From owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Fri Jul 6 07:41:14 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0500A102990A for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2018 07:41:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hps@selasky.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 964997112F for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2018 07:41:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hps@selasky.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 5A30E1029909; Fri, 6 Jul 2018 07:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: multimedia@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4871029908 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2018 07:41:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hps@selasky.org) Received: from mail.turbocat.net (turbocat.net [88.99.82.50]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF7327112E for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2018 07:41:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hps@selasky.org) Received: from hps2016.home.selasky.org (unknown [62.141.128.70]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.turbocat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7BB7B26011E; Fri, 6 Jul 2018 09:41:10 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Audio recording from USB To: Kevin Oberman Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org References: <07c88807-a86b-4c33-c418-e0e15ddc4f80@selasky.org> From: Hans Petter Selasky Message-ID: <04571f73-7c5b-ec4e-ced1-dfbf723d7378@selasky.org> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 09:40:51 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 07:41:14 -0000 On 07/06/18 02:00, Kevin Oberman wrote: > Oops! Sorry of hte empty message made it through. > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:47 AM, Hans Petter Selasky > wrote: > >> On 07/04/18 23:41, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> >>> I have an Audio-technia turntable with USB output and I want to use >>> audacity to record from it. I have read the sound, mixer, and snd_uaudio >>> man pages, but am still unable to get the configuration correct. sndstat >>> shows the device (pcm4) but mixer only lists pcm0, the Conexant CX20590, >>> which is marked as default in sndstat. >>> >>> Messages on connection: >>> uaudio0 on uhub3 >>> uaudio0: >> rev >>> 2.00/1.00, addr 3> on usbus1 >>> uaudio0: Play: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: Play: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: Play: 32000 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: Record: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: Record: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: Record: 32000 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: Record: 22050 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: Record: 16000 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: Record: 11025 Hz, 2 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer. >>> uaudio0: No MIDI sequencer. >>> pcm4: on uaudio0 >>> uaudio0: HID volume keys found. >>> >>> Installed devices: >>> pcm0: (play/rec) default >>> pcm1: (play) >>> pcm2: (play) >>> pcm3: (play) >>> pcm4: (play/rec) >>> >>> mixer -f /dev/mixer4 shows: >>> Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 >>> Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 >>> No line or mic. >>> >>> I tried "cat /dev/dsp4.0" and got the expected stream of "junk" that looks >>> like it is getting data from the turntable. "junk" changes when I play >>> something, so I think the hardware is all working to some degree. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest where to go from here? >>> >> >> Did you try: >> sysctl -a hw.snd.default_unit=4 >> >> --HPS > > > Yes, but... >> mixer > Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 > > So mixer seems to "see" mixer4, but still only shows vol and pcm. No input > device. Bringing up the mate sound preferences, I only see the on-board > mic for input, but see the USB device for output. I'm a bit baffled as to > why the mixer fails to any USB input even though the connection message > clearly shows that capability. The mixer might not always have a node for input. You can try to dump the sysctl tree, grepping for pcm. There might be some hidden ones under .mixer . --HPS