[Alsa-user] Griffin Imic

2009-01-17 Thread gary
I'm running Suse 11.1 X86_64 on an Asus mobo M3N78 Pro. I have the on-board sound, plus 3 Diamond soundcards using C-media 8768. The are issues with the onboard HDNA, but the Diamond cards work fine. However, I am trying to also run a Griffin Imic, which gets favorable postings regarding it wor

Re: [Alsa-user] Griffin Imic

2009-02-11 Thread gary
oaded. Both devices work under X64 without loading any drivers. gary wrote: > I'm running Suse 11.1 X86_64 on an Asus mobo M3N78 Pro. I have the > on-board sound, plus 3 Diamond soundcards using C-media 8768. The are > issues with the onboard HDNA, but the Diamond cards work fine. How

[Alsa-user] ALSA USB difficulties; do these modules look correct

2009-02-13 Thread gary
Since in theory my usb soundcards should be working, I am trying to determine if there is a setup issue on my system (suse 11.1 64 bit) Does the following look kosher? Results of modprobe -l, restricted to usb sound /lib/modules/2.6.27.7-9-default/kernel/sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko /lib/modules/2

Re: [Alsa-user] USB audio adapters

2009-02-24 Thread gary
FWIW, I have two USB audio adapters that don't work under Suse 11.1. One is the Griffin Imic. Both work under windows. The other usb is device I got can be found on ebay if you do a search for "USB 6 Channel 5.1 PCI External Sound Card PC Laptop A14". This link might work http://tinyurl.com/b9s

Re: [Alsa-user] USB audio adapters

2009-02-24 Thread gary
I don't load any drivers for the Chinese knockoff for use under X64. I can list the drivers used by the card if you wish. It shows up as generic USB Audio. I have a HP8903 if real test specs are needed, at least at the 16 bit level. [I trust test instruments, not programs.] I can view the resid

Re: [Alsa-user] USB audio adapters (CM6206 chip)

2009-03-19 Thread gary
I got mine to play in opensuse 10.? (I forget the rev on my notebook). With opensuse 11.1, I got sound, but it was distorted. I haven't had time to play with it further. It works fine in windows XP 64. Datasheet can be found here: http://www.datasheet4u.com/download.php?id=557952 The specs ar

Re: [Alsa-user] Audio Interface 411

2009-04-12 Thread gary
I figured it was a bit off topic, so I responded directly to the poster. However, if you want my 2 cents, I think for two channel recording, you are far better off just buying a digital recorder. Pull the memory card and read it to the computer for editing. These solid state recorders are ready

Re: [Alsa-user] "bit perfect" audio; was: what provides libasound_module_pcm_plughw.so

2009-04-15 Thread gary
I have the Slim Devices Squeezebox, which they now call the classic. I'd never go back to a soundcard for playing music on my stereo. I do run their software under linux. The software is open source. It supports FLAC. You can stream on your lan to other devices that don't do FLAC. That is, you

Re: [Alsa-user] "bit perfect" audio; was: what provides libasound_module_pcm_plughw.so

2009-04-16 Thread gary
SPDIF and USB have the same issue regarding isolation from PC generated noise in that they connect the ground of the data converter and PC. Toslink is the only way to get true isolation. http://www.wavelengthaudio.com/usbdac.html The wavelength usb claims regarding jitter are simply not scienti

Re: [Alsa-user] looking for advice on buying a card

2009-05-02 Thread gary
Having spent an ungodly obscene amount of time trying to get two different USB audio cards to work in 64 bit opensuse, I suggest not trying to be a pioneer. I solved my need for multiple sound cards (exceeding the number of PCI slots I have) by using a PCI bridge. For one soundcard, you can tr

Re: [Alsa-user] USB audio adapters (CM6206 chip)

2009-05-21 Thread gary
FWIW, mine worked fine under XP64. That is, I didn't load any drivers. The last time I messed with this on Suse 11.1 (also 64 bit), I managed to get some distorted audio. I'd like to get this USB card working eventually, but for expediency, I used several Diamond XS71 PCI cards in a PCI expand

Re: [Alsa-user] record vinyl at 24-bit 96khz

2009-06-08 Thread gary
I often wonder has VIA came out of nowhere with a DSP audio chip (Envy24). Oversampled ADCs are not exactly rocket science, but to make one with a product history of previous chips is suspicious. If you really are concerned with fidelity, I'd look at the chip specs. The card performance can on

Re: [Alsa-user] Do must Linux users just live without sound?

2009-06-08 Thread gary
I see there is an ATI video repository for Suse. I'll give it another shot. No problem with Nvidia drivers and 3D. Incidentally, Google Earth runs a bit better under linux than windows. There are a few features in the Linux version missing from the windows version, but I've gone too far off to

Re: [Alsa-user] record vinyl at 24-bit 96khz

2009-06-09 Thread gary
he m-audio 2496 card would suit my needs. Yes, it certainly would. gary wrote: I often wonder has VIA came out of nowhere with a DSP audio chip (Envy24). Oversampled ADCs are not exactly rocket science, but to make one with a product history of previous chips is suspicious. VIA got the ICE171

Re: [Alsa-user] record vinyl at 24-bit 96khz

2009-06-09 Thread gary
reviews. Look at the noise floor on that board: http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_xonar_d1/images/48.htm And that is for a loop (DAC through ADC), which is harder than real life. scar wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 gary @ 06/09/2009 01:24 AM: Yeah, I found

Re: [Alsa-user] Linux Recording AGC Using Sound Card Mic Volume Control

2009-06-11 Thread gary
http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=3507 Something like the PMD560? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.63/2169 - Release Date: 06/11/09 05:53:00 ---

[Alsa-user] Soundblaster Cardbus installation problem opensuse 11.2 core 2 duo

2010-06-14 Thread gary
Dell latitude e6400 intel code 2 duo running opensuse 11.2 64 bit Installing the card, I get this error message. - An error occurred during the installation of SB0400 Audigy2 value The kernel module snd-emu 10k1 for sound support

Re: [Alsa-user] [new babe questions] alsa based data acquisition system

2010-11-29 Thread gary
> http://www.bitscope.com/ Bitscope makes USB data acquisition that supposedly (if you believe their website) is linux compatible. They even have isolated hardware. Granted, this is more expensive than using a soundcard. As an alternative, based on reports from sci.engineering.design, those ch

[Alsa-user] Sound from the wrong jack

2004-03-05 Thread Gary
ormation you might need, so just let me know. Any help is appreciated. Thanks for you time. -- -Gary --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo tec

[Alsa-user] Mixer ?

2002-03-25 Thread Gary Counsellor
Hello everyone, I have two sound cards SBLive and RME9652. I my asound.conf file where it lists mixer for SBLive ("SigmaTel STAC9721/23") There are no mixer listed for the RME. Any suggestions as two which Mixer would work best for this card? Also what would the proper entry be for that

[Alsa-user] ARC over HDMI. 1.4

2011-12-22 Thread Gary Desrochers
1] FL/FR" vs. "speakers [0x4f] FL/FR LFE FC RL/RR RLC/RRC") using aplay and speaker-test and such but by that time the desktop is running because I have to log into X in order to get the alsa system started. So I guess the question would be, "Is th

[Alsa-user] SBLive Value onboard MIDI not working

2003-06-12 Thread Gary Cramblitt
erse the order, use the "options index=n" commands in modules.conf (see below). Anyway, if someone could help me with my onboard MIDI config, I'd be happy. Here's all the relevant info I could think of. Sorry for the length of this message. My system is Red Hat 9.0 AMD 700

Re: [Alsa-user] SBLive Value onboard MIDI not working

2003-06-12 Thread Gary Cramblitt
Uh, looks like it. aconnect -ol client 64: 'Rawmidi 0 - EMU10K1 MPU-401 (UART)' [type=kernel] 0 'EMU10K1 MPU-401 (UART)' client 65: 'Emu10k1 WaveTable' [type=kernel] 0 'Emu10k1 Port 0 ' 1 'Emu10k1 Port 1 ' 2 'Emu10k1 Po

[Alsa-user] A couple of tips

2003-06-29 Thread Gary Cramblitt
I'm no ALSA or Linux expert, but I have learned a couple of things I haven't seen elsewhere that might help people looking at this list. I have two sound "cards" on my machine. A Soundblaster Live Value (Gateway OEM version), and a Plantronics DSP-500 USB headphone. Here's my /etc/modules.conf

[Alsa-user] Extigy Problems

2003-07-19 Thread Gary Cauthon
ersion 0.9.5. Compiled on Jul 19 2003 for kernel 2.4.20. Any ideas? Gary Cauthon [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn

Re: [Alsa-user] Extigy Problems

2003-07-20 Thread Gary Cauthon
Gary Cauthon wrote: The Creative Extigy is listed in the "Supported Cards" table on the alsa site but I can't get it working. I followed the instructions carefully but when I type "alsamixer" at the command prompt I get this response: alsamixer: function snd_ctl_op

Re: [Alsa-user] Red Hat 9 no version.h file

2003-07-23 Thread Gary Cauthon
d --with-kernel=/lib/modules/($uname -r)/build regards, Scott. You need the _configured_ kernel source that matches your installed kernel. Either get the pre-configured kernel source from your red hat cd's or download and build your own kernel. The file version.h does not exist unless you'

Re: [Alsa-user] Sb Extigy and 2.6.0-test4

2003-09-04 Thread Gary Cauthon
ot following the USB audio spec? Or are you just guessing that since it doesn't work they must not be following the spec? Do you know for sure that upgrading the firmware will fix something? Is there a tool for doing

[Alsa-user] Extigy Problems

2003-09-05 Thread Gary Cauthon
n anyone else make sense of this? -Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam --

Re: [Alsa-user] News to n00bs.

2003-09-24 Thread Gary Cauthon
ls up with errors as this ghost script attempts to load them anyway. Any ideas on where to look? -Gary On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 04:28, Nick Peaden wrote: If your kernel modules fail to load, it is probably due to OSS drivers being loaded when you try to modprobe alsa in! UNload

Re: [Alsa-user] Really simple newbie question

2003-10-26 Thread Gary Cauthon
ying aplay. > > Fredrik Tolf I'd already read that much. No, I've run alsamixer and upped the volumes on everything. John For some reason, upping the volumes does not unmute anything. Make sure you hit "M" to unmute it and then up the volume. Gary __

Re: [Alsa-user] STOP EMAILING ME

2003-10-29 Thread Gary Cauthon
eal underlying problem. How stupid of me not to see it! Too bad I don't know how to type these advanced commands at the console because then it would work flawlessly. You should feel good since you've just solved a lot of people's problems. -Gary From: Dennis van der Meer <

RE: [Alsa-user] alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

2004-01-09 Thread Gary Cauthon
The error "no such device" does not tell you anything. The alsa driver returns ENODEV any time it encounters any type of error. So "no such device" translates into "something went wrong". Without knowing more details, it is impossible to troubleshoot this sort

[Alsa-user] CA0106 - no sound

2006-10-28 Thread Gary Dawes
iods = 4was set period_size = 4096was set buffer_size = 16384  0 - Front LeftWrite error: -5,Input/output errorxrun_recovery failed: -5,Input/output errorTransfer failed: Operation not permittedkernel version is 2.6.15Thanks for any

Re: [Alsa-user] CA0106 - no sound

2006-10-28 Thread Gary Dawes
On 28/10/06, Gary Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've just instaled an audigy SE 7.1, which uses the ca0106 module. I've upgraded alsa to 1.0.13rc3. But I have no sound. I'm using analogueThe module is loaded. cat /proc/asound/pcm gives me the follwowing 00-03: ca0106

Re: [Alsa-user] CA0106 - no sound

2006-10-29 Thread Gary Dawes
for completeness, the output of various cats which james asked me to do, but were pmed to james and not the list.cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [CA0106 ]: CA0106 - CA0106   Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xd000 irq 5[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# amixerSimple mixer control 'Line in',0  Capabilit

[Alsa-user] CA0106 problems

2006-10-31 Thread Gary Dawes
I'm still having problems with this audigy SE card. the card replaced a first gen soundblaster Live! which was working fine.I've complied and installed Alsa 1.0.13 without any errors. the drivers appear to be loaded correctl. Alsamixer works and controls the card. I have capture setup on the line i

[Alsa-user] No mixer/No Sound with some apps, SBLive

2002-01-09 Thread Gary Matison
details attached. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Gary PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com NoAlsaSound Description: Binary data

[Alsa-user] No-Sound, No-Mixer 0.9.0beta10(a) SBLive

2002-01-10 Thread Gary Matison
details follow. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Gary --- Observed problems: 1. run alsamixer, the Chip name as it appears in top left of display says TriTech TR28602. But the chip is supposed to be EMU10K1 for SoundBlaster Live

[Alsa-user] No Sound, No Mixer 0.9.0beta10(a) SB Live

2002-01-11 Thread Gary Matison
on-board sound/codec device in addition to SB Live board, and if so any ideas how to correct it? Thanks, Gary Motherboard: Tyan Computer Corp., S1854 Trinity 400 At one time I was able to get details on their site at www.tyan.com, I have not checked lately Chipset: VIA

[Alsa-user] cs46xx plays fine, but arecord records silence

2006-01-09 Thread Gary Lawrence Murphy
roller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) -- Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> == www.teledyn.com - blog.teledyn.com - irish.teledyn.com - sbp.teledyn.com == The present moment is a powerful g

Re: [Alsa-user] cs46xx plays fine, but arecord records silence

2006-01-09 Thread Gary Lawrence Murphy
ADC capture seems to do the trick with my card as well! A thousand thanks for that. -- Gary Lawrence Murphy "what I need is a job that doesn't interfere with my work" --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do y

Re: [Alsa-user] cs46xx plays fine, but arecord records silence

2006-01-18 Thread Gary Lawrence Murphy
nable settings to get a WAV file that on playback matches the volume heard while it was recorded? -- Gary Lawrence Murphy "what I need is a job that doesn't interfere with my work" --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk In

[Alsa-user] debugging no-sound with alsa + jackd + timidity (rosegarden4)

2006-01-22 Thread Gary Lawrence Murphy
ot; type = 0 direction = 0 connection = "128:0 TiMidity port 0 (write)" recording = 0 (repeated for device 2-4) SoundDriver::getMappedDevice(6) - name = "MIDI output system device" type = 0 direction = 0 connection = "62:0 Midi Through Port-0 (duplex)" recording =

Re: [Alsa-user] debugging no-sound with alsa + jackd + timidity (rosegarden4)

2006-01-22 Thread Gary Lawrence Murphy
AHA! Silly me -- there's a setting in rosegarden-4 to "choose the MIDI output device" and the default need only be set to the Timidity device! I do not pretend to understand anything more than that it makes a sound now, and for the moment, I'm one happy camper. -- Gary La