Hi,
by accident I have two maudio 2496 and I wonder, is it possible to use them both with Jack2, in a way that I have 4 analog inputs?
two maudio 2496 with jack2
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Re: two maudio 2496 with jack2
if we assume that one is set up as hw:0 and the other as hw:1 at boot time, you can do it:
launch jackd on hw:0 as usual (via qjackctl for example) and then, from a terminal, type
alsa_in -j some_name_of_your_choice -d hw:1 -p period_of_your_choice -n number_of_period_of_your_choice -r sample_rate_of_your_choice -q samplerate_quality (from 0 to 4, 4 is best but CPU intensive)
that was for input ports
for output ports, do the same with alsa_out
since you are using the same card type, they must have the same capabilities, so set the second device with the same setting you applied to hw:0
You can of course save these command lines in qjackctl as a jack post-startup command
launch jackd on hw:0 as usual (via qjackctl for example) and then, from a terminal, type
alsa_in -j some_name_of_your_choice -d hw:1 -p period_of_your_choice -n number_of_period_of_your_choice -r sample_rate_of_your_choice -q samplerate_quality (from 0 to 4, 4 is best but CPU intensive)
that was for input ports
for output ports, do the same with alsa_out
since you are using the same card type, they must have the same capabilities, so set the second device with the same setting you applied to hw:0
You can of course save these command lines in qjackctl as a jack post-startup command
Re: two maudio 2496 with jack2
yes, you can sync them via an external cable, but then you have to build an asoundrc file in order to simulate a "super" soundcard. If I was fluent in asoundrcese, I would help but this is way to cryptic for any average user.
Re: two maudio 2496 with jack2
I have no experience on this, but look here: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/TwoCardsAsOne for .asoundrc/asound.conf setup.
I think I remember that you've got to set up the "slave" card (the one, that has its s/pdif input connected with the s/pdif output of the other one) as s/pdif in for "master clock"...at least there's an option in the envy24control tool, but I think it can be done with any alsa mixer tool that doesn't hide any controls/options...
please post here your success (if any), I'm interested somewhat.
I think I remember that you've got to set up the "slave" card (the one, that has its s/pdif input connected with the s/pdif output of the other one) as s/pdif in for "master clock"...at least there's an option in the envy24control tool, but I think it can be done with any alsa mixer tool that doesn't hide any controls/options...
please post here your success (if any), I'm interested somewhat.
Re: two maudio 2496 with jack2
I tried both options with a rt-kernel and a generic kernel on Ubuntu 9.10 and 64 studio.
With Alsa_in I had some strange artifacts in the recording, it seems the cards don't run in sync..
Because the maudio have the ICE 1712 chip I tried this:
http://www.jrigg.co.uk/linuxaudio/ice1712multi.html
It works just with the generic and the old 64studio (2.6.21 multimedia) kernel, but it runs really good. Ardour shows a lot of x runs, but there are no clicks or any other artifacts in the recording.
Many thanks for the replies and help.
Greetings
Thomas
With Alsa_in I had some strange artifacts in the recording, it seems the cards don't run in sync..
Because the maudio have the ICE 1712 chip I tried this:
http://www.jrigg.co.uk/linuxaudio/ice1712multi.html
It works just with the generic and the old 64studio (2.6.21 multimedia) kernel, but it runs really good. Ardour shows a lot of x runs, but there are no clicks or any other artifacts in the recording.
Many thanks for the replies and help.
Greetings
Thomas