You can use alsaplayer, it is jack-aware. Try "alsaplayer -i gtk -d jack".
Otherwise MhWaveEdit and ReZound are also jack-aware and there is a plug-in for Xmms. Regards, Johan On Monday 22 January 2007 22:18, ronan mcallister wrote: > Dominique, > > I'm looking into the kernels/distro's you suggested -- in the > meantime, I did startup meterbridge, when using Ardour I to play a WAV > file, it's apparent the output level must be clipping the input to > ardour or to my alsa output (pcm) as the meterbridge meters peg. > > Can you tell me what tool to use to playback a WAV file outside of > Ardour -- a tool which is JACK-aware I can use to bypass my alsa_pcm > capture_1 and capture_2 inputs which apparently are inpust to Ardour > when you preview a wav file? Ardour is so complex, I really just need > to playback a WAV file (tried aplay but it says my /dev/dsp is busy -- > I guess Jack uses it?). > > Any general troubleshooting techniques I can use before I reimage this > PC with a different kernel? I'm using SUSE 10.1 now, and I think this > is realtime compatable. Additionally I've got a PentiumD processor, > so I think (hope) the 64-bit audio kernels would work fine. > > Maybe this is an alsa issue. I do know the WAV file plays fine using > aplay (without jackd running) -- I can't seem to pipe (or route) this > WAV file into anything and have it come out undistorted. > > Thank you > Ronan > > > > > On 1/19/07, Dominique Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Le Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:28:17 -0800, > > "ronan mcallister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > > > What Linux/distro do you use? > > > > > > Since I posted this I've been experiencing "..But you'll pay dearly > > > for it" with an issue I have on Suse 10.1 and my inbuilt Intel 82801G > > > ICH7 multichannel sound card. My hope was to install and run up Linux > > > and test the inbuilt audio software, but I can't seem to get even the > > > most basic features to work -- I've posted elsewhere, but this group > > > seems to be the most active. I think the problem is not Alsa but Jack > > > as I can playback wav's and capture audio through Alsa (eg aplay, > > > amarok), but anything I playback through Jack connections (Ardour etc) > > > is distorted - noisy - clicky and no answer found yet. I'm not sure > > > how to troubleshoot Jack. > > > > > Suse standard kernel is not optimised for professional audio work and you > > will > > get huge sound latency with jack, but yYou can use a kernel from the jacklab > > http://jacklab.net/ > > > > They are some pro-audio distribution as 64 studio http://64studio.com/, > > Musix, or even gentoo with the proaudio overlay > > http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page > > > > The advantage of those distribution is at you will get not only a realtime > > kernel (needed to get the most of jack), but a fully optimised system for > > audio > > work. 64 studio and musix are debian testing based and incorporate many > > audio > > applications not in debian, and you can install all the debian softwares > > from > > debian testing and unstable (as fvwm-crystal, I am tired of kde, I hate > > gnome > > focus policy and fvwm is just so fast and so incredibly flexible). Don't be > > afraid about the word testing, the stability of debian testing is like a > > distribution as suse. > > > > The advantage of gentoo is its documentation and flexibility (and it is > > outstandingly stable if you just follow the handbook (it mean: don't mess > > with the CFLAGS, just use the ones in the doc)), but it will need more > > work to setup. Another advantage is on the long run: it is no dependency > > hell > > when upgrading a gentoo system, only some time used by portage to compile > > the > > programs. > > > > Actually, I use mostly gentoo, and also 64studio when I want to try > > something > > else. But I really prefer gentoo even if I recognize at 64 studio is a > > really > > great audio distribution (it is the successor of agnula/demudi and of the > > same > > quality, maybe even better) > > > > About jack and distortion, be aware at it is easy to go in clipping when > > mixing > > a few sound channels or using effects. You must can use a vu-meter as > > meterbridge with the dpm option: > > meterbridge -t dpm in_1 in_2 > > or even better, jack_mixer http://home.gna.org/jackmixer > > > > Ciao, > > Dominique > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-user mailing list > > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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