Re: [Alsa-user] ALSA vs M-Audio fast track ULTRA
James Shatto ha scritto: Hello everyone! I now resigned to not being able to use the m-audio fast track ULTRA usb soundcard with my LINUX-DAWs, someone can recommend another card usb I can afford multitrack audio recordings of quality, which is working with Linux? As said before, my M-Audio Mobile Pre seems class compliant. And otherwise works. My Delta 44 (pci) works too. The Delta worked for several months before they finally came up with Windows Vista drivers. But it doesn't sound like you want another M-Audio. So probably the Lexicon Omega / Alpha type cards might work for you. What type of inputs are you needing? And how many inputs? TRS / XLR / 3.5mm stereo? There's several out there depending on your needs. What's your budget? If you need a lot more inputs at higher rates, then firewire might be better suited. freebob.sf.net HTH, - James No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.14/1644 - Release Date: 31/08/2008 16.59 Ciao! Thank you all! I need to make multitrack recordings; I' m looking for a sound card usb2 model of at least 4/6/8 balanced inputs, XLR with phantom power to 48V and audio resolution 24-bit/96kHz and with many analog audio outputs maybe XLR balanced, SPDIF in / out and MIDI in / out / trough. The budget is relatively important, I procured a m-audio card because I was informed and on several occasions was indicated that any model based m-audio would not have created class compliant difficulties, unfortunately my supplier did not big chance and I have other ways to obtain others devices. But because of my bad English but I still do not understand: There is no way to run the fast-track ultra-linux? This is a time problem, I need to wait until a new driver or firmware? The fast-track ultra-is throwing in the trash because it will not work ever with Linux? Excuse me, a 'other demand: because if I try to compile the driver alsa get this error message: The file /include/linux/version.h does not exist. Please install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel sources (default is /usr/src/linux). What does this mean? What should I do? My uname -a output is: Linux ubuntustudio 2.6.24-21-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Mon Aug 25 19:24:40 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux. Thank you and sorry my insistence. Ciao gabriele - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] ALSA vs M-Audio fast track ULTRA
I need to make multitrack recordings; I' m looking for a sound card usb2 model of at least 4/6/8 balanced inputs, XLR with phantom power to 48V and audio resolution 24-bit/96kHz and with many analog audio outputs maybe XLR balanced, SPDIF in / out and MIDI in / out / trough. For those specs you need a firewire device. USB has limited bandwidth. The best I've come across that work, are 2x 16 bit 48kHz input with simultaneous 2x 16 bit 48kHz output. The best I've seen is 2x 24 bit 96kHz, and the reviews on them are not great. Buggy, not full duplex at that rate, and other driver-ish issues. Even in windows. The USB bus is very limited and at a very minimum has latency issues if you want to multitrack. Even at 16 bit 48 kHz. If PCI is a possibility, then an Echo Layla 3G might be to your liking. But I don't know about it's linux support status. I just don't know if you're gonna find a device like that, that works in either windows or linux. Unless it's a firewire device like a Presonus Firepod / Firebox / FP10 / Whatever the marketing name of the year is. Or a PCI device. Go PCI or Firewire, you'll have many more options, and not as many headaches. HTH - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
[Alsa-user] pseudo-quadro to 5.1 speakers
Hi! Back in early 90's (in my teens) i built a soundsystem with 4 speakers where signal to rear speakers was taken by substracting one stereo signal from another and routing it to rear speakers in reversed phase. That is: Front left speaker has left stereo channel. Front right has right stereo channel. Rear left has left stereo channel minus right stereo channel. Rear right has right stereo channel minus left stereo channel. I wonder can this setup be done in alsa? -- Markko Merzin - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] ALSA vs M-Audio fast track ULTRA
James Shatto ha scritto: I need to make multitrack recordings; I' m looking for a sound card usb2 model of at least 4/6/8 balanced inputs, XLR with phantom power to 48V and audio resolution 24-bit/96kHz and with many analog audio outputs maybe XLR balanced, SPDIF in / out and MIDI in / out / trough. For those specs you need a firewire device. USB has limited bandwidth. The best I've come across that work, are 2x 16 bit 48kHz input with simultaneous 2x 16 bit 48kHz output. The best I've seen is 2x 24 bit 96kHz, and the reviews on them are not great. Buggy, not full duplex at that rate, and other driver-ish issues. Even in windows. The USB bus is very limited and at a very minimum has latency issues if you want to multitrack. Even at 16 bit 48 kHz. If PCI is a possibility, then an Echo Layla 3G might be to your liking. But I don't know about it's linux support status. I just don't know if you're gonna find a device like that, that works in either windows or linux. Unless it's a firewire device like a Presonus Firepod / Firebox / FP10 / Whatever the marketing name of the year is. Or a PCI device. Go PCI or Firewire, you'll have many more options, and not as many headaches. HTH No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.14/1644 - Release Date: 31/08/2008 16.59 Ciao, thanks to help cure my headache! ;-) You are absolutely right: the ultra-fast track, working with Windows at 2x 24-bit 96kHz, in my case I'm not interested in the possibility full duplex, my use would be an alternative recording or playback, the different connections on the card I ' d use only for connecting convenience with other devices or for multitrack recordings low-resolution digital audio or play on multi channel. Would be very good successful use to operate the ultra fast track to linux @2x24-96 Unfortunately I do not have on all the computers a firewire port, for this I tried a usb model soundcard, should I need an adapter firewire? or what if I want to use a laptop that does not have firewire connection, how can I do? ... PCI perhaps? I do not understand how ... EME (Excuse My English) Grazie ciao gabriele - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] ALSA vs M-Audio fast track ULTRA
V Gabriele De Palo wrote: # cat /proc/asound/cards ... 1 [Ultra ]: USB-Audio - Fast Track Ultra M-Audio Fast Track Ultra at usb-:00:1d.7-3, high speed It seems the device is more or less class compliant, so, in theory, it could work. # speaker-test -c 2 -D hw:1 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.namehint.extended' There is some problem with your alsa-lib installation that is unrelated to the sound hardware. Try reinstalling alsa-lib and/or alsa-utils, if possible. Remove /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc, if you have them. HTH Clemens - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
[Alsa-user] Audio problem
Hi. If I play a MP3 file, I cannot control the sound by the Master in Kmix's output. The sound is controled by the PCM output. I think it's a matter of a miss with the driver/mixer configuration. But how can I determine that, and how can I solve it ?. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Audio problem
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Erik Jakobsen wrote: Hi. If I play a MP3 file, I cannot control the sound by the Master in Kmix's output. The sound is controled by the PCM output. Yes. That is what the PCM volume slider means. They simply have non-intuitive labels. I think it's a matter of a miss with the driver/mixer configuration. No idea what that sentence means, sorry. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
[Alsa-user] Cannot get MPD to share sound and now to work at all
Hello
I've reached a point of frustration unlike any other sound problem I've had.
m having problems getting MPD to work properly with respect to sharing sound
and now, to even play at all.
Here is my .asoundrc:
# 6 channel dmix:
pcm.dmix6 {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
ipc_key_add_uid false
ipc_perm 0660
slave {
pcm hw:0,0
rate 48000
format S32_LE
channels 6
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_time 0
buffer_size 8192
}
}
# upmixing:
pcm.ch51dup {
type route
slave.pcm dmix6
slave.channels 6
ttable.0.0 1
ttable.1.1 1
ttable.0.2 0.6
ttable.1.3 0.6
ttable.0.4 0.5
ttable.1.4 0.5
ttable.0.5 0.5
ttable.1.5 0.5
}
pcm.duplex {
type asym
playback.pcm ch51dup # upmix first
capture.pcm hw:0
}
# change default device:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm duplex
}
}
# for aoss
pcm.dsp duplex
pcm.dsp1 duplex
pcm.10to20 {
type route
slave.pcm default
slave.channels 2
ttable.0.0 1
ttable.0.1 1
}
pcm.pulse {
type pulse
}
ctl.pulse {
type pulse
}
#end of working file
My /etc/mpd.conf changes are only the path of music library (works) and
output device is default using alsa.
The basic problem is MPD only plays when nothing else is using sound and
vice versa, whereas all other apps that use sound on my system are fully
able to play simultaneously. I have tried removing the ~/.asoundrc and just
copying it over to /etc/asound.conf and letting MPD read from there, but
this hasn't worked. And now MPD will not start playing as it is giving this
error everytime I try to play a song, this is from /var/log/mpd/mpd.error:
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:963:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC semaphore
Sep 01 16:04 : Error opening alsa device default: Permission denied
Sep 01 16:04 : problems opening audio device while playing Albums/Jimi
Hendrix Discography/Jimi Hendrix - 1967 - Axis- Bold As Love/06.Little
Wing.mp3
Through some forums the furthest I got was that it might be a shared mem
issue, and was told to run ipcs -a but the individual was unable to
diagnose and I'm certainly not knowledgeable enough to, hehe. Here is the
current output of ipcs -a on my machine (of course it changes depending on
apps running, but this is with mpd daemon running):
~ # ipcs -a
-- Shared Memory Segments
keyshmid owner perms bytes nattch status
0x50494f4e 0 nobody6662016 1
0x 32769 root 777139264 1
0x 262146 bobby 600393216 2 dest
0x 294915 bobby 600393216 2 dest
0x 491524 bobby 600393216 2 dest
0x 524293 bobby 600393216 2 dest
0x 557062 bobby 600393216 2 dest
0x 819207 bobby 600393216 2 dest
0x 851976 bobby 600393216 2 dest
0xcbc384f8 884745 bobby 60064528 1
0x04d2 917514 bobby 6604881
0x04d3 950283 bobby 660196608 1
-- Semaphore Arrays
keysemid owner perms nsems
0xcbc384f8 163840 bobby 6001
0x04d2 196609 bobby 6601
-- Message Queues
keymsqid owner perms used-bytes messages
I'm sure it's an issue with this and the ipc_key value in my .asoundrc for
dmix6, but I haven't a clue what to do from here. I've solved every sound
issue I've ever had before, so I just can't give up on this ;) I use an
M-audio 7.1 revolution card on Arch linux and Alsa v1.0.16. Any help is
greatly appreciated [image: Smiley]
Thanks
Bobby
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