<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>I'm writing to notify of success with the db60xg -- thanks Rui, for turning me on to this great $20.00 synth!! Only remaining mystery is how to get qjackctl to open both the analog (hw:6,0) and digital (hw:6,1) parts of the Dynex dx-sc51 so I can have independent headpone monitors and SPDIF->main monitor.... </div>
<div><br></div><div>From <a href="http://old.nabble.com/Suzuki-QC1-Qchord-Digital-Songcard-Guitar-td28495861.html">http://old.nabble.com/Suzuki-QC1-Qchord-Digital-Songcard-Guitar-td28495861.html</a></div><div>...........................</div>
<div><br></div><div>I got it all working! Here's my first recording (1 minute long done in qtractor) of the Yamaha db60xg waveterminal daughterboard synth, playing through- hosted-on, and recorded-by the dynex dx-sc51. MIDI for the db60xg is driven by the Suzuki Qchord and "Rhythm Style QCard QRC-1" #16 "Salsa" cartridge, randomly chorded by me: <a href="http://nielsmayer.com/DjColtraneRexx-qchord-salsa.flac">http://nielsmayer.com/DjColtraneRexx-qchord-salsa.flac</a> ... basically, the qchord is a fancy chorded arpeggiator with a quantizing strumplate...<br>
<br>I now can record directly from the db60xg's analog output (it appears as the "Video In" analog input in alsamixer. To get it working, I had to use alsamixergui to set the soundcard's capture input to "Video In" and not the default microphone). I then tell jackd to output to hw:ICE1724,1 (SPDIF) which connects my main monitors. Then I can either record off the capture input, or select monitor to send the db60xg sound, mixed with PCM, over SPDIF to the mains. Now if I could only figure out how to get Jack to open the Dynex card's analog (hw:ICE1724,0) and digital (hw:ICE1724,1) parts simultaneously, i'd also have a separate headphone monitor in addition to the working spdif out. Unfortunately, the snd-ice1724 module for this card doesn't recognize it as a 6 channel card, providing only a 2in/2out with separate SPDIF ( see <a href="http://old.nabble.com/Re:-perhaps-why-some-of-us-have-more-trouble-w--pulseaudio-than-others-(ICE1712-M-audio-delta-problem-w--pulseaudio)-td28498250i40.html">http://old.nabble.com/Re:-perhaps-why-some-of-us-have-more-trouble-w--pulseaudio-than-others-(ICE1712-M-audio-delta-problem-w--pulseaudio)-td28498250i40.html</a> ) </div>
<div><br></div><div>...........................</div><div><br></div><div>Some additional notes I took on using&recording from the db60xg with dynex dx-sc5:</div><div><br></div><div><div>...........................</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><div>** Working jackd/qjackctl configuration -- allows for SPDIF output and normal 2 channels of capture fed by db60xg (when capture input setup as "Video")</div><div>-- ~/.jackdrc == "/usr/bin/jackd -dalsa -r48000 -p256 -n2 -D -Chw:6,0 -Phw:6,1 -Xseq -zs -H -M"</div>
<div>-- note that in "setup" Interface set to "(default)" and "Input Device" set to "hw:6,0" ; "Output Device" set to "hw:6,1" (to get SPDIF out); use "hw:6,0" for analog/headphones.</div>
<div>-- for some reason, this fails when setting symbolic name, e.g. "-Chw:ICE1724,0 -Phw:ICE1724,1" -- therefore jack setup is sensitive to ALSA moving cards around.</div><div><br></div><div>** in alsamixer (F4-record) make sure input set to "Video" == db60xg and "capture" is selected</div>
<div>Item:"L R Capture" in red must appear above "Video" input. Cursor to there and hit 'space' to select.</div><div>Item: "L R Capture" in red must ALSO appear above "Capture" input, otherwise all capture is muted. This normally sets "mic boost" but should be set to 0db.</div>
<div> (to select, cursor to "Capture" and hit 'space').</div><div><br></div><div>** in alsamixer (F3-playback):</div><div>Item: "Multi Track Rate Locking" set to [Off]</div><div>Item: "Multi Track Rate Reset" set to [Off]</div>
<div>Item: "SPDIF" (left): set to "[H/W In 0]" to monitor db60xg ; set to "PCM" for normal/DAW usage.</div><div>Item: "SPDIF 1" (right): set to "[H/W In 1]" to monitor db60xg ; set to "PCM" for normal/DAW usage. </div>
<div>Item: "Video" set to 74 == 0db. Note that this just controls the mix-level of the db60xg in the "digital mixer" that feeds the analog output and headphone monitor</div><div> (like 'PCM' adjusts level of PCM into the mixer.).</div>
<div><br></div><div>** IMPORTANT: Both for monitoring through SPDIF as well as capture/recording, careful to prevent clipping of this analog "Video" input:</div><div>-- the level of the db60xg must be adjusted in qxgedit's Master volume. The "Video" input just adjusts the mix level after the input.</div>
<div>-- Many public XG midi files are very loud and require total volume set to 80-100 not 127. (this results in a loudness blip at the end if the track uses master volume to fade, and the level was set below where the fadelevel started...).</div>
<div>-- use "qarecord --jack --rate 48000" to check levels and set via 'xgedit' system/effect->Master->Volume</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>...........................</div></div><div><br></div>
<div>-- Niels</div><div><a href="http://nielsmayer.com">http://nielsmayer.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>PS: TODO: figuring out how the db60xg's analog input is routed through the dynex sc51 and how to access and route it: <a href="http://www.studio4all.de/htmle/main96.html">http://www.studio4all.de/htmle/main96.html</a></div>
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