Chris Dams wrote: > Dear all, > > I have the Soundblaster live 5.1 24 bits and playing sounds using > > aplay some_random_wav_file.wav > > works great, but my microphone doesn't. I tried > > arecord test.wav > > and to then play this wav file, but I don't hear anything. Sometimes this > gives the error "overrun!!! (at least 0.058 ms long)" but not always. I > have alsa 1.0.9a that came with my SuSe distribution. In kmix there > normally is (besides "Ouput" and "Switches") an "Input" tab in kmix (e.g. > at work and in screenshots that I saw on the web) but I do not have that > tab at my place. ... > > Does anyone know what I could try to get my microphone working? > > Many thanks, > Chris
With my SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 model SB0220 I saved the following: arecord -f cd -d 120 -B 1000000 test7.wav # -f cd for standard 2 channel 16 bit 44100 Hz sample rate # -B 1000000 for one second of buffering # -d 120 for 120 seconds of recording I added heaps of buffering to avoid any drop-outs. I'm running Debian unstable (Sid) with kernel 2.6.17-1-686 and compiled the ALSA modules from source (version 1.0.11-3lxtec from http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv). With a Shure SM58 microphone I also enabled the Mic Boost (+20dB) switch in kmix. What model SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 do you have? lspci -v or dmesg should report it. Arthur. Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
