[LAU] [Fwd: Re: Freebob problem with M-Audio Firewire Solo breakout box]

[verymeta at riseup.net]

THANK YOU!!! It works!

I feel stupid - really the only reason I wasn't getting sound was I had
the wrong input selected on my Firewire Solo box.. I was sure FreeBob
wasn't working, because aplay -l didn't work, and it hadn't occurred to
me to try starting Ardour, but as soon as I did I saw that it was
showing the inputs and outputs from my Firewire Solo.

I can't tell you how great it feels to get audio, after a week of
struggling with this!!

Cheers,
Katie


Hartmut Noack wrote:
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> verymeta at riseup.net schrieb:
>> Hi, I apologize for cross-posting, as I've already sent this to the Ubuntu
>> Studio list, but I don't think the problem is specific to Ubuntu...
>>
>> I need some help getting Freebob to work with my new M-Audio Firewire Solo
>> device instead of a soundcard.
>>
>> When I run gscanbus, the Firewire Solo is recognised, but when I do
>>
>> $ aplay -l
>
> Alsa does not handle FW-cards
>
>
>> $ jackd -d freebob
>>
>> without the Solo plugged in, Jack won't start. But if the Solo is
>> plugged in Jack will start, and I get the messages:
>>
>> JACK compiled with System V SHM support.
>> loading driver ..
>>
>> SSE2 detected
>> Freebob using Firewire port 0, node -1
>> libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 0.
>> You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node.
>> libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 1.
>> You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node.
>
> I get the very same message and after it I can use a Presonus Firebox
> without any trouble via Jack. So this does not look like a source of
> trouble to me :-)
>
>> But still I don't get any sound.
>
> What does this mean in detail? What happens, if you start Ardour - do
> the IN/OUT ports of the port show up in "connections"?
> What happens, if you start qjackctl *after* you have jackd with freebob
> up and running?
>
>> I have no idea what 'manually set the
>> channel on the receiving node' means.
>
> Me neither - but I do not have any trouble with that.
>
>
>> Also, I don't know if this is meaningful in any way, but when I open
>> qjackctl and go to setup, the 'input device', 'output device', 'input
>> channels', and 'output channels' drop-down boxes are greyed out.
>
> the greyed out options do not apply to the freebob backend, if there is
> something to set, freebob does it.
>
>
> best
>
>
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