Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app usability
From: Joern Nettingsmeier (nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de)
Date: Sat Jun 22 2002 - 08:25:33 EEST
"STEFFL, ERIK *Internet* (SBCSI)" wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joern Nettingsmeier [mailto:nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de]
> > "STEFFL, ERIK *Internet* (SBCSI)" wrote:
> > >
> > > that said I have to admit we're not there yet, I am just
> > trying to get
> > > soundblaster live! to record something (audio) and it just
> > doesn't:-)
> >
> > assuming you use alsa, try scrolling a little to the right in
> > alsamixer:
> > there is another control named "capture" that needs a capture flag as
> > well (not just the line or mic you're recording from).
>
> thanks, I'll try that.
>
> Is there any place where the mixer controls for SB Live! are described?
> It's quite hard to figure out what they are doing, some are obvious but lot
> of them are not - e.g. this Capture control, then there are capture controls
> for some of the input (e.g. there's Line LiveDrive & Line LiveDrive Capture,
> but there's only Line LiveDrive 1 - no capture control for this one), the
> headphone controls (Headphone LFE 1, Headphone 1, Headphone Center 1) , LFE,
> etc... I've checked the live! web page, creative webpage but found no
> details (yet) - any pointers?
alsa-cvs/alsa-kernel/Documentation.SB-Live-mixer.txt
this might help some. although i must confess that after 2 yrs of use,
many of the features are still a mystery to me :)
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