I give up / advise on sound card model
I give up on my EMU10k1 sound card. What is an easy to configure, and "foolproof" sound card? I am not able to get my microphone up and running but need it for VoIP.
Thanks for suggestions. |
ive been using a creaitive audigy sound blaster pro
generaly the best thing to do with hardware under linux is to go for something that is both popular and more standard with fewer bells and whistles. often onboard sound etc.. can cause problems. the best thing to do is get a list from your linux distribution of what hardware it supports and then pick something from there that fits your requierments |
Look on the ALSA supported list. There are also a few onboard cards supported. Which are you using now and did you use the command line to get it to work or only graphical tools?
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Is there any card you would recommend specially? I am not a sound freak, I just want to listen to music and do VoIP
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EMU10k1 sound card IS the best supported card without a doubt !
i gave a suggestion in your other post i've even got mine doing midi input through the game port so don't give up don't think your card is one of those strange dell emu10k1x live value things or it wouldn't work at all learn to use the cammand amixer just by itself it gives the whole scoop post output if you want if you really hate alsa you can switch to the old OSS driver it's alot simpler just comment out the alsa junk in /etc/modprobe.conf and put alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1 then after boot go modprobe emu10k1 and see if you like that better |
I replaced the DELL version (EMU10K1x) by EMU10K1. I plugged the cables into the jacks as described in the install manual. The computers loudspeakers and the ones of the headphone work perfectly fine, but not the mic. To rule out the mic is defect, I bought another mic, this one does not work neither
Here again the output of amixer Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Front Right: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone LFE',1 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',1 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 82 [82%] Front Right: Playback 82 [82%] Simple mixer control 'Headphone Center',1 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Tone',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [on] Front Right: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Bass',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Mono: 20 [50%] Front Left: Front Right: Simple mixer control 'Treble',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Mono: 20 [50%] Front Left: Front Right: Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control '3D Control Sigmatel - Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Front Right: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'Wave',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Wave Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'Wave LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'Wave Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'Music',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] 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 'Line LiveDrive',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Line2 LiveDrive',1 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [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 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [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 - 31 Mono: Playback 28 [90%] [on] Front Left: Capture [on] Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: Mono: 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 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [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 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [on] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Coaxial',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 LiveDrive',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical Raw',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Playback [off] Front Right: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 TTL',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [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 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 8 [53%] [on] Front Right: Capture 8 [53%] [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 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 100 [100%] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',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 [off] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Surround Phase Inversion Playback ',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] |
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