[LAU] M-Audio FastTrack Pro, all four outputs in jack

[Dan S]

2009/10/9 Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey at boosthardware.com>:
>
> On 10/09/2009 07:06 PM, Dan S wrote:
>>
>> 2009/10/7 Paul Davis<paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Dan S<danstowell+lxau at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> This
>>>> thread<http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg23839.html>
>>>> suggests that using .asoundrc to aggregate the two devices into one
>>>> virtual device should work, but for me it simply doesn't, the virtual
>>>> device never shows up in qjackctl and even jackd from commandline
>>>> can't connect to it by name.
>>>>
>>>
>>> can aplay? if not, start there.
>>>
>>
>> Forgive the ignorance but what sort of string does aplay's "-d" option
>> need? I tried the device names that qjackctl shows me (namely default,
>> hw:0, hw:1,0, hw:1) and only "default" worked (I expected hw:0 also to
>> work since that's the same as default, i.e. the internal card). All
>> other options return immediately with error and don't play.
>
>
> aplay -f cd -d hw:1,0 xxxx.wav
>
>
> That should record a cd quality wav file on the fastrack pro i/o 1/2

Hmm, no dice here (you mean "play" not "record" I guess). In the
following, all of the playback commands occurred on the internal
device:

sounds> aplay --version
aplay: version 1.0.13 by Jaroslav Kysela <perex at suse.cz>
sounds> aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC861VD Analog [ALC861VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Pro [FastTrack Pro], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Pro [FastTrack Pro], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
sounds> aplay a11wlk01.wav
Playing WAVE 'a11wlk01.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Mono
sounds> aplay -f cd -d hw:1,0 a11wlk01.wav
Playing WAVE 'a11wlk01.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Mono
sounds> aplay -f cd -d hw:1,1 a11wlk01.wav
Playing WAVE 'a11wlk01.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Mono
sounds> aplay -f cd -d hw:0,0 a11wlk01.wav
Playing WAVE 'a11wlk01.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Mono


How to diagnose?

Thanks
Dan