Hey Pedro,  I got it working. I assume the board was not getting enough
juice from usb connection from computer. So I used a dedicated 5v 1A
charger. And I was able to manipulate the conf file to set syba usb dongle
as default audio mic facility.  Thanks.
On Oct 9, 2013 6:02 PM, "Pedro A. Melendez" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm using this angstrom image and is auto detected by the os, I have seen
> some time after updating it does not appear, but it happen because not all
> alsa component updated. this is the image I'm currently using *
> 'Angstrom-Cloud9-IDE-GNOME-eglibc-ipk-v2012.12-beaglebone-2013.09.05'*
>
> -Pedro
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Priyank Patel 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi Pedro,
>> I have bought syba usb audio adapter similar to yours. I plugged it in
>> but I am not able to see it on command aplay - L. Please let me know how
>> did you figure out. Also,  I would like to know how to set it as default
>> mic in And output. Thanks.
>> On Sep 30, 2013 11:37 PM, "Pedro A. Melendez" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using SYBA usb audio dongle is 11 bucks and it works. It appears as
>>> a second audio device if you dont disable the hdmi cape.
>>> -Pedro
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Priyank,
>>>>
>>>> the audio cape will do the sampling for you. This will release
>>>> a great processing burden from the shoulders of the CPU. The
>>>> A/D-converter (analog to digital converter) of the audio cape
>>>> will do this for you.
>>>> In the simpliest case, you only need to grab the samples and put
>>>> it on SD-card/disc (raw format). This means recording. In case
>>>> of an hearing aid, this is not that useful, since you will "hear it
>>>> later", hahahaha! :)
>>>> Take a deep look into the datasheet of the tlv320aic3106, which is
>>>> TIs audio processor they put on the audio cape. This little beast is
>>>> capable of much more than simple sampling. For example you will get
>>>> a maximum sampling rate of 96 kHz, which means -- capable microphones
>>>> provided -- you can sample sound up to 24 kHz.
>>>> One thing: I dont know, how much of the features of this chip are
>>>> build into the driver! Means: May be you will need to hack the kernel
>>>> driver a little or a little more... ;) But as there is a driver
>>>> already there this will not be THAT complicated.
>>>> To get the cape running with the BBB is a little tricky (driver
>>>> selection in the kernel (you use Robert Nelsons fantastic kernel?))
>>>> and you need to disable HDMI and eMMC as far as I know.
>>>> But it will definetly run with the BBB after some tweaking (or in
>>>> other words: I have a BBB and an AUDIO cape and a LCD7 cape (A2)
>>>> running together nicely after some hacking of the device tree).
>>>>
>>>> HTH!
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> mcc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Priyank Patel <[email protected]> [13-10-01 05:12]:
>>>> > Thanks for the quick reply. I will be sure to get the audio cape.
>>>> After
>>>> > getting the audio cape, I suppose, I need to capture the mic input and
>>>> > sample it (I think ALSA does that?). Further, I will need to
>>>> implement DSP
>>>> > algorithms. I researched on that and found the OMAP built into the
>>>> > beagleboard (Here I refer to the original beagleboard) has the
>>>> ability to
>>>> > do DSP functions via Gstreamer tweaking (gst-dsp project). I am
>>>> wondering
>>>> > if there is similar OMAP processor built into beaglebone black (which
>>>> I am
>>>> > using for my project). Please, let me know how-to deploy dsp function
>>>> on
>>>> > BBLK. Thanks. :)
>>>> > Priyank.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Monday, September 30, 2013 10:53:17 PM UTC-4, [email protected]:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Hi Priyank,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > two things to consider:
>>>> > > For me "hearing aid" implies to increase the volume of a audio
>>>> > > signal. But you cannot process signals, which do not arrive at the
>>>> > > A/D-converter.
>>>> > > The cheap USB-Audio-Dongles have a no stereo mic inout. It is only
>>>> > > mono (or in other words: All USB-dongles I looked for, have a mono
>>>> > > input...I didnt find any dongle with a stereo input). A hearing
>>>> > > aid which feeds the same signal to both ears (mono) will destroy
>>>> > > the human ability to locate sounds. While crossing over roads (for
>>>> > > example)
>>>> > > without being able to locate a sound could be fatal... ;)
>>>> > > Furthermore it may be possible, that the input amplifier of such
>>>> > > dongles isn't powerful enough to amplify a mic's signal. May be the
>>>> > > advertising of such dongles confuses "Line In" with "Mic In" for
>>>> > > obvious reasons.
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Best regards,
>>>> > > mcc
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Priyank Patel <[email protected] <javascript:>> [13-10-01 03
>>>> :59]:
>>>> > > > Hello,
>>>> > > > I was researching within the thread and found out that a USB audio
>>>> > > dongle
>>>> > > > might be a cheap alternative to buying a Audio cape. I just
>>>> wanted to
>>>> > > know
>>>> > > > if it would work for my hearing aid application (i.e. to send an
>>>> input
>>>> > > to
>>>> > > > beaglebone black and receiving it back via the same USB audio
>>>> dongle)
>>>> > > > p.s. I am not looking to get a very high quality sound, just need
>>>> to
>>>> > > make
>>>> > > > it work.
>>>> > > > Thanks in advance.
>>>> > > > Priyank.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > On Monday, September 30, 2013 4:48:56 AM UTC-4, lisarden wrote:
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > probably you should have a look at arecord sources to figure
>>>> out how
>>>> > > to
>>>> > > > > capture samples from a sound card
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > 2013/9/30 Priyank Patel <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > >> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>>> > > > >> Now as I stated earlier I m a beginner, I don't know where to
>>>> start
>>>> > > with
>>>> > > > >> programming. I refer to the part where I need to sample the
>>>> data
>>>> > > coming
>>>> > > > >> from a microphone and implement dsp algorithms. Please point
>>>> me in
>>>> > > right
>>>> > > > >> direction or some references. Thanks again.
>>>> > > > >> On Sep 30, 2013 3:43 AM, "Maxim Podbereznyy" <
>>>> [email protected]<javascript:>>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > >> wrote:
>>>> > > > >>
>>>> > > > >>> yes. It was discussed here already
>>>> > > > >>>
>>>> > > > >>>
>>>> > > > >>> 2013/9/30 Priyank Patel <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>>>> > > > >>>
>>>> > > > >>>> Is audio cape compatible with BBLK. I think I need to
>>>> disable the
>>>> > > hdmi
>>>> > > > >>>> functionality in order to use the audio cape.
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