[PlanetCCRMA] M-Audio Audiophile USB

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Sat Oct 1 10:29:01 2005


On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 07:58 -0400, Michael Peters wrote:
> I just purchased an M-Audio Audiophile USB interface. I'm just starting
> with linux audio (but I've been using linux for about 4 years) so I'm
> not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. I plug it in and boot up (FC3, IBM
> Thinkpad T41) and it seems to find it all right.
> 
> ]$ cat /proc/asounds/cards
> 0 [I82801DBICH4   ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
>                      Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at 0xc0000c00, irq 11
> 1 [Modem          ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem
>                      Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem at 0x2400, irq 11
> 2 [tm             ]: USB-Audio - Audiophile USB (tm)
>                      M-Audio Audiophile USB (tm) at usb-0000:00:1d.1-2,
> full speed
> 
> 
> but I can't seem to get it to send sound there. When I try
> ]$ alsamixer -c2
> 
> I get "No mixer elems found".

Most usb soundcards don't have a mixer, apparently this one is not an
exception. 

> When I use gamix the M-Audio shows up, but doesn't have any
> options/buttons under it. I read that it uses big-endian byte ordering,
> but I don't know how or if to change that.
> 
> Also, I know that some M-Audio cards use the envy24 chipset. Does anyone
> know if this one does? 

AFAIK only the PCI ones do. 

> If it does, where do I download envy24ctl ?

-- Fernando