Re: [RDD] Odd issue with rdcatch

2022-04-01 Thread Fred Gleason 
On Mar 30, 2022, at 14:34, Rob Landry <41001...@interpring.com> wrote:

> For now, I've got it recording analog audio. They are recording a four-hour 
> live show Saturday morning and playing it back Sunday evening, and I won't be 
> back there again until Monday. I'll take a look at it when I'm next there.
> 
> What's interesting is that if I launch the rdcatch program and watch while 
> it's recording, I don't see anything on the level indicators when I'm 
> recording from the AES3 input, but if I've got normalization turned on, there 
> will be audio recorded. If I'm recording from the analog input, I do see 
> level indications during the recording.

I suspect that the card is just an oddball. There is special code in Rivendell 
to handle the ‘non-standard’ input routing in the ASI5111; I’ve a hunch that 
something similar will be needed for the ASI5810. Going to be hard to suss out 
without a sample card in hand though.

Cheers!


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Re: [RDD] Odd issue with rdcatch

2022-03-30 Thread Rob Landry 


For now, I've got it recording analog audio. They are recording a 
four-hour live show Saturday morning and playing it back Sunday evening, 
and I won't be back there again until Monday. I'll take a look at it when 
I'm next there.


What's interesting is that if I launch the rdcatch program and watch while 
it's recording, I don't see anything on the level indicators when I'm 
recording from the AES3 input, but if I've got normalization turned on, 
there will be audio recorded. If I'm recording from the analog input, I do 
see level indications during the recording.


Thanks,


Rob

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2022, Fred Gleason wrote:


On Mar 29, 2022, at 09:48, Rob Landry <41001...@interpring.com> wrote:
  I recently installed an ASI5810 sound card in a Rivendell
  machine at WUMB (Boston, MA). We are using the AES3 input and
  output of this card.

  rdcatch appears to record only sometimes from the AES3 input.

  In particular, if normalization is selected, we get a recording
  with audio, but if no normalization is selected, we get silence.
  The problem does not occur if we record from the analog input.

  WUMB runs an older version of Rivendell (2.19.3), so if this
  problem has been fixed in newer versions, I'll make the case to
  management that we need to upgrade.

  In the meantime, I think we'll be recording ffrom the analog
  input.


I’ve never tested with an ASI5810, but in looking at the mixer layout
[https://www.audioscience.com/internet/products/sound_cards/asi581x.htm],
that card has a decidedly ‘unusual’ layout on the capture side. There are
two physical inputs (one analog and one AES3), but the accompanying text
says 'Two stereo streams of PCM record fed from 1 stereo input’; whereas the
card that the ASI5810 superseded (the ASI5111), that likewise had two
physical inputs, had each one hard-wired to its respective stream converter.

How many inputs does RDAdmin report? Have you tried with all available
inputs?

Cheers!


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Re: [RDD] Odd issue with rdcatch

2022-03-29 Thread Fred Gleason 
On Mar 29, 2022, at 09:48, Rob Landry <41001...@interpring.com> wrote:

> I recently installed an ASI5810 sound card in a Rivendell machine at WUMB 
> (Boston, MA). We are using the AES3 input and output of this card.
> 
> rdcatch appears to record only sometimes from the AES3 input.
> 
> In particular, if normalization is selected, we get a recording with audio, 
> but if no normalization is selected, we get silence. The problem does not 
> occur if we record from the analog input.
> 
> WUMB runs an older version of Rivendell (2.19.3), so if this problem has been 
> fixed in newer versions, I'll make the case to management that we need to 
> upgrade.
> 
> In the meantime, I think we'll be recording ffrom the analog input.

I’ve never tested with an ASI5810, but in looking at the mixer layout 
[https://www.audioscience.com/internet/products/sound_cards/asi581x.htm 
], that 
card has a decidedly ‘unusual’ layout on the capture side. There are two 
physical inputs (one analog and one AES3), but the accompanying text says 'Two 
stereo streams of PCM record fed from 1 stereo input’; whereas the card that 
the ASI5810 superseded (the ASI5111), that likewise had two physical inputs, 
had each one hard-wired to its respective stream converter.

How many inputs does RDAdmin report? Have you tried with all available inputs?

Cheers!


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[RDD] Odd issue with rdcatch

2022-03-29 Thread Rob Landry 


I recently installed an ASI5810 sound card in a Rivendell machine at WUMB 
(Boston, MA). We are using the AES3 input and output of this card.


rdcatch appears to record only sometimes from the AES3 input.

In particular, if normalization is selected, we get a recording with 
audio, but if no normalization is selected, we get silence. The problem 
does not occur if we record from the analog input.


WUMB runs an older version of Rivendell (2.19.3), so if this problem has 
been fixed in newer versions, I'll make the case to management that we 
need to upgrade.


In the meantime, I think we'll be recording ffrom the analog input.


Rob

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