alsa-tools/envy24control

[LibreQuest]

I am working on setting up a system with an M-Audio Delta 1010LT sound card. The driver support for the card is envy24. However, the controller for the individual channels doesn't seem to have a port.

alsa-tools/envy24control at master · alsa-project/alsa-tools

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) - tools - alsa-project/alsa-tools

github.com

Am I missing this port? Or does it not exist?

 

[Tieks]

It's not a port. Take a look at sound().

 

[LibreQuest]

Ok, envy24control is not mentioned in sound. So it's not been ported as part of the audio/alsa-utils? I do have the envy24 driver loaded in kld_list. The sound card is working but only on 2 channels rather than the available 8 stereo channels. I was hoping that envy24control had been ported over with alsa.

 

[Tieks]

The sound card is working but only on 2 channels rather than the available 8 stereo channels.

Then have a look at audio/virtual_oss. It may help you to access all 8 channels the way you want.

 

[cracauer@]

This is directly using the ALSA API like snd_ctl_elem_value_malloc().

It is unlikely to port well to FreeBSD or run in the Linuxulator.

 

[LibreQuest]

Unfortunately virtual_oss doesn't provide the functionality of the multi channel recording inputs access provided by the envy24control program. The original driver disc for the Delta 1010LT included a program to control the inputs as well but this is not possible using wine obviously. I guess I will have to use my friend Glenn MacArthur's AV Linux for the job due to the hardware issue. This is the first time that I've found a hard software limitation on FreeBSD. If anyone is aware of some alternative for using this hardware please let me know. I would much prefer to use FreeBSD for this audio project. Thanks
in advance!

EDIT: AV Linux is loaded down with audio/video/web/graphic and even wine staging. Just FYI for anyone who was curious. It's going to take ages to remove this stuff.

EDIT 2: Yeah.. Never mind with AV Linux, can't recommend. Nope nope nope. Sorry Glenn.

EDIT 3: I'm back to square one. So, if anyone has any ideas on how I can access all the channels on the sound card I would appreciate it.

 

[LibreQuest]

If anyone can offer assistance on the multi input for the envy24 driver that'll be most appreciated.

But for now I've put together an Intel socket 478 system with winxp and the kind support at n-track helped me recover my license I purchased in 2004. So the delta will be running on some old tech.