You can use alsaplayer, it is jack-aware. Try "alsaplayer -i gtk -d jack". Otherwise MhWaveEdit and ReZound are also jack-aware and there is a plug-in for Xmms. Regards,Johan On Monday 22 January 2007 22:18, ronan mcallister wrote:> Dominique,> > I'm looking into the kernels/distro's you suggested -- in the> meantime, I did startup meterbridge, when using Ardour I to play a WAV> file, it's apparent the output level must be clipping the input to> ardour or to my alsa output (pcm) as the meterbridge meters peg.> > Can you tell me what tool to use to playback a WAV file outside of> Ardour -- a tool which is JACK-aware I can use to bypass my alsa_pcm> capture_1 and capture_2 inputs which apparently are inpust to Ardour> when you preview a wav file? Ardour is so complex, I really just need> to playback a WAV file (tried aplay but it says my /dev/dsp is busy --> I guess Jack uses it?).> > Any general troubleshooting techniques I can use before I reimage this> PC with a different kernel? I'm using SUSE 10.1 now, and I think this> is realtime compatable. Additionally I've got a PentiumD processor,> so I think (hope) the 64-bit audio kernels would work fine.> > Maybe this is an alsa issue. I do know the WAV file plays fine using> aplay (without jackd running) -- I can't seem to pipe (or route) this> WAV file into anything and have it come out undistorted.> > Thank you> Ronan> > > > > On 1/19/07, Dominique Michel <dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > Le Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:28:17 -0800,> > "ronan mcallister" <bass.woofer@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :> >> > > What Linux/distro do you use?> > >> > > Since I posted this I've been experiencing "..But you'll pay dearly> > > for it" with an issue I have on Suse 10.1 and my inbuilt Intel 82801G> > > ICH7 multichannel sound card. My hope was to install and run up Linux> > > and test the inbuilt audio software, but I can't seem to get even the> > > most basic features to work -- I've posted elsewhere, but this group> > > seems to be the most active. I think the problem is not Alsa but Jack> > > as I can playback wav's and capture audio through Alsa (eg aplay,> > > amarok), but anything I playback through Jack connections (Ardour etc)> > > is distorted - noisy - clicky and no answer found yet. I'm not sure> > > how to troubleshoot Jack.> > >> > Suse standard kernel is not optimised for professional audio work and you> > will> > get huge sound latency with jack, but yYou can use a kernel from the jacklab> > http://jacklab.net/> >> > They are some pro-audio distribution as 64 studio http://64studio.com/,> > Musix, or even gentoo with the proaudio overlay> > http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page> >> > The advantage of those distribution is at you will get not only a realtime> > kernel (needed to get the most of jack), but a fully optimised system for> > audio> > work. 64 studio and musix are debian testing based and incorporate many> > audio> > applications not in debian, and you can install all the debian softwares> > from> > debian testing and unstable (as fvwm-crystal, I am tired of kde, I hate> > gnome> > focus policy and fvwm is just so fast and so incredibly flexible). Don't be> > afraid about the word testing, the stability of debian testing is like a> > distribution as suse.> >> > The advantage of gentoo is its documentation and flexibility (and it is> > outstandingly stable if you just follow the handbook (it mean: don't mess> > with the CFLAGS, just use the ones in the doc)), but it will need more> > work to setup. Another advantage is on the long run: it is no dependency> > hell> > when upgrading a gentoo system, only some time used by portage to compile> > the> > programs.> >> > Actually, I use mostly gentoo, and also 64studio when I want to try> > something> > else. But I really prefer gentoo even if I recognize at 64 studio is a> > really> > great audio distribution (it is the successor of agnula/demudi and of the> > same> > quality, maybe even better)> >> > About jack and distortion, be aware at it is easy to go in clipping when> > mixing> > a few sound channels or using effects. You must can use a vu-meter as> > meterbridge with the dpm option:> > meterbridge -t dpm in_1 in_2> > or even better, jack_mixer http://home.gna.org/jackmixer> >> > Ciao,> > Dominique> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------> > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT> > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your> > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash> > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV> > _______________________________________________> > Alsa-user mailing list> > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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