Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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Hi everyone, I'm new here. I have a Tascam US-122 MKII usb audio interface that I would like to use with Linux. I found a couple of web sites that give instructions on how to configure it. But on the ALSA web site it lists this card as not supported. Has anyone here got it to work under Linux? Is there a list of cards that are known to work with Linux? I have spent three days trying to get it to work, I think I am flogging a dead horse.
The card shows up in /proc/asound/cards. Jack wont connect the input to the computer. If anyone can help one way or another I'd be grateful.
Web site instructions below. Thanks

http://linuxmao.org/Tascam+US-122+MKII? ... l+Materiel
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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I had a US-122 MKII too.
The audio output was working without problems, although I had some strange noise every ten minutes or so, which were persistent until I unplugged the interface and plugged it in again. But this problem did also exist on MS Windows.
I got the audio input working once, but can't exactly remember how I did it. I think I blacklisted snd-usb and loaded a driver for a different Tascam device. As I couldn't get rid of the recurring noises, I switched to a different interface.
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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Apparently the US-144MKII can be controlled by the 122L driver. Maybe the process to make the 122MKII to work is similar to the one to make the 144MKII to work.
Prsman wrote: Is there a list of cards that are known to work with Linux?
There are few but they are old on not very often updated. I think perhaps ALSA matrix is the best resource...
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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I just got my hands on my old Tascam US 122mkII.

Using Arch Linux 4.9.4-1-ck, these are the steps how I got the audio inputs working:

Blacklist snd_usb_audio. For this, add the line

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blacklist snd_usb_audio
to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf.

Reboot your system. Plug in the Tascam interface.

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cat /proc/asound/cards
now finds a TASCAM US-122L instead of the TASCAM US-122mkII which is found with snd_usb_audio loaded.

Now continue as described at linuxmao:

edit ~/.asoundrc:

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# got from http://www.nabble.com/tascam-us122l-and-ccrma-td24036395.html
# thanks to Karsten

# The usb_stream plugin configuration

pcm.!usb_stream {
        @args [ CARD ]
        @args.CARD {
                type string
                default "0"
        }

        type usb_stream

        card $CARD
}

ctl.!usb_stream {
        @args [ CARD ]
        @args.CARD {
                type string
                default "0"
        }

        type hw

        card $CARD
}
Start jack:

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jackd -P80 -dalsa -dusb_stream:1 -r96000 -p128 -n2
There are however only few combinations of parameters that work with this interface, these seem to do the trick.
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

Post by Prsman »

Thanks for the replies. I am only using this for rakarack and guitarix, not recording, so noise wont bother me.
I'm running Mint 18 Cinnamon. Progwolff, your reply might explain why I get this:

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~ $ cat /proc/asound/modules
 0 snd_hda_intel
 1 snd_usb_audio
 2 snd_usb_audio
Number one is the tascam card and 2 is my webcam. As I am new to linux, how do I modify the .asoundrc file from Linuxmao?

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~ $ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [NVidia         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
                      HDA NVidia at 0xfe024000 irq 21
 1 [MKII           ]: USB-Audio - US122 MKII
                      TASCAM US122 MKII at usb-0000:00:02.1-2, high speed
 2 [Camera         ]: USB-Audio - PC Camera
                      V Micro. Corp. PC Camera at usb-0000:00:02.0-3, full speed
What and where do I put into the asoundrc file? Thanks.
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

Post by MattKingUSA »

I had one of these a while back and ended up giving it to my brother. I could not get it to work under Linux.

-Matt :D

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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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Prsman wrote:What and where do I put into the asoundrc file? Thanks.
Just put it to ~/.asoundrc (which expands to /home/$USER/.asoundrc)
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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Thanks for the replies everyone. I tried the blacklist and reboot/replug-in and the card does not show up at all. Something weird is this has two, yes two drivers. From hwinfo:

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20: USB 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device
  [Created at usb.122]
  Unique ID: cLrx.lsbtgcyGIpB
  Parent ID: k4bc.OqydEZZ981A
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0
  SysFS BusID: 1-2:1.0
  Hardware Class: unknown
  Model: "TEAC TASCAM US-122mkII"
  Hotplug: USB
  Vendor: usb 0x0644 "TEAC Corp."
  Device: usb 0x8021 "TASCAM US-122mkII"
  Revision: "1.00"
  Serial ID: "no serial number"
  Driver: "snd-usb-audio"
  Driver Modules: "snd_usb_audio"
  Speed: 480 Mbps
  Module Alias: "usb:v0644p8021d0100dc00dsc00dp00icFFisc00ip00in00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: snd_usb_audio is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_usb_audio"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: snd_usb_us122l is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_usb_us122l"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #19 (Hub)
I think its time for this device to take a long walk off a short pier. If anyone has an idea, if not I will close this post. Thanks
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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snd_usb_audio is active.

As I said, you will need to blacklist snd_usb_audio.
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

Post by alfredo »

Hi, the instructions given by progwolff works for me but I have a question.

Why is necesary to reboot to get the card detected ?

I start ubuntu (with the card plugged), it doesn't get detected. I unplug and plug again the card, still doesn't get detected. I reboot and the card is detected.

Somebody knows if there is a command to run to get the card detected without rebooting ?

I tried with sudo modprobe snd-usb-us122l with no luck ...

Regards, Alfredo
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

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Hi, this seems to do the trick for me

sudo rmmod snd_usb_us122l
sudo modprobe snd_usb_us122l enable=1 index=1 id=1

For more details see https://wiki.briata.org/doku.php

Regards, Alfredo
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Re: Tascam US-122Mkii Not supported-True?

Post by hdr »

progwolff wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:35 am I just got my hands on my old Tascam US 122mkII.

Using Arch Linux 4.9.4-1-ck, these are the steps how I got the audio inputs working:

Blacklist snd_usb_audio. For this, add the line

Code: Select all

blacklist snd_usb_audio
to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf.

Reboot your system. Plug in the Tascam interface.

Code: Select all

cat /proc/asound/cards
now finds a TASCAM US-122L instead of the TASCAM US-122mkII which is found with snd_usb_audio loaded.

Now continue as described at linuxmao:

edit ~/.asoundrc:

Code: Select all

# got from http://www.nabble.com/tascam-us122l-and-ccrma-td24036395.html
# thanks to Karsten

# The usb_stream plugin configuration

pcm.!usb_stream {
        @args [ CARD ]
        @args.CARD {
                type string
                default "0"
        }

        type usb_stream

        card $CARD
}

ctl.!usb_stream {
        @args [ CARD ]
        @args.CARD {
                type string
                default "0"
        }

        type hw

        card $CARD
}
Start jack:

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jackd -P80 -dalsa -dusb_stream:1 -r96000 -p128 -n2
There are however only few combinations of parameters that work with this interface, these seem to do the trick.
I did the steps above, but it doesn't work:

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jackd -P80 -dalsa -dusb_stream:1 -r96000 -p128 -n2
jackdmp 1.9.12
Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
Copyright 2004-2016 Grame.
Copyright 2016-2018 Filipe Coelho.
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
no message buffer overruns
no message buffer overruns
no message buffer overruns
JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 80
self-connect-mode is "Don't restrict self connect requests"
audio_reservation_init
Device reservation request with priority 2147483647 denied for "Audio1": org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply (Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, 
Failed to acquire device name : Audio1 error : Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broke
Audio device usb_stream:1 cannot be acquired...
Cannot initialize driver
JackServer::Open failed with -1
Failed to open server
OS: Debian 10 DAW: Ardour 6.2
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