8 Aug
2010
8 Aug
'10
2:20 a.m.
The "Mudita24" package is a modification of alsa-tools' envy24control:
an application controlling the digital mixer, channel gains and other
hardware settings for sound cards based on the ice1712 chipset (
http://alsa.cybermirror.org/manuals/icensemble/envy24.pdf ). It
also displays a level meter for each input and output channel and
maintains peak level indicators. This utility is preferable to
alsamixer(1) for those with ice1712-based cards: M-Audio Delta 1010,
Delta 1010LT, Delta DiO 2496, Delta 66, Delta 44, Delta 410 and
Audiophile 2496. TerraTec EWS 88MT, EWS 88D, EWX 24/96, DMX 6Fire,
Phase 88. Hoontech SoundTrack DSP 24, SoundTrack DSP 24 Value,
SoundTrack DSP 24 Media 7.1. Event Electronics EZ8. Digigram VX442.
Lionstracs, Mediastaton. Terrasoniq TS 88. Partial support for
Roland/Edirol DA-2496.
Now available, version 1.02:
source: http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/mudita24-1.0.2.tar.gz
binary: http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/mudita24-1.0.2.x86_64.tgz
patch: http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/mudita24-envy24control-0.6-to-1.0.2.pat…
'envy24control' is part of the "alsa-tools" package. For example,
under CCRMA's Fedora repos, it's part of
alsa-tools-1.0.22-1.1.fc12.ccrma.x86_64. This "mudita24" package
updates/replaces the alsa-tools /usr/bin/envy24control application.
The default "./configure ; make ; sudo make install" process on the
source-code leaves a binary in /usr/local/bin/envy24control and places
the man-page in /usr/local/man/man1/envy24control.1 . This means you
can still use the standard alsa-tools version in
/usr/bin/envy24control .
Screenshots (controlling either Terratec DMX6Fire or M-Audio Delta 66):
http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/Mudita24-102-Monitor-Inputs.png
http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/Mudita24-102-Monitor-Outputs.png
http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/Mudita24-102-Patchbay+Router.png
http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/Mudita24-102-Hardware-Settings.png
http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/Mudita24-102-Analog-Volume.png
http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/Mudita24-102-About.png
Changes since recent 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 releases:
* Peak-meter display is in dBFS, corresponding to displayed dBFS
peak-meter value and scale-widget dB labeling.
* Hardware mixer input attenuators provide more precise control to the
0 to -48dB range of adjustment, turning the associated input "off"
when the slider is moved to bottom of the scale. External MIDI control
of the hardware mixer via --midichannel and --midienhanced options
unaffected by this change.
* For M-Audio Delta series, add display of "Delta IEC958 Input Status"
under "Hardware Settings."
* Command line options --no_scale_mark, --channel_group_modulus affect
layout and presence of dB markings for sliders.
--channel_group_modulus allows override of Left/Right grouping of dB
labels for multichannel applications.
* Control of peak-meter coloring via --lights_color and --bg_color
options. Reasonable default colors used when these options are not
set. (1.0.1's use of Gtk skin to provide an automatic color choice
didn't work out that well on some systems.)
* Fixed command-line options --card and --device to allow valid ALSA
card and CTL device names
( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602900 ).
* Profiles created in ~/.envy24control and not "~/envy24control"
( http://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=4738 ).
Summary of previous updates from envy24control 0.6.0 (GIT HEAD) to "1.0.2":
(1) Implemented "Peak Hold" functionality in meters; reimplemented
meters to do away with inefficient "faux LED" peak-meter display.
(2) Significantly reduced the number of timer interrupts generated by
this program by slowing down all updates to 10 per second --
previously meters updated 25x/second!
(3) All volumes are represented as decibels, including the 0 to -48dB
range of the hardware peak-meters, the 0 -to- -48dB&off attenuation
for all inputs to the digital mixer, the 0 -to- -63dB attenuation of
the analog DAC, and the +18 -to- -63dB attenuation/amplification of
the analog ADC.
(4) All gtk "scale" widgets have dB legends; the "PageUp"
"PageDown"
keys allow rapid movement between the marked levels, and "UpArrow" and
"DownArrow" allow fine-adjustment.
Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
PS: Why "mudita24" ? An alternate name to avoid confusion with
"envy24control 0.6.0" until changes in this version propagate
upstream. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy#In_philosophy "In
Buddhism the third of the four divine abidings is mudita, taking joy
in the good fortune of another. This virtue is considered the antidote
to envy and the opposite of schadenfreude."
12 Aug
12 Aug
2:02 p.m.
New subject: mudita24 1.02 -- improved envy24control mixer/router for ice1712-based sound-cards
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Am 08.08.2010 02:20, wrote Niels Mayer:
The "Mudita24" package is a modification of
alsa-tools' envy24control:
an application controlling the digital mixer, channel gains and other
hardware settings for sound cards based on the ice1712 chipset (
http://alsa.cybermirror.org/manuals/icensemble/envy24.pdf ). It
also displays a level meter for each input and output channel and
maintains peak level indicators. This utility is preferable to
alsamixer(1) for those with ice1712-based cards: M-Audio Delta 1010,
Delta 1010LT, Delta DiO 2496, Delta 66, Delta 44, Delta 410 and
Audiophile 2496. TerraTec EWS 88MT, EWS 88D, EWX 24/96, DMX 6Fire,
Phase 88. Hoontech SoundTrack DSP 24, SoundTrack DSP 24 Value,
SoundTrack DSP 24 Media 7.1. Event Electronics EZ8. Digigram VX442.
Lionstracs, Mediastaton. Terrasoniq TS 88. Partial support for
Roland/Edirol DA-2496.
...
Hi Niels,
looks really great. Finally a mixer panel with REAL db-value readout.
Can't wait to try it out.
One thing that is still a little unclear to me is, do I still need the original
'alsa-tools-gui'
package (Ubuntu 10.04), or can I simply install over a standard alsa implementation?
Thank you very much for this beautiful digital mixer.
Cheers,
Raphael ;)
P.S.: While we're at it: Maybe you could explain me what the 'volume change
rate' value on the '
hardware settings' tab means? What is it for? What does it adjust/smooth out?
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4:45 p.m.
New subject: mudita24 1.02 -- improved envy24control mixer/router for ice1712-based sound-cards
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:02 AM, R.Wolff <musicwolf(a)web.de> wrote:
looks really great. Finally a mixer panel with REAL
db-value readout.
Thanks! (And soon, Tim E. Real's changes will be finalized&integrated
and it will be even better
( http://linuxaudio.org/mailarchive/lad/2010/8/10/172644 ). Other than
good old 'alsamixer', another mixer with dB markings is
http://sourceforge.net/projects/alsamixer-qt4/ which looks promising
and might even fully support ice1712 one of these days (
http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2010-August/030514.html
).
Can't wait to try it out.
One thing that is still a little unclear to me is, do I still need the original
'alsa-tools-gui'
package (Ubuntu 10.04), or can I simply install over a standard alsa implementation?
You should be able to install over a standard ALSA implementation. If
you use the standard autoconf params "sudo make install" will install
a binary in /usr/local/bin/envy24control
and a manual page at /usr/local/share/man/man1/envy24control.1 . If
you have your $PATH setup
with /usr/local/bin in priority, then you should get the new
envy24control. Otherwise, you'll need to specify the full path to the
installed binary; or rename it; link to it; wrap it in a script, etc.
P.S.: While we're at it: Maybe you could explain
me what the 'volume change
rate' value on the '
hardware settings' tab means? What is it for? What does it adjust/smooth out?
( from mudita24-1.0.3/README, orig
http://alsa.cybermirror.org/manuals/icensemble/envy24.pdf )
........
Adjustment of responsivity vs. "zipper noise" from the 1.5dB steps at the
top-range of the digital mixer attenuators is achieved by the following
control under "Hardware Settings":
MT3B: Volume Control Rate Register
...
Volume update rate control (sampling rate, PSYNC)
This register allows gradual change of the digital mixer volume
setting. The value in MT3B specifies the number of samples to elapse (in
hex) between each 1.5dB increment/decrement in volume mixer. This gradual
volume update continues until the setting programmed into MT38 is
reached. The appropriate value to program may vary, but 00 or 01h are
good
choices for most cases.
...
-- Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
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