Re: sound configuration on etch??? (usb)

[Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr>]

On Tuesday 19 December 2006 15:50, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have some trouble making my usb sound card work as I would like. My
> laptop also has a built-in sound card that works ok, but has _very_
> _limited_ input sound quality.
>
> What is the proper way to set up and configure sound/alsa on debian etch?
>
> According to the fine manual [1] there's a script to configure sound:
> sndconfig - configure sound system
>
> This seems to be gone in etch.
>
> There's also alsaconf, but that doesn't recognize my usb sound card (it
> just finds the built-in one of my laptop).
>
> The sound card basically works ok, ie. I can record and play via
> 'arecord' and 'aplay'. (The best strategy is to have the card plugged in
> at boot, to kill artsd once kde is up and then to reload alsa as root.)
>
> However I cannot make audacity work with the sound card. AFAIK, audacity
> would use /dev/dsp but though
>
> johannes2:~# cat /proc/asound/cards
>  0 [USB1648        ]: USB-Audio - PHASE 26 USB(16/48)
>                       TerraTec PHASE 26 USB(16/48) at
> usb-0000:00:1d.1-2, full speed
>  1 [Modem          ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem
>                       Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem at 0x2400, irq 11
>
> the usb is 0, audacity only works when the usb sound card is not present
> and when the built-in card is 0. Well, the whole idea about the usb-card
> was to get better sound quality for audacity et al.
>
> Thanks for any help and/or links to get this work!
> Johannes
>
>
> [1] /usr/share/doc/Debian/reference/reference.en.pdf.gz

It might be worth asking on the alsa-user list. A while back with someone 
having problems with a sound card problem on a laptop, I suggested a USB one, 
but the reply was that USB ones need a bit of extra work to get them going. 
Either look on the archives or post to the list. I think the reply to get 
them working was something to do with dmix.

 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
and to post to the list, but you have to register
  alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Hope you get it fixed.

Nigel.