono pre-amplifier. Typically these > provide gain and equalization. In general the idea is that the output > of an "average" phono cartridge, once amplified and equal

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-06 Thread Werner Arnhold
Hi Clemens, increasing the volume at the source is not possible, neither the turntable nor the amplifier/equalizer have any knob to turn. What do you mean with "the D2X has lots of headroom"? Werner Am Samstag, den 06.04.2013, 16:55 +0200 schrieb Clemens Ladisch: > Werner Arnhold wrote: > > Whe

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-06 Thread chris hermansen
Werner, list: On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Werner Arnhold wrote: > Hi Chris, > > yes, thank you, my original problem can be considered as solved. > > I use a special box which does the equalisation. I used it in former > times with former soundcards and it worked very fine. But with that > for

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-06 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Werner Arnhold wrote: > When recording from a vinyl disc (with pre-amplifier) over line input > I only get a lower medium signal. Is there a chance to raise it? The line input expects a line level signal. If possible, increase the volume at the source. Otherwise, do this with the recorded file;

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-06 Thread Werner Arnhold
Hi Chris, yes, thank you, my original problem can be considered as solved. I use a special box which does the equalisation. I used it in former times with former soundcards and it worked very fine. But with that former soundcards I could use a slider in the mixer to get more or less input "gain?"

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-05 Thread chris hermansen
Werner, list; On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Werner Arnhold wrote: > Thanks very much, Clemens, > > I misunderstood the meaning of that switch. So I couldn't record > anything. Now microphone works as well. When using audacity for > recording from a vinyl disc (with pre-amplifier) over line inpu

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-05 Thread Werner Arnhold
Thanks very much, Clemens, I misunderstood the meaning of that switch. So I couldn't record anything. Now microphone works as well. When using audacity for recording from a vinyl disc (with pre-amplifier) over line input I only get a lower medium signal. Is there a chance to raise it? Thank you a

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-05 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Werner Arnhold wrote: > numid=18,iface=MIXER,name='Line Capture Switch' > : values=on This is OK. > numid=23,iface=MIXER,name='Analog Loopback Switch' > : values=on But this makes you record the analog output instead. Regards, Clemens --

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-05 Thread Werner Arnhold
Thanks Clemens, this is output of "amixer contents": numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw--,values=1 : values=on numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=8,min=135,max=255,step=0 : values=246,246,255,

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-05 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Werner Arnhold wrote: > - Microphone shows only with one channel and does not work (with or > without mic boost. The mixer in Xonar PDF-Manual shows a slider with two > channels. I don't know what the Windows driver does with those sliders, but the hardware has only one mic channel. > - Line in h

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-04 Thread Werner Arnhold
Thank you Chris! How can we start? Is there anybody out there using a D2X with/without Problems? What is your mixer offering? Can you use microphone and line in? How many channels? Werner Am Mittwoch, den 03.04.2013, 10:40 -0700 schrieb chris hermansen: > Werner and list > > C'est ma façon de

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-03 Thread chris hermansen
Werner and list C'est ma façon de parler. On Apr 3, 2013 10:06 AM, "Werner Arnhold" wrote: > > Hi, > > I bought a new motherboard with AMD 64-bit and with Realtek ALC 892 > sound onboard. My system is Debian squeeze with Alsa version 1.0.23 and > the sound module was was not to be found in the al