On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:12:22AM +0000, Glenn English wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:09 PM, Joel Roth <jo...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > Unmute and adjust signal levels > > > > alsamixer -c 2 > > Comes up in curses with the RME selected and a single slider: DDS > Samp. I raised that a couple steps with the 'up-arrow' button and > exited. > > > Test playback > > > > aplay -D hw:2,0 testfile.wav > > There is no testfile.wav, so I gave it one of mine: > > root@sbox:~# aplay -D hw:2,0 > /blackHole/cdp/BeethovenSix/source_dir/disk001/track02.cdda.wav > Playing WAVE '/blackHole/cdp/BeethovenSix/source_dir/disk001/track02.cdda.wav' > : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo > aplay: set_params:1334: Access type not available
Hmmm. > Went into HDSPmixer and set it to preset 2 (like I did before to get > the 'phones to work) and tried again. Still nothing. Files like this > have worked before, in Audacity. Looks like you may have to dig into the documentation. This is a professional card, with some special capabilities and complexities. I also suggest you search the Linux Audio Users mailing list archives. It's an excellent resource for any Linux audio issues. > Not sure what aplay means by 'Access type not available' so I looked > on the web. I still don't. > > But 'aplay -L' says, about the RME: > > default:CARD=DSP > Hammerfall DSP, RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 > Default Audio Device > sysdefault:CARD=DSP > Hammerfall DSP, RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 > Default Audio Device > dmix:CARD=DSP,DEV=0 > Hammerfall DSP, RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 > Direct sample mixing device > dsnoop:CARD=DSP,DEV=0 > Hammerfall DSP, RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 > Direct sample snooping device > hw:CARD=DSP,DEV=0 > Hammerfall DSP, RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 > Direct hardware device without any conversions > plughw:CARD=DSP,DEV=0 > Hammerfall DSP, RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 > Hardware device with all software conversions > > if that's any help. The items are audio devices that can be used as a -D argument to aplay. > -- > Glenn English > -- Joel Roth