On 2013-02-13 17:30, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Martin G wrote: >> in AlsaMixer, when I select the iO4, I get a text message >> that says "This sound device does not have any controls". >> >> Does this not indicate that ALSA is having trouble connecting to the iO4? > It does indicate that ALSA thinks that this sound device does not have > any controls. > > Why do you think that there should be any? > I have one of these as well and have successfully used it, at least for 4-channel recordings under ubuntu 12.04. I believe all controls it has are on the actual front panel, and there should hence be no software controls in the driver. Should the need arise to have some volume controls, the usual middle layers pulse or jack should do the trick, or hack a Soft Volume plug in your asoundc file. http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm_plugins.html Regards, /Anders ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user