Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-05-04 Thread David Wright
On Sat 01 May 2021 at 08:28:44 (+), Rodolfo Medina wrote: > David Wright writes: > > > In terms of this computer, all those input and output sockets are the > > equivalent of my little 3.5mm jacks (but with phantom power), and the gain > > knobs are alsamixer sliders. > > > > [...] > > > > An

Re: [solved!!!] Multichannel audio playback

2021-05-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 03 mai 21, 06:53:50, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > Do you think the same purpose could be achieved as well with a simple device > like this: > > > https://www.amazon.it/5-1-audio-converter-coassiale-5-1-canali-analogica/dp/B00NAJ4W2A/ref=asc_df_B00NAJ4W2A/?tag=googshopit-21&linkCode=df0&hvad

Re: [solved!!!] Multichannel audio playback

2021-05-02 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: > Rodolfo Medina writes: > > On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 10:39:19AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > After learning, some months ago, thanks to listers' help, how to live record into a multi channel audio file, I was wondering about the reverse problem: now I have

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-05-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
David Wright writes: > In terms of this computer, all those input and output sockets are the > equivalent of my little 3.5mm jacks (but with phantom power), and the gain > knobs are alsamixer sliders. > > [...] > > And so, by the sounds of the OP's solution post, the only functionality of > the B

Re: [solved!!!] Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 30 apr 21, 14:50:57, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > It works...!!! > > That's what I did: > > 1) I plugged the Behringer into the mains; > > 2) I connected the Behringer to the PC via Behringer's USB cable; > > 3) I plugged 3 amplified loudspeaker (could also be not amplified but then >s

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-30 Thread David Wright
On Fri 30 Apr 2021 at 09:24:53 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 28 Apr 2021 at 18:21:27 (+), Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > Now it works: > > > > > > $ ecasound -a:1,2,3 -i:sndfile,3canali.wav -o alsaplugin,2,0 > > > ***

[solved!!!] Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-30 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 10:39:19AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> After learning, some months ago, thanks to listers' help, how to live >>> record into a multi channel audio file, I was wondering about the reverse >>> problem: now I have my multi channel audio file, e.g.

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-30 Thread Dan Ritter
David Wright wrote: > On Wed 28 Apr 2021 at 18:21:27 (+), Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > Now it works: > > > > $ ecasound -a:1,2,3 -i:sndfile,3canali.wav -o alsaplugin,2,0 > > ** > > *ecasound v2.9.1 (C) 1997-2014

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-29 Thread David Wright
On Wed 28 Apr 2021 at 18:21:27 (+), Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Now it works: > > $ ecasound -a:1,2,3 -i:sndfile,3canali.wav -o alsaplugin,2,0 > ** > *ecasound v2.9.1 (C) 1997-2014 Kai Vehmanen and others > *

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-29 Thread didier gaumet
Le 29/04/2021 à 14:56, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : [...] Actually I don't even know if that's ever possible with Behringer or with any other device... - What you want is to play multiple channels: of course it is possible. Surround sound is one of the use cases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sur

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
didier gaumet writes: > Did you adjust the volume of output 3 and 4 in alsa? if you are lucky, the > routing is correct and these outputs are only muted. > > But I think (no pun intended) that in your present case, you need to learn > about: - mixing and mastering (partcularly routing) - particul

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-29 Thread didier gaumet
Did you adjust the volume of output 3 and 4 in alsa? if you are lucky, the routing is correct and these outputs are only muted. But I think (no pun intended) that in your present case, you need to learn about: - mixing and mastering (partcularly routing) - particular abilites or limitations

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Joel Roth writes: >> So we could consider problem 1) solved. >> >> Let's try to go to problem 2). The above command properly sends channel 1 >> to loudspeaker 1 and channel 2 to loudspeaker 2, but it doesn't manage to >> send channel 3 into loudspeaker 3. Actually, the Behringer seems to behav

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 06:21:27PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Joel Roth writes: > > > I don't think there is a problem with ecasound. > > For comparison, you can try > > > > aplay -D test.wav > > > > You get the device name from aplay -L. > > Please also show the output from > > > > cat /p

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Joel Roth writes: > I don't think there is a problem with ecasound. > For comparison, you can try > > aplay -D test.wav > > You get the device name from aplay -L. > Please also show the output from > > cat /proc/asound/cards > > With your ecasound examples, the -a argument is not necessary, an

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 11:48:33AM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > didier gaumet writes: > > > Le 28/04/2021 à 09:37, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : > > [...] > >> First of all, problem 1): same error now with a 2-channel and a 3-channel > >> file: > > [...] > >> ERROR: Connecting chainsetup failed: "E

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread didier gaumet
Le 28/04/2021 à 13:48, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : [...] $ ecasound -a:1,2,3 -i:sndfile,3canali.wav -o alsahw,2,0 [...] I would suggest you to try here to replace alshw by alsaplugin and see if it works better If you want to use ecasound, I suggest you read the ecasound documentation (particul

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
didier gaumet writes: > Le 28/04/2021 à 09:37, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : > [...] >> First of all, problem 1): same error now with a 2-channel and a 3-channel >> file: > [...] >> ERROR: Connecting chainsetup failed: "Enabling chainsetup: AUDIOIO-ALSA: >> ... Channel count 2 is out of range!" > [..

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread Joel Roth
-- --- Begin Message --- On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 07:37:27AM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Joel Roth writes: > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 10:22:11AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > >> > >> ecasound -i:libsndfile,audiofile -o alsa > > > > that should be -i:sndfile > > > Thanks, Joel... > > > 2

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread didier gaumet
Le 28/04/2021 à 09:37, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : [...] First of all, problem 1): same error now with a 2-channel and a 3-channel file: [...] ERROR: Connecting chainsetup failed: "Enabling chainsetup: AUDIOIO-ALSA: ... Channel count 2 is out of range!" [...] http://nosignal.fi/ecasound/Documen

Re: Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Joel Roth writes: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 10:22:11AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: >> >> ecasound -i:libsndfile,audiofile -o alsa > > that should be -i:sndfile Thanks, Joel... 2 problems seem to be involved: 1) make ecasound read and play the file; 2) properly use all those many outputs on

Re: Multichannel audio playback (was: Multichannel audio listening)

2021-04-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le 27/04/2021 à 22:08, Jeremy Nicoll a écrit : On Tue, 27 Apr 2021, at 19:45, didier gaumet wrote: [...] b) https://mediadl.musictribe.com/media/sys_master/h7e/hfb/8849567252510.pdf your audio interface is a stereo one: it has only two channels (Left +Right) as outputs. I'm not sure that's tr

Re: Multichannel audio playback (was: Multichannel audio listening)

2021-04-27 Thread Joel Roth
On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 10:22:11AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > ecasound -i:libsndfile,audiofile -o alsa that should be -i:sndfile -- Joel Roth

Re: Multichannel audio playback (was: Multichannel audio listening)

2021-04-27 Thread Joel Roth
On Tue, Apr 27, 2021, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Four years ago this interesting thread. Now I've purchased a Behringer > UMC404HD 4-channels audio interface and finally want to do my experiment. Now > I have a 3-channel .wav file and 3 loudspeakers connected to Behringer's > output: I want to pla

Re: Multichannel audio playback (was: Multichannel audio listening)

2021-04-27 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021, at 19:45, didier gaumet wrote: > I might be wrong (I don't mix nor record) but I think there are two > distinct problems: > > a) the wav file you generated is not supported by ecasound because its > type (codec) is neither (L)PCM nor IEEE_FLOAT > https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

Re: Multichannel audio playback (was: Multichannel audio listening)

2021-04-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le 27/04/2021 à 17:30, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : Joel Roth writes: On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 10:39:19AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi all. After learning, some months ago, thanks to listers' help, how to live record into a multi channel audio file, I was wondering about the reverse problem: n

Multichannel audio playback (was: Multichannel audio listening)

2021-04-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Joel Roth writes: > On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 10:39:19AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> After learning, some months ago, thanks to listers' help, how to live record >> into a multi channel audio file, I was wondering about the reverse problem: >> now I have my multi channel audio fi