Problem solved by removing all 'pulseaudio' packages,accordingly this tip on the unbuntuforum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=601522 On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:44:08 +0100"B.I. Blonchk" <biblonchk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Dear all,>>This is a newbe question. I've almost no knowledge in sound handling>and can't get further without some hints.>>I've shortly acquired a Terratec iVinyl PhonoPreAmp. It's USB and>works under os-x or window$ without requiring any particular device>driver for recording. An included proprietary software is required for>32 bits recording (which is not in my plans)>>Ubuntu 7.10 'gusty gibbon' hotplugs an usb1 audio device and set alsa>with snd-hwdep, snd-usb-audio and snd-usb-lib for hw:1,0 accordingly.>>Alsamixer shows for the iVinyl device a simple 'mic' switch as a>unique controler (no volume or other tuning at all). This seams to be>also the case on the other plateforms.>>Here the output of `cat /proc/asound/cards´>>> 0 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI> Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0xdc00, irq 11> 1 [iVinyl ]: USB-Audio - PhonoPreAmp iVinyl> Terratec PhonoPreAmp iVinyl at>usb-0000:00:11.0-1, full speed>>>Having found working parameters for iVinyl by running `arecord´ with all>available formats, i can now run the following command and get a vinyl recorded:>>$ #>$ # Notice:>$ # Format is mandatory. And only `S24_3LE´ seams to be working.>$ # Channels is mandatory.>$ # Rate default to 32000 if unset. 44100, 48000, 96000 may be set.>$ #>$ arecord -v -D iVinyl -f S24_3LE -r 44100 -c2 test.wav>Enregistrement en cours WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 24 bit Little Endian>in 3bytes, Taux 44100 Hz, Stéréo>Hardware PCM card 1 'PhonoPreAmp iVinyl' device 0 subdevice 0>Its setup is:> stream : CAPTURE> access : RW_INTERLEAVED> format : S24_3LE> subformat : STD> channels : 2> rate : 44100> exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)> msbits : 24> buffer_size : 22050> period_size : 5513> period_time : 125011> tick_time : 1000> tstamp_mode : NONE> period_step : 1> sleep_min : 0> avail_min : 5513> xfer_align : 5513> start_threshold : 1> stop_threshold : 22050> silence_threshold: 0> silence_size : 0> boundary : 1445068800>Terminé par le signal Interruption...>$>>But Audacity crash miserabily as soon as AudioI/O preferences are>saved with recording device set to iVinyl (hw:1,0) and S24_3LE format>doesn't seams to be well accepted by jackd. I've played for hours>around .asoundrc trying to fix this issue.:(>Furthermore, this device doesn't "exist" by Alsa for the moment, isn't>said "works with linux" by it's manufacturer, nor did I found any>usable tips in linux forums or in google...>In other words i'm stuck.>>Q1: How may I fix -f, -r and -c options of the `arecord´ command into>a named setup for capture device in the asoundrc file (for example, in>a way that may be directly used by calling 'arecord -D vinyl48>toto.wav' ) ?>Q2: What should be done in order to get Jackd and/or Pulseaudio>working with this device ?>Q3: Are there other alternatives ?>>Many thanks in advance for your tips.>Kindest regards>blonchk -------------------------------------------------------------------------This SF.net email is sponsored by: MicrosoftDefy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/_______________________________________________Alsa-user mailing listAlsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
