<div class="gmail_quote">Toby,<br><br>True, only the FFADO can "access" the AudioFire 8. Its a firewire device, and hence ALSA has no intrest in it.<br>Niether does OSS.<br><br>On the bright side of the rainbow, there are ways to route ALSA / Pulse / OSS / whatever-you-need to JACK.<br>
<br>Try google "ALSA program JACK output", in short: you need this article:<br><a href="http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Jack_%28plugin%29" target="_blank">http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Jack_(plugin)</a><br>
<br>Hth, I've a AudioFire 2 & 12, works no probs on either, so its gotta do on your 8!<br>
Cheers, -Harry<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Toby <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:toby@tobiah.org" target="_blank">toby@tobiah.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Short version:<br>
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Have an Audiofire8, and it works great through FFADO but only with<br>
Jack. Jack is cool, but how do I get my normal system<br>
sounds (like from Firefox, etc...) out of it? Alsa seems<br>
not to be present at all. Did I choose badly? Can I ever get<br>
normal ALSA programs to see my Audiofire 8?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Toby<br>
<br>
Saga:<br>
<br>
I ordered a refurb box from Fry's in US. 8 Gig Ram, 1TB Hd,<br>
four core AMD Phenom, +extras $600. How could I refuse?<br>
<br>
Excitedly opening the box upon arrival I noticed that there<br>
was no PCI slot on the board whatsoever.<br>
<br>
So I go to the net. At that time there were only purely consumer<br>
type PCI-e sound boards, and I gave up on that. I had good luck<br>
with my USB 1.0 Tascam US-122 with linux, so without diligently<br>
checking compatibility, I ordered the US-144mkII; I need RCS<br>
S/PDIF I/O.<br>
<br>
A brief search after receiving the unit told me that I was lame,<br>
and should be ashamed to call myself a Linux user due to my lack<br>
of research before ordering.<br>
<br>
So I look around, and decide on an Echo again. This time an<br>
Audiofire8. I wanted the 4, but found the 8 on Craigslist<br>
for $300 flat. Seems I could not pass that up.<br>
<br>
I had done at least cursory research this time, and was indeed<br>
able to get the unit working properly through FFADO, but apparently<br>
only through Jackd. That's pretty cool for Ardour, but I can't even<br>
get Audacity or alsaplayer to use jack. Plus, how will I ever get<br>
Firefox, or other possibly non-jack aware programs to play<br>
through jack? I don't seem to have any alsa devices, even though<br>
the unit works great with Ardour.<br>
<br>
I suppose I could just dedicate another mixer blade to the onboard<br>
sound card (hear Simpson's shudder: Ughghghghghghhhhhhhhh).<br>
<br>
I seem to always be chasing rainbows. I remember when Alsa first<br>
came out. I thought it looked really neat, but not much used it<br>
at first. Then they had OSS emu, etc, but it took a long time for<br>
ALSA to win the audio war, and then another long time before it<br>
was second nature to me, and everything started to support it, and<br>
now, even oss emu seems a thing of the past. /dev/dsp? what's that?<br>
<br>
Now, with Jack, it seems that I am on another loop of this treadmill.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Tobiah<br>
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