[LAU] Problems with sample rate and recordings (Mackie onyx > 1640-i < Firewire > Debian )

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On 03/03/2015 11:46 PM, Chris Caudle wrote:
> On Tue, March 3, 2015 3:22 am, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> On 03/03/2015 01:03 AM, Chris Caudle wrote:
>>>> for nearly every device the driver should be able to set the
>>>> sample rate
>>
>> But by what way can the sample rate be set?
> 
> By using the snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near () ALSA function.  That is
> what jack2 uses.
> 
> http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/group___p_c_m___h_w___params.html#ga39124280d06ce63092a77e3f25ddd6ee
> 

This sounds interesting.
But how could i use this parameter? Any specifical command i should use
into the shell?