Subject: Re: [LAU] RME Multiface Setup

From: Fons Adriaensen <fons@...> · Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 8:45 pm

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 08:09:01PM +0200, Martin Horn wrote:
> I am sending another request because I think this describes my problem

quoted text> better, Thanks to everybody reading!

>

> I want to use a RME Multiface soundcard with PCMCIA Cardbus Card on a Dell

> Notebook with Ubuntu.

> I installed all alsa drivers and other available tools for the RME card

> successfully and if I do:

>

> aplay -D plughw:1 track1.wav
Try -D hw:1
> I can hear sound and see playback on PCM channels 1+2 in the hdspmixer,

quoted text> which is a special softwaremixer for this card.
No, it's an application controlling the hardware mixer of your card.
> Now the card has 8 in and 8 output channels, and though I am able to send

quoted text> the sound from PCM channels 1+2 to all physical outputs via the routing

> functionalities of the hdspmixer, I need 6 more PCM channels to play through

> all 8 physical channels independently. If I do:
With such a card you'd normally be using JACK wich will give each app

access to any combination of channels it wants to use. Forget direct

ALSA for anything above plain stereo.
Ciao,
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