Re: [Alsa-user] RME Fireface 400 alsa driver.

[<fre...@of...>]

Yeah it seems pretty dead here. I got one or two replies but no follow-up.

Maybe try the devel list Linux-ALSA <als...@al...>?

Frederick

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 04:28:29PM +0000, thet wrote:
>Is this list active at all? I have received no messages since I signed
>up and no answer to my question.
>
>Is there a better place to ask about using alsa drivers that I should
>try instead?
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>On 27/11/2018 12:35, thet wrote:
>> I have a FF400 and I have been using ffado with it.
>>
>> It came to my attention that there exists a ALSA driver for the FF400
>> since the midi was working over alsa and midi is not supported in the
>> ffado driver.
>>
>> Also my system can see the FF400 in the sound control panel without jack
>> or ffado running.
>>
>> I am using Mint 19 cinnamon and the liquorix kernel. (though so far I
>> have not noticed any difference between the liquorix kernel and the
>> generic one except pre-empt performance).
>>
>> I would like to try using just the alsa driver and not ffado since I'm
>> using the alsa midi support anyway it would be less total software to
>> use the alsa driver for everything - assuming supports everything I need
>> for serious music recording.
>>
>> However I can't get any sound out of the FF400 using the ALSA driver -
>> it works ok with FFADO though. Also the midi works - presumably using
>> the alsa driver.
>>
>> I have tried using alsa directly in the sound control panel, using the
>> alsa output from audacious, and the alsa driver from jack.
>>
>> I get an error about setting the frames/period/buffer size.
>>
>> The red light that shows no connection to a host stays on on the FF400 -
>> even though the system can see it is present. This light goes off if I
>> start ffado and jack, or if I start ffado mixer.
>>
>> Is there a guide somewhere on how to set up the ALSA drivers for the FF400?
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> Thet
>>
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