Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] 2 questions about alsa and ardour
From: Aaron Trumm (aaron_AT_nquit.com)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 04:35:26 EEST
Ok guys, I am a moron. I wasn't adding -d hw:0 to the jackd command, and that
matters :)
when I do:
jackd -R -d alsa -d hw:0 -p 2048
I see all kinds of outputs in ardour *laugh*
well, uh - uhm *blush* - BYE! *RUNS AWAY FAST!!*
On Tuesday 30 September 2003 19:52, Aaron Trumm wrote:
> Hello again - this may be a better question for the ardour list, but I
> can't get subscribed to that, so...
>
> two questions:
> 1)
> Does anybody know - does Ardour support assigning tracks to outputs other
> than just 1 and 2 - is this an Alsa issue?
>
> To explain, my goal is to have 24 tracks of audio on Ardour, and not mix in
> ardour, to split the tracks - track 1 goes out on output 1, track 2 on
> output 2, 3 on output 3, etc. (and the same with the inputs, if possible),
> so that I can mix on my behringer ddx3216 32 channel digital mixer - this
> is one major reason why I have an HDSP 9652, because it has 24 channels of
> ADAT litepipe i/o, which I'm taking into the board...
>
> but I don't know if Alsa supports this, and I don't know if Ardour supports
> this. All I know is I'm configuring the system, and I just got the HDSP to
> make sound for the first time, and when I open up ardour to see how things
> are, I expect to be able to go to the routing screen off the track, and see
> alsa have 24 outputs, but still I only see two...I don't know if I'm not
> yet properly configured, or if my goal isn't even supported...
>
>
> 2)
> when I start Jack (right now anyway), I've been using:
> jackd -R -d alsa -p 2048
>
> and it starts just fine, and gives me this message:
>
> You appear to be using the ALSA software "plug" layer, probably
> a result of using the "default" ALSA device. This is less
> efficient than it could be. Consider using a ~/.asoundrc file
> to define a hardware audio device rather than using the plug layer
>
> I have a feeling this has something to do with question 1 - am I right?
> what does it have to do with it?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any info! :)
>
>
> ps:
> for those that were following my HDSP 9652 thread: yep, I got sound. I
> downgraded the firmware and have applied Thomas's patch. What's weird,
> though, is that somewhere along the way, I don't remember when, I got the
> new kernel from Planet. apparently I kept the old one (the one that ends
> in acpi), and was booting with that, and wasn't getting sound, and hadn't
> yet really got a clean rebuild of the alsa drivers. I was working on that,
> and had emailed the planet list with some questions about that. then, I
> rebooted and started what I THINK is the new kernel (it ends in .rh90 on my
> boot loader) - it didn't want to deal with the ethernet card, so I couldn't
> get online *laugh* - but I was deleting a command in terminal and all of a
> sudden for the first time heard a "bloop". so I played back some stuff
> using audacity, hydrogen and ardour, and sure enough, sound.
> understandably, things were just coming out every channel, and audacity
> played back some low res (22khz) sounds all fuzzy (which is expected, since
> I don't think the HDSP likes low res audio like that), but there was sound.
> I guess the patch and new alsa drivers were talking with the new kernel
> but not the old. now I figure I need to just clean out all the kernels
> (except the original redhat one, you know, so I can run), and rebuild all
> of it. problem is, I'm afraid of doing that with the new kernel, for fear
> that the ethernet problem isn't connected to my dirty messy screwed up
> builds, and just has to do with the new kernel...
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