[PlanetCCRMA] Saffire LE silence: a few, probably dumb, questions
Linux Media
linuxmedia4 at netscape.net
Sat Apr 11 07:50:58 PDT 2009
sevol wrote:
> Hi Humans,
>
> The list seems a little quiet, so thought I'd take the opportunity to
> ask a few quuestions.
>
> But first, a bit of background hum. I've been trying to get a workable
> Linux DAW for... oh, it's way too embarrassing to admit in public. The
> fumbling hasn't all been do to my nearly complete lack of Linux
> skillz; I've had hardware issue, too, but I think mainly I don't know
> what I'm doing still.
>
> I read mailinglist & google & type stuff in the CLI, & then, I do it
> all over again. But I've never gotten the audio working where it's
> actually usable. & with no proper audio, I've forgotten about learning
> the software that's available with Linux. I don't even try to make
> music any more. I've almost stopped listening to it. I've lost all the
> momentum I once had for this. Almost.
>
> Now, for the bad news :) I can't seem to just give up.
>
> My system:
> motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H (w/ onboard AMD 780G video &
> Realtek ALC889A audio chipsets)
> cpu: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Duel Core 5400+
>
> I'm running Fedora 10 x64 with this kernel:
> 2.6.26.8-1.rt16.1.fc10.ccrma.x86_64.rt
> &
> jack-audio-connection-kit-1.9.2-1.fc10.ccrma.x86_64
> &
> a Focusrite Saffire LE firewire audio card
> (I switched from fedora 8 to 10 toget this card running with ffado.)
>
> After I do:
> # modprobe raw1394
> &
> start jack:
> 02:21:20.636 JACK is starting...
> 02:21:20.637 /usr/bin/jackd -R -t15000 -dfirewire -r88200 -p256 -n3
> 02:21:20.653 JACK was started with PID=5934.
> no message buffer overruns
> no message buffer overruns
> jackdmp 1.9.2
> Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
> Copyright 2004-2008 Grame.
> jackdmp 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
> JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10
> 106076163746: (ffado.cpp)[ 92] ffado_streaming_init: libffado
> 1.999.40- built Dec 12 2008 16:33:54
> 02:21:25.473 Server configuration saved to "/home/sevol/.jackdrc".
>
> Things seem fine. But testing with a mic & Ardour there's no input
> showing or any sound output. I might not have it setup right - it's
> the first time I've tried Ardour. What'd be the simplist method of
> testing if the card is doing it's job? I mean, what's the simplest
> program to check for incoming audio signal?
I'm writing a manual on how to run the Saffire Pro 10 with ffado-mixer.
Now I wish it was done because it's probably what you need to know how
to route your sound with the Saffire LE.
I googled the LE and see it's much different than the Pro 10. But I'll
be sending a link to the ffado-mixer/SaffirePro10 manual when it's done.
For now, in a shell, run ffado-mixer and see if you can route things
correctly. Start with (not) running a recording program, but just
routing directly through jack (QJackCtl's Connect window) and adjusting
ffado-mixer's controls.
You can also sign up on the ffado-users list to ask questions:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ffado-user
As always, you will want to search the archives first to see if someone
already answered your question before asking the list.
Hope that helps,
Rocco
> Here's some other stuff - might be irrelevant:
>
> # cat /proc/asound/devices
> 2: : timer
> 3: : sequencer
> 4: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture
> 5: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback
> 6: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture
> 7: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
> 8: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
> 9: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent
> 10: [ 0] : control
> 11: [ 1- 3]: digital audio playback
> 12: [ 1- 0]: hardware dependent
> 13: [ 1] : control
>
> # cat /proc/interrupts
> CPU0 CPU1
> 0: 85 0 IO-APIC-edge timer
> 1: 4203 3468 IO-APIC-edge i8042
> 4: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge
> 6: 0 5 IO-APIC-edge floppy
> 7: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge parport0
> 8: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
> 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
> 12: 291273 6469 IO-APIC-edge i8042
> 14: 3043 1183334 IO-APIC-edge pata_atiixp
> 15: 2 526 IO-APIC-edge pata_atiixp
> 16: 1241 242 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb3,
> ohci_hcd:usb4, HDA Intel
> 17: 0 37 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1
> 18: 212200 22 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb5,
> ohci_hcd:usb6, ohci_hcd:usb7, eth0
> 19: 0 18 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2, HDA Intel
> 22: 4 10613474 IO-APIC-fasteoi ahci, ohci1394
> NMI: 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts
> LOC: 119331107 120216144 Local timer interrupts
> RES: 11884641 5514268 Rescheduling interrupts
> CAL: 1205 207 function call interrupts
> TLB: 1669 2279 TLB shootdowns
> TRM: 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
> THR: 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
> SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts
> ERR: 0
>
> BTW, in ALSA Mixer it shows Card: PulseAudio Chip: PulseAudio - I
> can't figure out the small interface at all. I'm certain I've
> overlooked something completely simple. Any pointers? Help!
>
> Thanks,
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