26 Jun
2003
26 Jun
'03
4:46 a.m.
Well, I got sound working again by using draksound to switch back to the
non-ALSA setup. So I'm back where I started, but at least can play sound.
I suspect that I may be able to record through the built-in sound card
without distortion if, as has been suggested, I can turn down the
output from the tape deck before it hits the sound card. So I'm on the
lookout for a fairly trivial stereo fader. I'm guessing Radio Shack will
have such a thing, though I don't see it on their web site.
Joseph Zitt wrote:
In seeing if I could dub through the UA-30, I
discovered that the device
itself is apparently broken. Playing a tape through its LINE IN inputs,
I only got one channel. Carefully testing things on the tape deck,
cabling, and UA-30, I determined that nothing is coming in via the right
channel input of the UA-30.
This appears to make all other questions about using it moot.
So I pulled the UA-30, and tried to play another MP3 through XMMS. It
told me that it couldn't, and suggested that there was no soundcard
configured. I rebooted, and things got worse, with no sound at all
happening through anything.