[LAU] Yamaha Motif XF as USB Soundcard
Aiyumi Moriya
aiyumi.br at gmail.com
Sun Mar 16 16:50:18 UTC 2014
With my previous kernels (2.6.29 and 3.2.29), I tried plugging the
Motif XF to my PC via USB, but it wasn't recognized. After my latest
system upgrade to Slackware 14.1 and kernel 3.10.17, I decided to try
again, to see if something had changed. To my surprise, the MIDI ports
were recognized.
$ aplaymidi -l
Port Client name Port name
14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0
28:0 Virtual Raw MIDI 3-0 VirMIDI 3-0
29:0 Virtual Raw MIDI 3-1 VirMIDI 3-1
30:0 Virtual Raw MIDI 3-2 VirMIDI 3-2
31:0 Virtual Raw MIDI 3-3 VirMIDI 3-3
32:0 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 MIDI 1
32:1 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 MIDI 2
32:2 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 MIDI 3
32:3 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 MIDI 4
MIDI recording and playback work fine, but now I want to know if it
can be made to work as a soundcard. I know that the Motif XF can work
as a USB audio interface on Windows and Mac. Here, it even happens to
be listed as one in "/proc/asound/cards"
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7910000 irq 42
1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 17
2 [Loopback ]: Loopback - Loopback
Loopback 1
3 [VirMIDI ]: VirMIDI - VirMIDI
Virtual MIDI Card 1
4 [XF8 ]: USB-Audio - YAMAHA MOTIF XF8
Yamaha YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2,
full speed
but, problem is, it doesn't show on "aplay -l" nor "arecord -l" (nor
any other audio app for that matter).
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC662 rev3 Analog [ALC662 rev3 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 8/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 2: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 8/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
Trying to force using it as soundcard (based on info from
"/proc/asound/cards") doesn't work either. For example:
$ aplay -D plughw:XF8 file.wav
aplay: main:722: audio open error: No such file or directory
Same result with "plughw:4" instead of "plughw:XF8".
I read that problems like this could happen if the USB soundcard was
plugged into a USB 3.0 port. Indeed, I have USB 3 ports here, but I
tried plugging it into USB 2 ports and the result was the same.
More command outputs:
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 010: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. Classic Keyboard 200
Bus 003 Device 029: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0499:105c Yamaha Corp.
# lsusb -v
[...]
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0499:105c Yamaha Corp.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0499 Yamaha Corp.
idProduct 0x105c
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 YAMAHA Corporation
iProduct 2 YAMAHA MOTIF XF8
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 99
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 255
iInterface 0
** UNRECOGNIZED: 07 24 01 00 01 51 00
** UNRECOGNIZED: 06 24 02 02 01 00
** UNRECOGNIZED: 06 24 02 02 02 00
** UNRECOGNIZED: 06 24 02 02 03 00
** UNRECOGNIZED: 06 24 02 02 04 00
** UNRECOGNIZED: 09 24 03 02 01 01 01 01 00
** UNRECOGNIZED: 09 24 03 02 02 01 01 01 00
** UNRECOGNIZED: 09 24 03 02 03 01 01 01 00
** UNRECOGNIZED: 09 24 03 02 04 01 01 01 00
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered
Any ideas? Anything else I can try?
Googling about using the Motif XF on Linux, I found this:
http://www.motifator.com/index.php/forum/viewthread/451381/
I also found this thread, but it's about MOX and not Motif XF:
http://www.motifator.com/index.php/forum/viewthread/458166/
which lead me to this patch:
http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg28116.html
The discussions are a bit old, but it seems that the patch was
included upstream and MOX is working. Maybe the problem with the XF is
similar?
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