Re: Tascam us-122 (non L!): the lights are ON, but no sound.
I'm having problems in understanding how to reply messages... Anyway, hope it works. 1) yes it's me! 2) if I type amixer -c2 (yes, the number is right) i get no input. If I type speaker-test -Dfront:USX2Y -c2 i get no noise, and a long output message... If I type the thing about jack, it comes out like this: gyl@gyl-desktop:~$ jackd -dalsa -dhw:USX2Y -n3 jackd 0.118.0 Copyright 2001-2009 Paul Davis, Stephane Letz, Jack O'Quinn, Torben Hohn and others. jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details Memory locking is unlimited - this is dangerous. You should probably alter the line: @audio - memlockunlimited in your /etc/limits.conf to read: @audio - memlock3033519 no message buffer overruns JACK compiled with System V SHM support. loading driver .. creating alsa driver ... hw:USX2Y|hw:USX2Y|1024|3|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit configuring for 48000Hz, period = 1024 frames (21.3 ms), buffer = 3 periods ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 24bit little-endian ALSA: use 3 periods for capture ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 24bit little-endian ALSA: use 3 periods for playback ALSA: cannot set hardware parameters for playback ALSA: cannot configure playback channel cannot load driver module alsa I know and have jack control, tried it, if you want you can see in the forum topic how it came out, so I can save space here. I'm thinking about trying another distro, without taking this away, to see if something changes, any suggestion? -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Working USB sound card?
Hello :) Yes it's me. I'm still trying to get the US 122 to work. I also asked for an alternative distro to try. But... just in case i decide to change card, any advice? I want a cheap device, not only to save money, but also because if I buy a more expensive device, I'm never going to use it at its maximum potential, since I Just need to record guitar, midi and voice :) -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Tascam us-122 (non L!): the lights are ON, but no sound.
Στις Δευ 07 Μαρ 2011 00:41:59 Pablo Fernández γράψατε: El 06/03/11 21:32, Giuliano Braglia escribió: Hello. I hope I'm doing it properly... I just got this US122 (used) and I can't get it working. Googling around and trying for days, I haven't been able to solve the issue. Let's start from the beginning: I have got Lucid, and I used an italian guide to set the kernel rt and the programs. Then I proceded, using a guide on the web, to set up the card. It wasn't hard to succeed in make it blink (the usb light), and make the system recognize it (in the audio preferences I actually can see it, although it sometimes has input/output and sometimes only input...) The problem: as soon as I select it as output, I hear no sound. Say, in the audio player, if I select the card as output and then I press play, it doesn't play (not only is it silent, but it stands still). As input, the sound recorder doesn't start, and I get no input level. That's all... i tried a lot of things. I'm in contact with a Casey ( :) ) who says that he is working with it, and I'm waiting for his response. I already tried to uninstall and reinstall alsa packages. Now I'm writing here... p.s.: it works with another O.S., something ugly with some strange name like Windows (seven...). Thanks Gyl Hi Giuliano, Is this yours? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1700445 Supposing the TASCAM keeps on being scheda:2, take a look at alsamixer -c2 and/or post the output of amixer -c2 I don't know if this card has an internal mixer that you can access from alsamixer though, just trying to guess. Try: speaker-test -Dfront:USX2Y -c2 You should hear pink noise. Another thing, have you tried with jack? Try for example: jackd -dalsa -dhw:USX2Y -n3 (This is in a terminal, as a test. There is a gui frontend called qjackctl or Jack Control. This command means, more or less: Use the alsa driver on the card hw:USX2Y in realtime mode, with 3 periods per buffer, 48000 kHz, 1024 frames per period). If jackd starts, install aqualung (a jack-aware audio player) and try playing a song. Many of us use jack to capture / playback audio. Actually, Linux DAWs depend on jack. Gnome sound preferences is a pulseaudio frontend. I don't know if pulseaudio works with your card or not, but you should use Jack if you want to record music. Note that both pulseaudio and jack use the alsa driver. Cheers, Pablo Hello Giuliano! (I have written this mail some 3 hours ago before your last reply and saved it for further editing. Nevertheless I send it now in case there is something that can help you. :) ) Eventhough I have only very little experience with ubuntu studio applications (just last week I set up my realtime kernel and system and it works perfectly with a very cheap usb audio interface of 12€!), I want to share it with you. You should work with Jack! Install it (as Pablo said, it's gui is called qjackctl), and make a good setup for your system. (I used this for reference: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToJACKConfiguration and maybe this for the whole system set up: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudioPreparation) In the case that there is no problem with your audio card drivers (I can't help you here!) and Jack is configured properly, then you should hear sound form your card. In other words and since as you said you card is recognized from your system, if the sound isn't working, then you haven't configured Jack properly. In the setup menu of qjackctl , at the Settings tab you should try all possible settings, especially play with the driver, interface, input device and output device, in order to make the right configuration of your system. Normally, you will see your audio interface's name at the interface and input and output device options. Play with these, save your settings and hit start at the main window of Qjackctl to start the engine. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Working USB sound card?
Στις Δευ 07 Μαρ 2011 16:11:24 Giuliano Braglia γράψατε: Hello :) Yes it's me. I'm still trying to get the US 122 to work. I also asked for an alternative distro to try. But... just in case i decide to change card, any advice? I want a cheap device, not only to save money, but also because if I buy a more expensive device, I'm never going to use it at its maximum potential, since I Just need to record guitar, midi and voice :) Alright, I suppose mine is one of the cheapest one's! :) This is it and it worked out of the box in a minute! http://www.thomann.de/gr/the_tbone_usb1g.htm As far as the sound quality is concerned, I do not have the appropriate knowledge and experience with other cards to tell. Anyway, it probably is a low quality device in relation to its cost. I am using it since last week and I have to say that in terms of it's easiness and cost, it is a value-for-money device for quick recording of my guitar! Best regards, Alex -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Working USB sound card?
Στις Δευ 07 Μαρ 2011 17:32:17 γράψατε: Alright, I suppose mine is one of the cheapest one's! :) This is it and it worked out of the box in a minute! http://www.thomann.de/gr/the_tbone_usb1g.htm As far as the sound quality is concerned, I do not have the appropriate knowledge and experience with other cards to tell. Anyway, it probably is a low quality device in relation to its cost. I am using it since last week and I have to say that in terms of it's easiness and cost, it is a value-for-money device for quick recording of my guitar! Best regards, Alex Thanks. I don't think that your device would do for me, I need one with midi in-out, and 2 guitar/mic =). I', still trying with the us-122 but I'm really thinking to give up. Supposing you forgot to cc to the list (reply to all), I reply to the list also, in order for you to get more feedback to your question. :) Regards, Alex -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
