Hi Paul, interesting script indeed, this enforces me to dig in the linux bash scripts, new for me but very understandable. I'm sure I can do something from it. Thank you also for the "firmware" explanation, confusing if the word isn't used in it's normal meaning... Francois On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:12:23 -0500 Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 3:34 PM, francois bluewin < > francois.juigner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi Harry, Hi Ralf, > > > > Thank you for the fast answers. > > > > Harry, in fact you did not quite answer question 1 : do I have to use > > hdsploader ? Put it another way, would the card be recognized if the > > firmware is not ok? This firmware question is not clear for me : I fear to > > corrupt the card's windows firmware if I run hdsploader. Maybe that's > > completely wrong... > > > > (1) hdsploader has nothing to do with "firmware" although people often use > that term. What is loaded is actually configuration data for the Xilinx > chip, mostly to set up the matrix mixer > (2) the device driver will load the "firmware" itself automatically. The > only time hdsploader is useful these days is when for some odd reason you > need/want to force a reload without rebooting. > > > > > > > I agree that using amixer seems to be a horrible way to work, but I could > > not manage to get anything out of hdspmixer... There is no way to change > > the routes it loads by default ! clicking on the playback labels doesn't > > allow to check or uncheck existing boxes. > > > > hdspmixer is modelled on RME's own TotalMix and you should visit their > website to read up on how it works (newer versions of TotalMix are a bit > different, however). It isn't a particularly intuitive design, but once you > understand it things will be much more clear. remembering that clarity can > be hard, depending on your age and aptitude. > > > > This is why I wonder if there isn't anything wrong with my setup, namely : > > would the use of hdsploader change hdspmixer's behaviour ? > > > > no. > > and by the way, using amixer is not horrible. I have this little script > which i used to use to configure my Digiface. It is really useful and much > faster than firing up hdspmixer and loading some preset. > > #!/bin/bash > > AMIXER="amixer -q" > CARD="-c 1" > > if [ x$1 = xon ] ; then > gain=32768 > verb="route" > else > gain=0 > verb="mute" > fi > > shift; > > #input_source : 0-25 (physical channels), > # 26-51 (software playback) > #output_source : 0-25 (physical channels), > # 26-27 (line out) > > case $1 in > play) > for chn in $(seq 26 51);do > $AMIXER $CARD cset numid=5 $chn,$(($chn-26)),$gain > done > ;; > > thru) > for input in $(seq 0 25);do > for output in $(seq 0 25); do > if [ $input != $output ]; then > $AMIXER $CARD cset numid=5 $input,$output,$gain > fi > done > done > ;; > > thru12) > $AMIXER $CARD cset numid=5 0,0,$gain > $AMIXER $CARD cset numid=5 1,1,$gain > ;; > > mon) > for chn in $(seq 26 51);do > if [ $(($chn % 2)) -eq 0 ] ; then > $AMIXER $CARD cset numid=5 $chn,26,$gain > else > $AMIXER $CARD cset numid=5 $chn,27,$gain > fi > done > ;; > > all) > for input in $(seq 0 51); do > for output in $(seq 0 27); do > echo -n "." > if [ $gain = 0 -o $input != $output ]; then > $AMIXER $CARD cset numid=5 $input,$output,$gain > fi > done > echo > done > ;; > > off) > for input in $(seq 0 51); do > for output in $(seq 0 27); do > echo -n "." > if [ $gain = 0 -o $input != $output ]; then > $AMIXER $CARD cset numid=5 $input,$output,$gain > fi > done > echo > done > ;; > esac -- francois juigner <francois.juigner@xxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
