Mixer Problem

Mixer Problem

[Guenther Sohler]

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Hallo List,

I have a problem with my mixer in the creative audixy card.
Even If I turn the slider of "Music" to maximum, the wavetable midi is still
far too silent. much more silent than playing pcm output.
But pcm output can also be adjusted when using slider "Wave"
But apart "Wave" and "Music" I have not seen any other slider working.
"Master" does not work either
Does anybody use a creative audixy with linux and alsa ?
Does anybody have the same problem ?
Is there a solution ?
I would be able to solve the problem by myself, but i dont have a register map
of the mixer.

rds guenther




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Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31 
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [on] 
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31 
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31 
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [on] 
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Wave',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 2 [2%] [on] Capture 2 [2%] 
  Front Right: Playback 2 [2%] [on] Capture 2 [2%] 
Simple mixer control 'Wave Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 
  Mono: Playback 100 [100%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Wave LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 
  Mono: Playback 98 [98%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Wave Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 
  Front Left: Playback 98 [98%] [on] 
  Front Right: Playback 98 [98%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Music',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] [on] Capture 100 [100%] 
  Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] [on] Capture 100 [100%] 
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31 
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off] 
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off] 
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31 
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off] 
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off] 
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15 
  Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on] 
  Front Left: Capture [off] 
  Front Right: Capture [off] 
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31 
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off] 
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off] 
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15 
  Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on] 
  Front Left: Capture [off] 
  Front Right: Capture [off] 
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15 
  Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31 
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [on] 
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: volume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: 0 - 15
  Front Left: 15 [100%] Playback [on] 
  Front Right: 15 [100%] Playback [on] 
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Front Left: Capture [off] 
  Front Right: Capture [off] 
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Front Left: Capture [off] 
  Front Right: Capture [off] 
Simple mixer control 'AC97',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 98 [98%] [on] Capture 98 [98%] 
  Front Right: Playback 98 [98%] [on] Capture 98 [98%] 
Simple mixer control 'Audigy CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] [on] Capture 100 [100%] 
  Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] [on] Capture 100 [100%] 
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier Power Down',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on] 
Simple mixer control 'SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on] 

Re: Mixer Problem

[Jaroslav Kysela]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Guenther Sohler wrote:

> Hallo List,
>
> I have a problem with my mixer in the creative audixy card.
> Even If I turn the slider of "Music" to maximum, the wavetable midi is still
> far too silent. much more silent than playing pcm output.
> But pcm output can also be adjusted when using slider "Wave"
> But apart "Wave" and "Music" I have not seen any other slider working.
> "Master" does not work either
> Does anybody use a creative audixy with linux and alsa ?
> Does anybody have the same problem ?
> Is there a solution ?
> I would be able to solve the problem by myself, but i dont have a register map
> of the mixer.

Neither we. We have all information about Audigy from Creative open source
driver. Check http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1 .

						Jaroslav

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Re: Mixer Problem

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:11:02 +0100 (MET),
Guenther Sohler wrote:
> 
> Hallo List,
> 
> I have a problem with my mixer in the creative audixy card.
> Even If I turn the slider of "Music" to maximum, the wavetable midi is still
> far too silent. much more silent than playing pcm output.
> But pcm output can also be adjusted when using slider "Wave"
> But apart "Wave" and "Music" I have not seen any other slider working.
> "Master" does not work either
> Does anybody use a creative audixy with linux and alsa ?

The Master and PCM volumes belong to AC97.
And it seems the bus connected for output is irrelevant to AC97
control unlike SB Live.
Strangely, I once got a similar report as you described, but after
that I got another report that AC97 affects the front volume
actually.  So I'm puzzled..

The difference between "Music" and "Wave" is depending on your
soundfont.  Most of soundfonts are composed with relatively lower
volumes.


Takashi

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Re: Mixer Problem

[Guenther Sohler]

Hallo Takashi,

I am trying to understand the internals of my audixy card, but it is
quite hard for me, because i am a newbie to the audixy, and i am a newbie to
soundcard internals too.
I have been brosing through the source of the alsa driver to understand things, 
but it goes very slowly.
I have once seen a (advertisment like)block diagram of the emu10k1 chip and how
it for example accesses the sound font per pci bus mastering.

Browsing the code i realise, there is the auxixy card, there is a dsp there is
an ac97 (what is this actually) there is the emu10k1(is this actually one chip
???) there are input and output ports, there is fx(what does this mean), fx can
somehow be routed. Does the dsp code determine the routing behaviour ???
so many questions.
In the first step most helpful would be a huge block diagram showing which
parts exist and how they are connected.

> The difference between "Music" and "Wave" is depending on your
> soundfont.  Most of soundfonts are composed with relatively lower
> volumes.
I have an old soundfont from my old awe 64 card. so i'll try this instead.

rds guenther

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Re: Mixer Problem

[Jaroslav Kysela]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Guenther Sohler wrote:

> I do not hear midi reverb. could it be, that it does not work because of
> incorrect signal routing in my audixy ?

We have no DSP code for reverb and chorus effects.

						Jaroslav

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Re: Mixer Problem

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:20:14 +0100 (CET),
Jaroslav wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Guenther Sohler wrote:
> 
> > I do not hear midi reverb. could it be, that it does not work because of
> > incorrect signal routing in my audixy ?
> 
> We have no DSP code for reverb and chorus effects.

OSS driver has an example chorus code for SB Live, but it's not
compatible with ALSA DSP codes because of difference of interfaces.
And audigy seems having different command and constant values than
sb live, so anyway it cannot be applied straightforwardly.


Takashi

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Mixer problem

[James Gardiner]

I'm currently in the process of adding support for my HP dv4-1222nr laptop to the drivers.  It has an IDT 92HD71B7 codec chip and no matter how hard I try, the mixer wants to default to the ATI SB one.  I'm checking my /proc and dmesg and it's telling me the same thing.  The weird thing is that using "model=hp-dv5" in my modprobe is fixing the 0x0d node speaker problem and my mods to get the digital microphone operative are working somewhat.  However, the mixer in the sigmatel source shows that it's capable of adding dmic boost to the mixer controls.  A printk I added in the source at the point where it would start processing the dmic is not even reaching the function. I tried adding my subsystem id to the PCI quirks and that didn't even help.  I'm lost...  Any ideas?