[LAU] Software mixer for an USB-Audio - FastTrack Pro?

Marcos Guglielmetti marcospcmusica at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 05:21:36 EDT 2007


Hi!

We are testing an USB-Audio - FastTrack Pro using Musix GNU/Linux (Debian/ETCH 
compatible) on a Toshiba Notebook, Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2060  @ 1.60GHz 
(dual core)

Linux Musix 2.6.21 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 27 18:08:33 EEST 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

amixer -i -c 0 does not output anything. Also, gamix, gnome-alsamixer, 
alsamixer, alsamixergui, kmix, etc: nothing.

Jackd starts Ok (and with noxruns running at lower latencies) using hw:0, 
hw:0,1 (or so, I dont remember right now), It can play and record, but the 
mic input is too loud, and we can not control any souncards's input/outputs 
from the OS.

Is there a software mixer for an USB-Audio - FastTrack Pro?


The ALSA modules:

snd_hda_intel          24344  0 
snd_hda_codec         202496  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_usb_audio          78560  0 
snd_pcm_oss            43424  0 
snd_mixer_oss          19712  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                76292  4 
snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc         13704  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_usb_lib            19328  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hwdep              12932  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_seq_dummy           7940  0 
snd_seq_oss            33664  0 
snd_seq_midi           12320  0 
snd_rawmidi            26656  2 snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     11136  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                50896  6 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              25220  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         11788  5 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    53092  12 
snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore              12000  1 snd
usbcore               128264  9 
snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usb_storage,usbhid,libusual,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd



cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Pro            ]: USB-Audio - FastTrack Pro
                      M-Audio FastTrack Pro at usb-0000:00:13.0-2, full speed




lspci -nv 
	
_________________________________________
00:00.0 0600: 1002:5a31 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64

00:01.0 0604: 1002:5a3f (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
	I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
	Memory behind bridge: d0000000-d00fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff
	Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: 1179:ff00

00:06.0 0604: 1002:5a38 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: d0100000-d01fffff
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
	Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 
Enable-
	Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: 1002:5a31
	Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:12.0 0101: 1002:4379 (rev 80) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
	I/O ports at 8440 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 8430 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 8420 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 8410 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 8400 [size=16]
	Memory at d0507000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 
Enable-

00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4374 (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
	Memory at d0504000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4375 (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
	Memory at d0505000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4373 (rev 80) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
	Memory at d0506000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4372 (rev 82)
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
	I/O ports at 8450 [size=16]
	Memory at d0507400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:14.1 0101: 1002:4376 (rev 80) (prog-if 88 [Master SecP])
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 8460 [size=16]
	Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 
Enable-

00:14.2 0403: 1002:437b (rev 01)
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: slow devsel, IRQ 17
	Memory at d0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 
Enable-

00:14.3 0601: 1002:4377 (rev 80)
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 0604: 1002:4371 (rev 80) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=0e, sec-latency=64
	I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
	Memory behind bridge: f0200000-f02fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0300000-f03fffff

01:05.0 0300: 1002:5a62 (prog-if 00 [VGA])
	Subsystem: 1179:ff04
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
	Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
	Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at d0020000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 
Enable-

02:00.0 0200: 168c:001c (rev 01)
	Subsystem: 144f:7106
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	Memory at d0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 
Enable-
	Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
	Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=1
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel

09:04.0 0607: 1524:1410 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
	Memory at f0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Bus: primary=09, secondary=0a, subordinate=0d, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: 24000000-27fff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: 28000000-2bfff000
	I/O window 0: 0000a400-0000a4ff
	I/O window 1: 0000a800-0000a8ff
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

09:06.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
	Subsystem: 1179:ff00
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
	I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
	Memory at d0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2





If you need more info, just tell us, thanks.



Regards.




El Martes, 2 de Octubre de 2007 15:31, Matias Marzetti escribió:
 | Probe y no aparece nada, incluso vi que en el menu de musix, en la parte
 | de mixer probe abrir el gmix y lo abre pero aparece vacio, el alsamixer, o
 | los comandos que me decis que tipee en la conosa no hacen nada...
 | o sea con alsamixer no se abre nada nuevo solo ejecuta el comando, con
 | amixer -i -c 0 como que ejecuta el comando pero no aparece nada, con las
 | otras dos dice que no hay dispositivo en esa direccion o algo asi.
 |
 | alguna otra idea?
 |
 |
 | ----- Original Message -----
 | From: "Marcos Guglielmetti" <marcospcmusica at gmail.com>
 | To: "klondike" <franxisco1988 at gmail.com>
 | Cc: "Matias Marzetti" <MARZE2K at yahoo.com.ar>
 | Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:32 PM
 | Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] software mixer for an USB-Audio - FastTrack Pro?
 |
 | El Martes, 2 de Octubre de 2007 00:21, klondike escribió:
 |  | Just try "amixer -i -c n" replacing n for the number your card has, it
 |  | may show all the controls that card has so if that doesn't work, then
 |  | I can't do more for you, so you may wait for other person to help you.
 |  |
 |  | Ten una buena noche ;)
 |
 | Gracias Franxisco.
 |
 | Matías, podrías abrir una consola y escribir:
 |
 | amixer -i -c 0
 |
 | amixer -i -c 0,0
 |
 | amixer -i -c 1,0
 |
 | Fijate.
 |
 | También, Matías, te aconsejo usar Xchat y entrar en el canal #musix del
 | IRC de
 | Freenode, así vemos esto en tiempo real.
 |
 | Saludos
 |
 |  | 2007/10/1, Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica at gmail.com>:
 |  | > Hola klondike:
 |  | > | If all what you want is to play various programs with the same
 |  | > | soundcard at the same time, dmix should do well. On the alsa wiki
 |  | > | there are some howtos.
 |  | >
 |  | > Thanks, but, we want to control the soundcard, for instance, lower
 |  | > the mic input, etc.
 |  | >
 |  | > There is no software mixer for this soundcard?
 |  | >
 |  | > cat /proc/asound/cards
 |  | > 0 [Pro ]: USB-Audio - FastTrack Pro
 |  | >   M-Audio FastTrack Pro at usb-0000:00:13.0-2, full
 |  | >
 |  | >
 |  | > There are no controls at all opening gnome-alsamixer, kmix, gamix...
 |  | >
 |  | > regards,
 |  | >
 |  | > --
 |  | >   `&'
 |  | >   # Marcos Guglielmetti, co-director de
 |  | >   # Musix GNU+Linux, 100% Software Libre para artistas
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