We are pleased to announce Quicktoots release number 14.
http://www.djcj.org/LAU/quicktoots
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Elcheapo multichannel I/O
How to combine consumer grade devices into one written by Timo Sivula.
So your too cheap/poor to afford the latest and greatest professional audio
card? Maybe you just like to break stuff? Relax.... All you need are a few
tools, some spare time and good hand/eye co-ordination. Why spend hundreds when
you can spend less than a hundred?
This toot explains to combine 2 or more consumer grade soundcards of the same
model to be used as one single virtual multichannel soundcard for multichannel
recording in Linux.
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The purpose of the Quicktoots are to provide a community resource of
informative guides for using Linux audio applications.
The Quicktoots are the brainchild of Dave Phillips the man responsible
for the most comprehensive webpage devoted to Linux audio applications.
The Linux Sound and Midi page. Your one stop resource for Linux sound
software.
http://www.linux-sound.org
If you are in the position to link to any of the quicktoots please link
to the main page. That way we can keep more accurate statistics on the
amount of people viewing the pages.
If you are interested in contributing to the Quicktoots please let us
know. All work must be submitted to either Dave or myself and we will
give advice or make changes to ensure our publishing standard is met. If
you are not able to send html don't worry because I am willing to format
any braindumps.
Enjoy.
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Http://www.boosthardware.comHttp://www.djcj.org/ - The Linux Audio Users guide
Http://www.djcj.org/gigs - Gigs Guide Korea
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Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No!
We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything
I've ever done.
Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002
The Scotsman
> Just to verify it\'s not some weird hardware issue, did you ever try a 32
> bit kernel with Ingo\'s patches on that machine?
No. I didn\'t know you could force a kernel to build as a different
architecture.
It doesn\'t sound like a fun way to test, isint there another way to
see if there is a hardware issue?
I\'d really like to use my machine to the fullest, otherwise I could
just install 32-bit winblows XP...
-thewade
I am running 2.6.10-rc2-mm1 and I still get a surge of XRUNS
about 10-20 min after starting jackd, even with the no acpi and
no apm flags passed to the kernel.
Im hoping that Ingo\'s patch that will eventually build on AMD64
will fix this.
-thewade
Hey spencer,
I am using an AMD64 laptop for audio work and I have to say
its a lot of work and waiting to get things to work correctly
right now. There really isint any cool advantages for audio
yet but the hyperthreads in the FX chipset may make things
run a little faster for doing audio/video stuff. Im not sure.
The only thing I am sure of is that I am not running a
realtime-preemptable kernel nor is the audio software that I use
work compleately (PD), all because of 64-bit woes.
Im still waiting...
But then again its people like us that make the industry change,
and I think there is a lot you COULD do with 64-bits, it just
isint implemented in the processor yet. There isint any real
reason for the PC industry not to eventually move to 64-bits
except for conservitive beliefs that its not needed.
-thewade
Hi,
> On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 12:30 -0500, Joe Hartley wrote:
> > Programs default to the first MIDI device, which is on the Audiophile,
> > and not all programs will easily allow one to change the input device.
>
> Which programs are these, other than ZynAddSubFX? That's a bad bug,
> that would render such programs unusuable to a professional. And
> there's no excuse for it, it should be trivial to add support for
> selecting the MIDI device to use.
I beg to differ.
Selecting the input device is seldom interesting to do from the softsynth. The routing is primarily done by the host program or a specifically crafted routing app, like qjackctl or kaconnect.
Infact, when using lots of softsynths from a sequencer it is a nouisance when the softsynth has made a default connection to the input device. In my opinion, they should just register themselves (most have this as an option).
The only case where you want the synth to directly connect itself to another device is when you are
doing realtime playback from an external keyboard and not using any other stuff, more or less a special case.
/Robert
>
> Please report this bug to the author(s) of said program(s).
>
> Lee
>
> From: tim hall <tech(a)glastonburymusic.org.uk>
> > http://www.geocities.com/dn_liitto/english/El-cheapo-howto
> LAUdotted with hours of the announcement! First suggestion - put it up on a
> server that can handle more than one person looking at it at a time. ;-]
> I'll read it later then.
You are already the second person complaining about the unavailability
of service at Geocities. Do you have any ideas where I could but the
document that would be better and have a limited amount of banners ad
pop-ups?
Timo
> From: Lee Revell <rlrevell(a)joe-job.com>
> > Maybe it's because of drift (of ~3hz) of the two card spdif clock. How can
> > I make the two card sync'ed?
> >
>
> You can't. This is an FAQ.
May I suggest a different answer to this problem ;-) Check the "ANN:
El-cheapo-howto" thread on this same list.
br, Timo
Kjetil,
> From: Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen <k.s.matheussen(a)notam02.no>
> Quick "wget -r" mirror:
> http://www.notam02.no/temp/www.geocities.com/dn_liitto/english/El-cheapo-ho…
thanks a million for this! I was already getting a bit desperate with
the pop-up-banner sites I was reviewing to find a better place for the
El-cheapo-howto.
Timo
I've run into a problem with my son's setup. He's got a system running
Fedora Core 1, with the Planet CCRMA 2.4.26-ll kernel and an M-Audio
Audiophile 2496, and for Christmas, I got him an M-Audio Radium 61
MIDI keyboard.
I've gotten past the firmware loading and USB MIDI configuration.
My problem is that if I use a program that allows me to choose the
interface, such as pd, I can see the MIDI signals come in when I use
MIDI interface #2.
When I use a program with no obvious way of choosing the MIDI interface
to use, such as ZynAddSubFX, I don't get any input from the Radium.
What I need to do here is disable the MIDI portion of the Audiophile,
so that Linux sees it strictly as a sound card, and sees the Radium as
the only MIDI device. This is where I am in over my head, as I've done
precious little with MIDI under Linux.
All pointers greatly appreciated!
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Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh(a)brainiac.com
Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
I have two audio cards:
(integrated)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
using driver: snd_via82xx
(PCI)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
using driver: snd_emu10k1
I connected the two with a spdif connector because the internal one seems
to have a better ADC than emu10k1
(Sblive external Digital Out jack to Internal Spdif IN)
When I play any file on the sblive, and ONLY if I listen it on the other
card, I hear a click every 3 seconds. If I listen to the file directly
from sblice line out it's OK.
Maybe it's because of drift (of ~3hz) of the two card spdif clock. How can
I make the two card sync'ed?