[LAU] Envy24Control is missing the Analog Volume tab - need guidance...

[Tim E. Real]

On November 4, 2012 03:31:02 PM Tim E. Real wrote:
> On November 4, 2012 02:51:30 PM Cullen Davis wrote:
> > I need help troubleshooting a recording issue on a dedicated audio
> > computer with a single DSP2000 C-Port.  I can not record from the
> > analog inputs of my audio interface.  I suspect that it is because the
> > analog volume tab on the envy24control mixer is missing which means
> > that I can not raise (or activate) the ADC sliders.
> > 
> > 1) Should the  analog tab exist for an ICE1712 device (dsp24 with an
> > ADC&DAC2000)?
> > 2) If yes - can anyone help me troubleshoot why the tab is not there?
> > 3) Can anybody confirm if the DSP2000's channel LEDs should light up?
> > (They do light up when using the OEM drivers on an XP partition of the
> > computer)
> > 
> > A lot of solutions to this problem are “on the envy24control analog
> > tab, make sure the sliders have been moved up".  Without that tab, I
> > can not see if this is a solution to of my recording woes....
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Can you please try Mudita24, a replacement for Envy24:
> http://code.google.com/p/mudita24/
> 
> It is already available as a package in some distros.
> 
> I've been waiting for a test case like this!
> 
> With Envy24, the support of ADC/DACs was kind of hard-wired.
> If it didn't recognize the ADC/DAC, well it just didn't show the tab.
> 
> So one of my priorities with Mudita24 quickly became supporting
>  ICE1712 cards with as-yet unknown future ADC/DACs.
> 
> In that respect I rewrote the code to ask ALSA for all the important
>  information about ADC/DACs, instead of hard-wired info.
> 
> Give it a try.
> I do expect there might be some issues, being an 'unknown' ADC/DAC.
> Perhaps some checkboxes missing etc.  ... ?
> Let us know.
> 
> You can post here or always reach me at
> termtech AT rogers DOT com.
> 
> Thanks.
> Tim.

PS. Try the most recent development version, if not in your distro, 
 for best results. It had some more fixes.
Tim.

> 
> > Hardware / Software
> > The hardware is a MSI 915 (intel p4) mb with all on-board devices
> > turned off in bios (except for graphics).  The only card on the
> > motherboard is a dsp24 pci card connected to an external 8 channel
> > ADC&DAC2000 box.  (aka DSP2000 -
> > http://www.st-audio.de/products/dsp2000/info.html).  For the OS, I am
> > running Fedora 17 with PulseAudio removed and a realtime kernel
> > (3.4.11-1.rt19.2.fc17.ccrma.i686.rtPAE) installed.
> > 
> > The pci hardware is found, the ICE1712 mods load, and alsa reports the
> > card as device 0 (the only device).  The card does work when booted to
> > an XP partition on the machine.
> > 
> > Driver versions are:
> > alsa-lib-1.0.26-1.fc17.i686
> > alsa-tools-1.0.26.1-1.fc17.i686
> > jack-audio-connection-kit-1.9.8-9.fc17.i686
> > 
> > The jack subsystem is working fine for synthesized audio and playback
> > of existing files.  My USB control services are passing through jack
> > just fine.   My problem is that I can not get the analog inputs on the
> > DSP2000  to activate.  I am absolutely sure that I am sending a signal
> > to the input box - but no combination of settings on the alsamixer or
> > the envy24control seem to be effective in activating the input
> > channels or recording the signal.
> > 
> > To record, I am running a Shure SM58 into a PreSonas Bluetube preamp
> > and running the unbalanced out into the DSP2000 input 1 (I have tried
> > all eight) of the DSP2000.  When the same signal is run into a
> > standalone mixer - the meter shows a hot signal.  The DSP2000 has two
> > preamps - I can get the clip indicator on the DSP2000 to trigger if I
> > push the signal too hot.  That tells me that I am getting a signal to
> > the breakout box’s input.
> > 
> > I would appreciate any help or troubleshooting tips anyone could provide.
> > 
> > CjD