I have a SoundBlaster PCI 128 Live and I am running Debian 2.2 with kernel 2.2.17.
Using the Emu modules everything works as expected except for sound recording. Sound recording creates a properly formated .Wav file except that the values are so low as to be inaudible! I am trying to record using input via the line input and this certainly gives audible sound via the speakers even when recording is supposed to be taking place. I haven't forgotten anything so silly as to un-mute the appropriate inputs unless there is a hidden mute somewhere that I don't know about. If I boot the machine into Windows and use the software supplied with the SoundBlaster I can create normal recordings, using signals from the line input, which will also play back under Debian. So I have ruled out hardware problems. I did contact the Emu people at Creative and I quote part of the reply below: =============================================================== "I looked at the file, and as you suspected it is a properly-formatted WAV file with almost-null data in it. Quite telling is the fact that the data isn't actually null -- but the values are incredibly small and aren't audible. What this is telling me is that recording _is_ taking place, but on an input which is inactive (through software or hardware -- can't tell). I was not expecting these results. I was thinking that either the file would be formatted incorrectly or that it would have true null data. In either of those cases, the problem would have likely been with either faulty recording software or with the configuration of the Live. As it is, I'm stumped as to what the problem is." =============================================================== I have tried recording using a number of different Linux applications (e.g. khdrec, kmedia, krecord, gramofile) for recording together with different mixers ( e.g. kmix, aumix ) and various versions of the Emu modules but all to no avail. So - a brief resume: 1. He's stumped. 2. I'm stumped. 3. Everybody else, so far, is stumped. Is there a genius in the house? Barry Samuels