Here is Jack startup log using FFADO. This shows all ports available. Thu Apr 21 02:07:05 2016: Starting jack server... Thu Apr 21 02:07:05 2016: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 85 Thu Apr 21 02:07:05 2016: self-connect-mode is "Don't restrict self connect requests" Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH1/CH1/2_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: New client 'firewire_pcm' with PID 0 Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH2/CH1/2_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH3/CH3/4_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH4/CH3/4_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH5/CH5/6_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH6/CH5/6_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH7/CH7/8_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH8/CH7/8_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH9/CH9/10_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH10/CH9/10_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH11/CH11/12_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH12/CH11/12_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH13/CH13/14_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH14/CH13/14_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH15/CH15/16_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH16/CH15/16_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_midi 0_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_L/MAIN L/R_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_R/MAIN L/R_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT1/ADAT1/2_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT2/ADAT1/2_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT3/ADAT3/4_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT4/ADAT3/4_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT5/ADAT5/6_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT6/ADAT5/6_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT7/ADAT7/8_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT8/ADAT7/8_in' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH1/CH1/2_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH2/CH1/2_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH3/CH3/4_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH4/CH3/4_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH5/CH5/6_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH6/CH5/6_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH7/CH7/8_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH8/CH7/8_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH9/CH9/10_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH10/CH9/10_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH11/CH11/12_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH12/CH11/12_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH13/CH13/14_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH14/CH13/14_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH15/CH15/16_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_CH16/CH15/16_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_L/MAIN L/R_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_R/MAIN L/R_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT1/ADAT1/2_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT2/ADAT1/2_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT3/ADAT3/4_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT4/ADAT3/4_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT5/ADAT5/6_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT6/ADAT5/6_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT7/ADAT7/8_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: graph reorder: new port 'firewire_pcm:0004c4040001c14f_ADAT8/ADAT7/8_out' Thu Apr 21 02:07:07 2016: New client 'catia' with PID 3396 On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 2:03 AM Allan Klinbail <aklinbail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > > > This isn't really suitable yet to replace FFADO > . > It provides this as separate devices so I cannot access all channels at > the same time in jack as in FFADO. > > Although I don't typically use the ADAT ports other might, however I am > always using a combination of channels 1-16 and channels 17 & 18 combined, > sometimes all of them. > The device is a hardware mixing desk and all ports are designed to be used > simultaneously.. > > Latency performance is also much worse. FFADO will allow a buffer size of > 64, ALSA will not start below 256. > I prefer to work at 128 or lower. > > > Here is the output you requested. > > > > root@kxdaw:/home/allan/Downloads# cat /proc/asound/card1/dice > sections: > global: offset 10, size 95 > tx: offset 105, size 142 > rx: offset 247, size 282 > ext_sync: offset 529, size 4 > unused2: offset 0, size 0 > global: > owner: ffc1:000100000000 > notification: 00000040 > nick name: ZED R16 > clock select: internal 44100 > enable: 1 > status: locked 44100 > ext status: 000000c0 > sample rate: 44100 > version: 1.0.11.0 > clock caps: 44100 48000 88200 96000 adat internal > clock source names: AES12\AES34\AES56\AES78\AES_ANY\ADAT\ADAT_AUX\Word > Clock\Unused\Unused\Unused\Unused\Internal\\ > tx 0: > iso channel: 0 > audio channels: 16 > midi ports: 1 > speed: S400 > names: > CH1/CH1/2\CH2/CH1/2\CH3/CH3/4\CH4/CH3/4\CH5/CH5/6\CH6/CH5/6\CH7/CH7/8\CH8/CH7/8\CH9/CH9/10\CH10/CH9/10\CH11/CH11/12\CH12/CH11/12\CH13/CH13/14\CH14/CH13/14\CH15/CH15/16\CH16/CH15/16\\ > ac3 caps: 00000000 > ac3 enable: 00000000 > tx 1: > iso channel: 1 > audio channels: 10 > midi ports: 0 > speed: S400 > names: L/MAIN L/R\R/MAIN > L/R\ADAT1/ADAT1/2\ADAT2/ADAT1/2\ADAT3/ADAT3/4\ADAT4/ADAT3/4\ADAT5/ADAT5/6\ADAT6/ADAT5/6\ADAT7/ADAT7/8\ADAT8/ADAT7/8\\ > ac3 caps: 00000000 > ac3 enable: 00000000 > rx 0: > iso channel: 2 > sequence start: 0 > audio channels: 16 > midi ports: 0 > names: > CH1/CH1/2\CH2/CH1/2\CH3/CH3/4\CH4/CH3/4\CH5/CH5/6\CH6/CH5/6\CH7/CH7/8\CH8/CH7/8\CH9/CH9/10\CH10/CH9/10\CH11/CH11/12\CH12/CH11/12\CH13/CH13/14\CH14/CH13/14\CH15/CH15/16\CH16/CH15/16\\ > ac3 caps: 00000000 > ac3 enable: 00000000 > rx 1: > iso channel: 3 > sequence start: 0 > audio channels: 10 > midi ports: 0 > names: L/MAIN L/R\R/MAIN > L/R\ADAT1/ADAT1/2\ADAT2/ADAT1/2\ADAT3/ADAT3/4\ADAT4/ADAT3/4\ADAT5/ADAT5/6\ADAT6/ADAT5/6\ADAT7/ADAT7/8\ADAT8/ADAT7/8\\ > ac3 caps: 00000000 > ac3 enable: 00000000 > ext status: > clock source: internal > locked: 1 > rate: 44100 > adat user data: - > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:21 AM Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Apr 20 2016 23:31, Allan Klinbail wrote: >> > Using kernel 4.4.0 from Ubuntu >> > >> > The ALSA driver limited the device to only 16 inputs and outputs, >> however >> > it has a total capability of 26 >> > This is comprises of 16 inputs and outputs on the desk channels, a >> stereo >> > main pair of outputs and inputs for the master bus >> > 8 additional ins and outs to support the ADAT ports on the back >> (availoable >> > in 44.1 and 48 khz modes, but not 88.2 or 96 Khz >> >> This is fixed in Linux kernel 4.6. >> >> http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2016-March/105462.html >> >> The backported codes are available in my private repository. After >> installing, You can see two PCM character devices to handle these PCM >> channels. >> https://github.com/takaswie/snd-firewire-improve >> >> To clarify the capabilities of your model, please show me output of proc >> node, like >> >> $ cat /proc/asound/card1/dice >> sections: >> global: offset 10, size 95 >> tx: offset 105, size 142 >> ... >> >> >> Regards >> >> Takashi Sakamoto >> > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel