On Saturday 29 March 2003 06:39, Chuck Musser wrote:
> Two issues:
>
> 1.) I want to get started with ALSA, but I'm having trouble making my
> old SoundBlaster 16 work. I'm attempting to test it with "cat english.au
>
> > /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p", but all I get is "write error: File descriptor in
>
> bad state". "english.au" is that now-famous sound file of Linus Torvalds
> pronouncing "Linux."
You can't cat to /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p, you have to use a program like aplay.
You can cat to /dev/dsp if you have OSS emulation.
> The problem is that the card is a truly ancient ISA SB16 PnP. It show up
> in /proc/dma, /proc/ioports and /proc/interrupts, so the system, at some
> low level, knows that it's present.
>
> I've tried putting options directives in /etc/modules.conf, but they
> give "bad param" errors and prevent the module from loading. Can anyone
> give me the recipe for making this work?
>
> This is ALSA 0.9.2 and linux-2.4.20 on a PC.
>
> 2.) I'm on the verge of building a new computer with an emphasis on
> making it an audio workstation. I want to do some home electric guitar
> recording. Multitrack would be nice, in case I lure friends over to
> play. I'm not averse to buying a high-end card. Can anyone recommend a
> sound card?
I only know that Midiman and RME have some very good multi channel
cards that are well supported in Linux.
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck
HTH,
-Frans
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