Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Creative audixy
From: Chuck Busby (scarecrow.143_AT_attbi.com)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 21:19:20 EET
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Follow the mail list links on http://www.alsa-project.org/
On Monday 04 February 2002 02:32 am, Guenther Sohler wrote:
> where can i find the alsa development list ?
>
> On 04-Feb-02 Chuck Busby wrote:
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> > You may want to join the alsa-devel mailing list. In the past few days
> > Takashi Iwai has been making changes to the emu10k1 part of the alsa
> > drivers and these changes are available on the cvs version. If you are
> > willing to test, it looks like they need a volunteer. The last status
> > had many things implemented but not tested. I recommend joining the list
> > and volunteering.
> >
> > On Sunday 03 February 2002 10:10 pm, Guenther Sohler wrote:
> >> Hallo Robert,
> >>
> >> thank you very much for your information.
> >> I believe we will make my card running in linux quite soon.
> >>
> >> It seems, that my creative audixy has an emu10k1 chip and yes, there is
> >> a linux sound object named emu10k1.o with my kernel.
> >> But they seem somehow to be incompatible. the kernel's one does not find
> >> my audixy. the source from sourceforge somehow seems to be advanced.
> >> When load it, i see in sndstat and in the emu10k1 source that it
> >> provides dsp mixer and midi devices, but no synth devices. when i load
> >> emu10k1 i first have to load ac97_codec
> >> i tested dsp. it works fine.
> >> when i want to play midi, i type playmidi -a midifile.mid.
> >> The program does not show any error, but there is no sound at all.
> >> Is emu10k1 meant to be used with AWE ? or does emu10k1 provide wavetable
> >> with its own ?
> >> awe_wave will not load, befcause it won't load because it does not find
> >> an awe64 card. I cannot patch/rewrite awe_wave.c because its too
> >> difficult for me to rewrite from an isa card to a pci card.
> >> i cannot rewrite sfxload because it operates on the proper synth
> >> device(audixy) but there are no synth devices registered in my system.
> >>
> >> My goal is to play midi files with the wavetable of the audixy card. how
> >> can i achieve this ?
> >>
> >>
> >> rds guenther
> >>
> >> > I can't recall the start of this thread, but if you've installed the
> >> > OSS/Free drivers (which should already be available with your kernel).
> >> > You can't use soundfonts, not supported yet (forever it seems).
> >> >
> >> > If you have installed alsa on the otherhand, things should work just
> >> > fine. You do however need all the oss compatibility modules loaded,
> >> > look at the end of the README or INSTALL document for some good
> >> > examples of what should be added to your modules.conf file.
> >> >
> >> > you could also try to (as root) do: modprobe snd-seq-oss
> >> > which (i think) should load the necessary modules automagically.
> >> >
> >> > when the drivers are correctly set up, sfxload <soundfont>
> >> > Is the correct command for loading fonts, should work without any
> >> > special tweaking.
> >> >
> >> > /Robert
> >> >
> >> > Guenther Sohler wrote:
> >> >>Hallo Group,
> >> >>
> >> >>Now I manged to compile the emu10k1 driver for linux.
> >> >>So I was able to play audio through dsp.
> >> >>Then I tried to play midi.
> >> >>The programs wer runnning fine but i did not hear anything.
> >> >>I suppose because there are no soundfonts loaded.
> >> >>How can I load soundfonts, a have a sf2 file but sfx load does not
> >> >> work because
> >> >>it does not find the awe64 card!
> >> >>
> >> >>rds Guenther
> >>
> >> Guenther Sohler
> >>
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> >> E-Mail: guenther.sohler_AT_newlogic.com Fax: +43-5577-62000-988
> >
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> > Chuck Busby
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> Guenther Sohler
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> NewLogic Technologies AG
> Millennium Park 6
> A-6890 Lustenau
> Phone: +43-5577-62000-507
> E-Mail: guenther.sohler_AT_newlogic.com Fax: +43-5577-62000-988
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