[Fwd: Re: Freebob problem with M-Audio Firewire Solo breakout box] - Linux-audio-user

3 Feb 2008

THANK YOU!!! It works!

I feel stupid - really the only reason I wasn't getting sound was I had
the wrong input selected on my Firewire Solo box.. I was sure FreeBob
wasn't working, because aplay -l didn't work, and it hadn't occurred to
me to try starting Ardour, but as soon as I did I saw that it was
showing the inputs and outputs from my Firewire Solo.

I can't tell you how great it feels to get audio, after a week of
struggling with this!!

Cheers,
Katie

Hartmut Noack wrote:
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 verymeta(a)riseup.net schrieb:
  Hi, I apologize for cross-posting, as I've
already sent this to the Ubuntu
 Studio list, but I don't think the problem is specific to Ubuntu...

 I need some help getting Freebob to work with my new M-Audio Firewire Solo
 device instead of a soundcard.

 When I run gscanbus, the Firewire Solo is recognised, but when I do

 $ aplay -l 
 Alsa does not handle FW-cards

  $ jackd -d freebob

 without the Solo plugged in, Jack won't start. But if the Solo is
 plugged in Jack will start, and I get the messages:

 JACK compiled with System V SHM support.
 loading driver ..

 SSE2 detected
 Freebob using Firewire port 0, node -1
 libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 0.
 You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node.
 libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 1.
 You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node. 
 I get the very same message and after it I can use a Presonus Firebox
 without any trouble via Jack. So this does not look like a source of
 trouble to me :-)

  But still I don't get any sound. 
 What does this mean in detail? What happens, if you start Ardour - do
 the IN/OUT ports of the port show up in "connections"?
 What happens, if you start qjackctl *after* you have jackd with freebob
 up and running?

  I have no idea what 'manually set the
 channel on the receiving node' means. 
 Me neither - but I do not have any trouble with that.

  Also, I don't know if this is meaningful in
any way, but when I open
 qjackctl and go to setup, the 'input device', 'output device',
'input
 channels', and 'output channels' drop-down boxes are greyed out. 
 the greyed out options do not apply to the freebob backend, if there is
 something to set, freebob does it.

 best

 HZN
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