a ps to this - I may need to clean out all versions of hdspmixer and start over with 1.3 - can somebody give me a low down on how to make sure I've got everything cleaned out? rpm makes this so easy that I have yet to be confident when I'm not using rpm... --------------------------------------------------------------- Houston Poetry Slam Team www.houstonpoetryslam.com NQuit Records www.nquit.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux-Audio-User" <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 5:55 AM Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] more about HDSP 9652/jack/ardour/hdspmixer > On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 22:04, Aaron Trumm wrote: > <SNIP> > > -- > > a) I've been doing a lot of back and forth and reading but I'm a bit confused > > as to what hdspmixer is DOING (which makes it harder to tell if it's working > > :) ) > > hdspmixer is taking each and every one of the 52 inputs (26 ADAT > channels and 26 software channels) and it is 'mixing' them to each and > every one of the 26 output channels. It is capable of setting an routing > volume for each path separately. (Which could have something to do with > your -3db thing) > > Whether a specific input is routed to a specific output is made visible > when you click on the black square below a name like In 1 where it > probably says A1 1+2 on your setup if you're running default conditions. > You'll get a list of outputs. Any output with a check mark has some > amount of this inputs signal routed to that output. > > > > > > but what was showing up at the board wasn't what I was expecting *laugh* if I > > routed a track to channel 1, then it showd up a 3 db too quiet at channel 1 > > on the mixer, and at the right volume on channel 2 (I was using a -12 1khz > > test tone that I generated with the board and was able to record to ardour - > > ardour indeed is playing it at -12.1 - I think the point 1 is explanable but > > I'll skip that 'cause it doesn't matter just now) if I routed the track to > > channel 2, it didn't show up anywhere. odd numbered tracks after that seemed > > to be showing up on 1-2 just like 1 did (although I can't confirm the > > consistancy of this) > > I think I maybe did see something like this with older versions of > hdspmixer. > > > > > I experimented with opening up qjackconnect, which was the only one of the > > many patch bay programs from planet that showed 24 capture and playback > > channels and connecting captures to playbacks. this didn't seem to do > > anything, which made me wonder just what qjackconnect was for. > > > > then I closed all, closed the hdspmixer program, and started just jack and > > ardour. the results from that are: > > > > routed to channel 1, it shows up at channel 1, 3 db quiet, channels 3, 7, 9, > > 11, 17, 19 and 23 at 30 db quiet and channels 5, 13 and 21 at 12 dbs quiet - > > wha? > > OK, so now I need to ask what you mean by 'channels'. There are three > 'channel 1's ' in hdspmixer - In 1, Out 1 and A1 1. Are you seeing this > audio on Out 1 when Ardour plays audio? Do you see Out 1 audio making it > to A1 1? > > > > > routed to channel 2, it shows up only at channel 2! 3 dbs under - actually, > > this 3 dbs may be a non-problem issue in the board, so possibly it can be > > ignored > > > > routed to channel 3, it shows up on 1, 2, 3 and 4 and some other channels at > > half volume - wha wha? > > > > channel 4, nothing > > > > channel 5 --> 4, 5, 6 and others > > > > ok you get the picture. randomness. a weird mess. > > This sounds like you're possibly not running hdspmixer 1.3. In an xterm > type 'which hdspmixer'. IF you get /usr/bin/hdspmixer, I think you have > the wrong one. IF you get usr/local/bin/hdspmixer then you are probably > OK. > > In any case, unless you did something special when you did the > ./configure step I think the new one (at least on my system is in > /usr/local/bin, so make sure you are running that. > > Provide an lspci output so we can see that you've got the right > firmware. > > Provide the output of 'cat /proc/asound/card0/hdsp '. If you see 2 > status and two control registers then you have at least partially the > new driver. (I think) If you don't, then something is definitely a bit > off. > > <SNIP> > > > > I only know of a couple people who are using the HDSP 9652 - Mark K, does any > > of this sound familiar? > > It does actually. I mostly think that if you are doing things right with > the tools them you are still running the wrong software somewhere. > Probably your hdsp.o file isn't the right one is my guess, but we'll > just have to find out. > > Good luck, > Mark >
