[LAU] emagic a6|2m issues in (k)ubuntu

Howdy gentlebeings,

I have this USB card made by emagic before they were bought by Apple
lock, stock and barrel (the replacement MIDI cable that they send you
free of charge already has Apple Computer Germany written on the
package,, and the emagic site simply forwards you to apple.com) - is
anybody here familiar with such devices? They come in two flavours -
6|2 m with 6 RCA inputs and 2 outputs (or a single stereo output -
MIDI and SP/DIF functionality is also implemented as a single RCA
input and output, which can be switched between these modes - an
uncanny construction. The MIDI cable they sent me is in fact some
proprietary DIN to RCA adapter. Yeah. RCA jacks for MIDI - weird
innit? Anyway, a 2|6 m has two inputs and 6 outputs, and is identical
to the 6|2 m in all the other respects. The Linux kernel contains
dedicated modules as of version 2.6.31.4 (there used to be a single
driver for both cards IIRC); they are supposed to load firmware into
the card, which subsequently becomes controlled by snd-usb-audio. In
reality, the only time this card worked under GNU/Linux was back in
the epoch of dual booting - the Windows driver would load the firmware
into the card, and it remained functional after rebooting into
Kubuntu. This is no longer the case - I have banished the Redmond
demon, but everybody's favourite OS has apparently decided to surprise
me with an extra challenge. I don't mind as long as I get to see those
green LEDs again - the ones that succeed the single red LED that would
usually light for a second or two, and then give way to the green
messengers of success. Is anybody familiar with the card in question?
Did anybody ever manage to make this soundcard a fully functional
component of their penguin-friendly audio setup, with full support and
an infinitesimal latency? I certainly haven't as to yet - if there are
any insights , I'll be much obliged if you share them. Or should I
pester the kernel team instead?

Cheerio,

Mick
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Received on Wed Oct 21 04:15:08 2009