[LAU] mackie onyx blackjack

[Peter Crighton]

This is good news! I'm looking for a good USB 2-channel audio
interface for christmas and I was almost decided on the M-Audio Fast
Track Pro, which should be working out of the box with a 3.1 kernel,
too. But I reckon the Mackie is a way better device. It only lacks
96kHz recording, but I think I can go without that.

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Peter Crighton | (mainly) Progressive Rock musician based in
Mainz/Wiesbaden, Germany
http://www.petercrighton.de



2011/11/30 drz <drz at rizzux.org>:
> This device is working with Kernel 3.1 (in debian wheezy).
>
> 1. Check dmesg if the device is registered. You should get something like
> this:
>
> [ 400.908425] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
> [ 401.129862] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0a73, idProduct=0010
> [ 401.129873] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=0
> [ 401.129879] usb 3-1: Product: Onyx Blackjack
> [ 401.129882] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Loud Technologies Inc.
> [ 401.130118] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>
> maybe you get  some of these, too:
> [79005.602627] 5:1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x1
> [79005.615632] 5:2:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x82
> [79007.303653] 5:1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x1
> [79007.322655] 5:2:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x82
> They are no problem!
>
> 2. Go to System Settiings (KDE Control Center) click on Multimedia (German
> version):
> Choose Audio output (Dont know the exact english descriptor) and choose the
> Onyx Blackjack device.
>
> Maybe you have to create the following file (dont know exactly if this has an
> effect, but its what I did and the device works now
> I guess this ones for alsa):
> /etc/asound.conf
>
> with the following content:
> options snd-usb-audio index=0
> options snd-aoa index=1
>
> you will have to change snd.aoa to the driver of your onboard soundcard. snd-
> aoa is the Apple Powerbook onboard soundcard.
>
> Maybe you will have to install
> apt-get install phonon-backend-xine
>
> 3. To use it in audacity with jackd:
>
> - Simply start qjackctl, in Preferences (Einstellungen in german) switch input
> device (eingangsgerät) and output device (ausgangsgerät) to Blackjack -> USB
> audio, maybe you wish to deselect 'force 16bit' (16bit erzwingen) to record in
> 24bit and turn the sample rate to 48khz
> Sometimes jackd doesnt start properly, then simply start it again and make
> sure you plugged in the blackjack first (and enabled phantom power, if
> necessary).
>
> - start audacity and switch its soundsystem to jack audio and start recording!
>
> So I think you can consider the mackie onyx blackjack working in linux (debian
> wheezy at least. but it should be working in a recent ubuntu with a 3.1
> kernel, too).
>
> The devices' sound is really great, especially the preamps.
>
> Have fun
> drz
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