Wondering about cheap sound cards...

Mol_Bolom · 03-27-2009, 09:52 AM

I have been wanting to start recording some more music with several flutes I have, but unfortunately my mic connector either has a problem or there is some other problem that inputs noise at about the same level as the flute.

Since I found some cheap pci sound cards on Ebay, would that be better than what I have now for recording, or should I get a more trusted brand?

Also, is there a way to test and make 100% sure it's not something simpler? I've fiddled with alsamixer, whatever mixer Zenwalk uses on xfce, but to no prevail.

lspci output.

Code:

Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)

amani · 03-27-2009, 10:39 AM

unload and reload modules.

check alsaconf alsa

or maybe it is your mic. Try to get a new mic first.

Mol_Bolom · 03-27-2009, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amani

unload and reload modules.

check alsaconf alsa

or maybe it is your mic. Try to get a new mic first.

Unfortunately reloading the module and rerunning alsaconf didn't help, and the mic is fairly new. I purchased it only a few months ago when I first tried to get my old mic to work.

amani · 03-27-2009, 11:08 AM

Post output of

#cat /proc/asound/pcm

#arecord --list-devices

http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/ind...itle=Tutorials

As an alternative to ALSA ...you can try JACK

Mol_Bolom · 03-27-2009, 11:27 AM

Code:

cat /proc/asound/pcm
00-00: Intel ICH : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 : playback 1 : capture 1
00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC : capture 1
00-02: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC : capture 1
00-03: Intel ICH - ADC2 : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2 : capture 1
00-04: Intel ICH - IEC958 : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958 : playback 1


arecord --list-devices
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 2: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 3: Intel ICH - ADC2 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I'm reading up on jack...

Mol_Bolom · 03-27-2009, 12:48 PM

Must be doing something wrong...

I've been following this https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...e-jack-292731/ and reading through this http://jackaudio.org/documentation .

I entered sudo jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0 -r48000 -p1024 -n2, which removed both the mic and the sound device from Audacitys preferences.

Out of curiosity can Alsa be turned off then Jack would run in place of alsa?