> OK then do NOT run ANY version of hdspmixer as the older versions will do > weird routing and mess up all your tests. You probably need to do a cold > boot or something to make sure you have everything back to default. that'll be done next time I go in there, as I had to leave the studio for a bit and power down :) > You need to do everything with amixer commands until you get version 1.3 > compiled correctly. ok - we're on the same page on this - (whew! :) ) - I actually sometimes am more comfortable on the command line and in code. I wouldn't mind configuring on the command line and skipping hdpsmixer altogether. but I too do like the flashing lights and pretty GUI sometimes :) > I'll just say this again for clarity. Do not run ANY version of hdspmixer > OTHER THAN version 1.3 or the results are weird and the whole card acts > crazy. (Audio data gets written to control registers using version 1.2. ;-) > Crazy results! ;-) Righto! > Fernando supplies alsa-tools, which is where I think you got your 1.2 > version, or whatever you are running. Maybe you can figure out from that how > to get this built. On Gentoo it builds fine for me. I haven't tried it on > Redhat. yes so summary configure using amixer commands get to work get hdspmixer 1.3 to work when I open it, expect to see it show up however I've configured the card using amixer commands that brings up question. if I am using amixer commands, skipping hdsp for a moment, how am I going to test (without opening ardour)?