8 Sep
2003
8 Sep
'03
7:15 p.m.
"Mark Knecht" <mknecht(a)controlnet.com> writes:
Please do.
Robert
OK, by default, with firmware loaded and no Alsa
applications (hdspmixer,
amixer commands or anything else) doing anything, then my HDSP mixer does
the following routing: (I think!)
In1 + Playback1 == Out1
In2 + Playback2 == Out2
...
In 26 + Playback26 == Out26
So, I think you have fewer I/Os on this card, but I would be surprised if
RME did something very different on your MultiFace.
From what I have read it is similar (I think the inputs
are routed also
to the corresponding stereo channel of the Line Out). But I think
the
channels would all be muted before running something like hdspmixer or
amixer.
Maybe you should do what I did when Thomas and I
couldn't get outputs
working. Instead of sending audio data out, concentrate on the inputs
instead. Send signals in, check what hdspmixer is displaying, and see if you
can record it to a wave file using something like Audacity or ReZound. You
may find that with your firmware things are off by 2 or 8 channels. Thomas
and I had this problem with the older HDSP 9652 driver. I switched to
debugging the inputs, and when we found the problems that led pretty quickly
to getting the outputs working.
Also, one input signal can get monitored very well in hdspmixer, but one
output signal requires you to check all outputs which is harder for you to
do.
Very mysteriously the inputs *do* work now (only tested analog so far).
I do not think I have changed anything and do not understand why they
started working... I can't say yet, if they do work always now, or
only under certain conditions...
OK, I have to read manuals of Audacity or ReZound or something...
I hope I'll find something which is simple enough to set up for a
quick first test. It can be quite confusing in such a situation,
you can never be sure if you made a mistake or if the hw is not
working...
I am a bit
resistant to downgrade the firmware.
I'd like to hear from somebody who really knows what's the situation
with firmware, maybe Thomas?
Yes, I understand. There are other MultiFace users here. Maybe they can tell
you want firmware revisions they are running.