[linux-audio-user] MAudio Audiophile USB strikes back

[Arnold Krille]

Hi,

On 7/7/05, Pierre-Antoine Champin <lau-050706 at champin.net> wrote:
> I then tried to fix the saturation problem with alsamixer, and here come
> the problems. 'alsamixer -c 3' outputs 'No mixer elems found'. Is this a
> limitation of the device, the alsa driver or my hacking skills ?
> Is there a means of having alsamixer work, or any other software mixer ?
> Or do I have to control manually the input level ?

It could be that this device has no hardware mixer (at least my tascam
hasn`t). You have to control the knobs on the device.

Another approache: Is this device based on the envy-chip? Try envycontrol...

> More generally, does anyone have an experience of running an Audiophile
> USB completely with linux? I bought it in the faith of the alsa website,
> claiming support for this device, but searching the net gives me the
> impression that some problems remain...
> PS: for the record, I use a Debian/testing with kernel 2.6.1, alsa
> drivers from the kernel, libasound2 1.0.9, jack 0.99.0 .

You definitly want to upgrade your kernel to a recent version before
trying everything else. At least before sending bug reports...

Arnold