Re: [Studio-users] Not able to record

[Kevin C. <ke...@do...>]

On 25 February 2003 at 12:23, Thomas Widlundh <tw...@et...> wrote:

> Well, I can hear it but....  What is the line input
> anyway? What is it called. I haven't found out. I mean the CD
> or DVD are like /dev/cdrom(dvd), but what is the inline from
> the sound card?

I think that SoX & SoundStudio expect the line input (& mic
input?) to be /dev/dsp.  This is an OSS device from a "simple"
soundcard.  Pro-audio soundcards with more inputs are likely
different.

I'm not sure whether SuSE 8.0 uses ALSA or OSS sound drivers.
Even if it uses ALSA, ALSA provides backward compatibility with
OSS drivers.  The main difference to you is how to get the
soundcard configured.  Do you have alsamixer and/or alsamixergui
programs on your system?  If so, then SuSE 8.0 has ALSA based
sound.  Run either of those programs and BOTH unmute the inputs
and increase their volumes.  Do this as root if you want your
changes to survive a reboot of your machine.

FWIW, I run Mandrake 9.0 which uses ALSA 0.9 drivers.  I had to
go through the unmute and volume setting procedure to get my
system to work with my oddball, but VERY nice and VERY cheap
sound card.  I got a Hoontech SoundTrack Yamaha XG with the DB I
add-on all for US$67.  This unit has both analog inputs and
digital (SPDIF) I/O, which was a must for me.  The next cheapest
card with these features was 3-4 times as much money.

> Yes, it loads a wav-file just fine and play it.

Good deal.  SoundStudio & SoX seem to be working fine.  Again, this 
looks like a soundcard setup issue.

Cheers....