Hi, Please note that this is my first time on this list, and this has been also posted on alsa-user. It's a rather long post, so sorry for the inconvenience.
I am now just entering the Tascam USx2y arena on Linux and was hoping to get some help before making any further... mistakes? :) It was just a couple of days ago that I've got my hands on a US-224 and ran to test it on my tuxie boxes. I must tell that I'm already committed to Linux audio, and willing to get the most out of this piece of hardware under it. On my early tests, which were all under a 2.6.4-ck1 kernel, with stock ALSA 1.0.3, I could check that the firmware loads and the USB light gets lit alright as expected. Then I could check on /proc/asound/cards and with aconnect that the ALSA sequencer interfaces are roughly there. OK. My first question goes whether us428control's not recognizing any USx2y hardware dependant stuff (hwdep) either on hw:0 or hw:1. I'm almost sure that it should be on hw:1 as the US-224 is configured as my second soundcard under the ALSA configuration (i.e. alias snd-usb-usx2y snd-card-1). But us428control does not find anything, at least after the firmware gets loaded. Strange enough, to me at least, us428control seems to work between the fw and fpga loading steps. Using lsusb, I've noticed that the USB ids do change from 1604:8004 to 1604:8005 while plugging in. Guess that's normal, and it marks the momemt when fw is loaded and fpga is about to. The second one is about the LEDs on the control surface: besides the USB light, isn't that supposed to light up anything else? Everything else is dead dark. Touching the knobs, pushing the buttons or whatever doesn't make any visible difference. Is that supposed to be normal? OK. I've tested on two different systems, a Compaq laptop w/Mandrake 10.0 (P4 2.533GHz, OHCI) and on a custom desktop w/SUSE 9.0 (P4 3.333GHz SMP/HT, UHCI). On both, the firmware seems to get loaded and only visible thing to note is that the USB light gets lit. The only thing that i could get to work is the MIDI interface. AFAICT all faders, buttons and the jog wheel do send MIDI control events, and I could intercept those on the ALSA sequencer interface. MIDI seems pretty functional then. I could also test the external raw MIDI interface, by sending out some notes and it seems to work too. It's the PCM audio part that gets me worried. ALSA reports both capture and playback PCM interfaces. But on all my tests I could only ear silence. Not a sound. Dead silence only. Although it all seems to be OK, at least as reported by ALSA. Quite traditionally this symptom is due to initially default muted mixer channels, but running `alsamixer -c1` reports that there's no mixer elems. So how can I unmute this beast? By now, I had already tested on Windows and everything worked and sounded almost perfectly while on Cubase. So hardware fault is not an issue ;) I've already tryied the newest firmware (v3.24) as suggested on "http://www.langerland.de/us122/development.html";, but things didn't get any better. Just an worrifying silent output. Below you may find all the relevant reports I could gather about my latest experiments, while on my SUSE 9.0 box, P4 3.333GHz, 1GB DDR400, ASUS P4P800 Dlx Mobo, running kernel 2.6.4-ck1 and ALSA 1.0.3. BTW, the onboard sound works flawlessly on snd-intel8x0. --- `/var/log/messages` (output while the US-224 is being plugged in) Mar 28 23:33:15 gamma-suse1 kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using address 2 Mar 28 23:33:18 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22372]: Bad USB agent invocation Mar 28 23:33:22 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22380]: modules.usbmap unparsable line: Mar 28 23:33:22 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22380]: . Mar 28 23:33:22 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22380]: modules.usbmap unparsable line: Mar 28 23:33:22 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22380]: . Mar 28 23:33:22 gamma-suse1 kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 2 Mar 28 23:33:24 gamma-suse1 kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using address 3 Mar 28 23:33:24 gamma-suse1 /sbin/hotplug[22469]: no runnable /etc/hotplug/sound.agent is installed Mar 28 23:33:24 gamma-suse1 /sbin/hotplug[22467]: no runnable /etc/hotplug/sound.agent is installed Mar 28 23:33:25 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22506]: /proc/bus/usb/002/002: No such file or directory Mar 28 23:33:28 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22528]: Bad USB agent invocation Mar 28 23:33:33 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22536]: Bad USB agent invocation Mar 28 23:33:36 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22544]: modules.usbmap unparsable line: Mar 28 23:33:36 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22544]: . Mar 28 23:33:36 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22544]: modules.usbmap unparsable line: Mar 28 23:33:36 gamma-suse1 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[22544]: . Mar 28 23:33:39 gamma-suse1 /sbin/hotplug[22584]: no runnable /etc/hotplug/sound.agent is installed Mar 28 23:33:39 gamma-suse1 /sbin/hotplug[22585]: no runnable /etc/hotplug/sound.agent is installed Mar 28 23:33:39 gamma-suse1 /sbin/hotplug[22586]: no runnable /etc/hotplug/sound.agent is installed Mar 28 23:33:39 gamma-suse1 /sbin/hotplug[22589]: no runnable /etc/hotplug/sound.agent is installed Mar 28 23:33:39 gamma-suse1 /sbin/hotplug[22591]: no runnable /etc/hotplug/sound.agent is installed Mar 28 23:33:39 gamma-suse1 kernel: usb 2-1: control timeout on ep0in Mar 28 23:33:39 gamma-suse1 kernel: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd usbmodules dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -110 Mar 28 23:33:40 gamma-suse1 kernel: usb 2-1: control timeout on ep0in Mar 28 23:33:40 gamma-suse1 kernel: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd usbmodules dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -110 Mar 28 23:33:40 gamma-suse1 kernel: usb 2-1: control timeout on ep0in Mar 28 23:33:40 gamma-suse1 kernel: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd usbmodules dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -110 --- `lsusb` (output) ----------------------------------------- Bus 003 Device 002: ID 056a:0011 Wacom Co., Ltd Graphire 2 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1604:8005 Tascam Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 --- `aadebug.sh` (output) ------------------------------------ ALSA Audio Debug v0.0.7 - Sun Mar 28 23:35:38 WEST 2004 http://alsa.opensrc.org/?aadebug Kernel ---------------------------------------------------- Linux gamma-suse1 2.6.4-ck1.smp #1 SMP Fri Mar 12 16:01:11 WET 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Loaded Modules -------------------------------------------- snd_seq 57872 2 snd_usb_usx2y 21700 1 snd_usb_audio 63680 1 snd_usb_usx2y snd_hwdep 9760 2 snd_usb_usx2y snd_intel8x0 32040 4 snd_ac97_codec 59268 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 98976 3 snd_usb_usx2y,snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 25732 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 11908 3 snd_usb_usx2y,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm snd_mpu401_uart 8192 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 24864 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 8328 2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd 56420 22 snd_seq,snd_usb_usx2y,snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device Modprobe Conf ---------------------------------------------- alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-11 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-usx2y alias sound-slot-1 snd-usb-usx2y options snd-intel8x0 ac97_clock=0 enable=1 index=0 options snd-usb-usx2y index=1 #options snd cards_limit=2 major=116 install sound /bin/true install sound-service-1-0 /bin/true install sound-service-2-0 /bin/true install sound-service-3-0 /bin/true install sound-slot-1 /bin/true install sound-slot-2 /bin/true Proc Asound ----------------------------------------------- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.3. Compiled on Mar 12 2004 for kernel 2.6.4-ck1.smp (SMP). 0 [ICH5 ]: ICH - Intel ICH5 Intel ICH5 at 0xfebff800, irq 17 1 [USX2Y ]: USB US-X2Y - TASCAM US-X2Y TASCAM US-X2Y (1604:8005 if 0 at 002/003) 0: [0- 0]: ctl 20: [0- 4]: digital audio playback 27: [0- 3]: digital audio capture 26: [0- 2]: digital audio capture 25: [0- 1]: digital audio capture 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture 1: : sequencer 33: : timer 32: [1- 0]: ctl 36: [1- 0]: hardware dependent 48: [1- 0]: digital audio playback 56: [1- 0]: digital audio capture 40: [1- 0]: raw midi 01-00: /proc/bus/usb/002/003 00-00: Intel ICH : Intel ICH5 : playback 1 : capture 1 00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : Intel ICH5 - MIC ADC : capture 1 00-02: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC : Intel ICH5 - MIC2 ADC : capture 1 00-03: Intel ICH - ADC2 : Intel ICH5 - ADC2 : capture 1 00-04: Intel ICH - IEC958 : Intel ICH5 - IEC958 : playback 1 01-00: US-X2Y Audio : US-X2Y Audio #0 : playback 1 : capture 1 Dev Snd --------------------------------------------------- controlC0 hwC5D2 midiC2D4 midiC6D2 pcmC1D0c pcmC2D7c pcmC4D6c pcmC6D5c controlC1 hwC5D3 midiC2D5 midiC6D3 pcmC1D0p pcmC2D7p pcmC4D6p pcmC6D5p controlC2 hwC6D0 midiC2D6 midiC6D4 pcmC1D1c pcmC3D0c pcmC4D7c pcmC6D6c controlC3 hwC6D1 midiC2D7 midiC6D5 pcmC1D1p pcmC3D0p pcmC4D7p pcmC6D6p controlC4 hwC6D2 midiC3D0 midiC6D6 pcmC1D2c pcmC3D1c pcmC5D0c pcmC6D7c controlC5 hwC6D3 midiC3D1 midiC6D7 pcmC1D2p pcmC3D1p pcmC5D0p pcmC6D7p controlC6 hwC7D0 midiC3D2 midiC7D0 pcmC1D3c pcmC3D2c pcmC5D1c pcmC7D0c controlC7 hwC7D1 midiC3D3 midiC7D1 pcmC1D3p pcmC3D2p pcmC5D1p pcmC7D0p hwC0D0 hwC7D2 midiC3D4 midiC7D2 pcmC1D4c pcmC3D3c pcmC5D2c pcmC7D1c hwC0D1 hwC7D3 midiC3D5 midiC7D3 pcmC1D4p pcmC3D3p pcmC5D2p pcmC7D1p hwC0D2 midiC0D0 midiC3D6 midiC7D4 pcmC1D5c pcmC3D4c pcmC5D3c pcmC7D2c hwC0D3 midiC0D1 midiC3D7 midiC7D5 pcmC1D5p pcmC3D4p pcmC5D3p pcmC7D2p hwC1D0 midiC0D2 midiC4D0 midiC7D6 pcmC1D6c pcmC3D5c pcmC5D4c pcmC7D3c hwC1D1 midiC0D3 midiC4D1 midiC7D7 pcmC1D6p pcmC3D5p pcmC5D4p pcmC7D3p hwC1D2 midiC0D4 midiC4D2 pcmC0D0c pcmC1D7c pcmC3D6c pcmC5D5c pcmC7D4c hwC1D3 midiC0D5 midiC4D3 pcmC0D0p pcmC1D7p pcmC3D6p pcmC5D5p pcmC7D4p hwC2D0 midiC0D6 midiC4D4 pcmC0D1c pcmC2D0c pcmC3D7c pcmC5D6c pcmC7D5c hwC2D1 midiC0D7 midiC4D5 pcmC0D1p pcmC2D0p pcmC3D7p pcmC5D6p pcmC7D5p hwC2D2 midiC1D0 midiC4D6 pcmC0D2c pcmC2D1c pcmC4D0c pcmC5D7c pcmC7D6c hwC2D3 midiC1D1 midiC4D7 pcmC0D2p pcmC2D1p pcmC4D0p pcmC5D7p pcmC7D6p hwC3D0 midiC1D2 midiC5D0 pcmC0D3c pcmC2D2c pcmC4D1c pcmC6D0c pcmC7D7c hwC3D1 midiC1D3 midiC5D1 pcmC0D3p pcmC2D2p pcmC4D1p pcmC6D0p pcmC7D7p hwC3D2 midiC1D4 midiC5D2 pcmC0D4c pcmC2D3c pcmC4D2c pcmC6D1c seq hwC3D3 midiC1D5 midiC5D3 pcmC0D4p pcmC2D3p pcmC4D2p pcmC6D1p timer hwC4D0 midiC1D6 midiC5D4 pcmC0D5c pcmC2D4c pcmC4D3c pcmC6D2c hwC4D1 midiC1D7 midiC5D5 pcmC0D5p pcmC2D4p pcmC4D3p pcmC6D2p hwC4D2 midiC2D0 midiC5D6 pcmC0D6c pcmC2D5c pcmC4D4c pcmC6D3c hwC4D3 midiC2D1 midiC5D7 pcmC0D6p pcmC2D5p pcmC4D4p pcmC6D3p hwC5D0 midiC2D2 midiC6D0 pcmC0D7c pcmC2D6c pcmC4D5c pcmC6D4c hwC5D1 midiC2D3 midiC6D1 pcmC0D7p pcmC2D6p pcmC4D5p pcmC6D4p CPU ------------------------------------------------------- model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz cpu MHz : 3361.785 cpu MHz : 3361.785 RAM ------------------------------------------------------- MemTotal: 1033432 kB SwapTotal: 1951816 kB Hardware -------------------------------------------------- 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) --- `aplay -l` (output) -------------------------------------- **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH5 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 1: USX2Y [TASCAM US-X2Y], device 0: US-X2Y Audio [US-X2Y Audio #0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 --- `aconnect -li` (output) -------------------------------- client 0: 'System' [type=kernel] 0 'Timer ' 1 'Announce ' client 72: 'TASCAM US-X2Y - Rawmidi 1' [type=kernel] 0 'TASCAM US-X2Y MIDI 1' client 129: 'US-428' [type=user] 0 'Controls ' --- `aconnect -lo` (output) -------------------------------- client 72: 'TASCAM US-X2Y - Rawmidi 1' [type=kernel] 0 'TASCAM US-X2Y MIDI 1' client 128: 'KAMix' [type=user] 0 'qamix ' --- `lsusb -v -d 1604:8005` (output) ----------------------- Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1604:8005 Tascam Language IDs: none (invalid length string descriptor bf; len=0) Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.00 bDeviceClass 0 Interface bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x1604 Tascam idProduct 0x8005 bcdDevice 0.01 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 0 iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 169 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xa0 Remote Wakeup MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 5 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 0 bInterfaceProtocol 0 iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 21 bInterval 10 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x86 EP 6 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 1 bNumEndpoints 7 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 0 bInterfaceProtocol 0 iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 21 bInterval 10 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x86 EP 6 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x88 EP 8 IN bmAttributes 1 Transfer Type Isochronous Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 200 bInterval 1 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x0a EP 10 OUT bmAttributes 1 Transfer Type Isochronous Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 200 bInterval 1 Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 2 bNumEndpoints 7 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 0 bInterfaceProtocol 0 iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 21 bInterval 10 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x86 EP 6 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x88 EP 8 IN bmAttributes 1 Transfer Type Isochronous Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 300 bInterval 1 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x0a EP 10 OUT bmAttributes 1 Transfer Type Isochronous Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 300 bInterval 1 Language IDs: none (invalid length string descriptor bf; len=0) --- `aplay -v -D hw:1 "DrumLoopA 01.wav"` ------------------ Playing WAVE 'DrumLoopA 01.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo Hardware PCM card 1 'TASCAM US-X2Y' device 0 subdevice 0 Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : RW_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 44100 exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 16384 period_size : 5513 period_time : 125011 tick_time : 1000 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 sleep_min : 0 avail_min : 5513 xfer_align : 5513 start_threshold : 11026 stop_threshold : 16384 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 1073741824 --- No errors, only silence :( I'm pretty desperate on this. If someone can point out a clue on this puzzle I'll appreciate very much. As I said, I'm open to try everything at my reach to make this thing work, even if that means going deep into driver source code and/or debugging. In fact, I'm eager to do that, just need some initial pointers and advice. I'm sure I can help somehow. Karsten? Martin? Pleeeeease? -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
