Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:20:08 +0500 From: "Eugene M. Zheganin" <emz@norma.perm.ru> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD USB audio Message-ID: <5b26a03df956f566ef2e278c5229db86@norman-vivat.ru>
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Hi, I got new PC in my new office which lacks the PCI slot, so I guess this is the end for my old SB Audigy one snd_emu10kx card. So, since I am totally unhappy with the snd_hda(4) sound I'm considering buying something USB external (since, unfortunately, there's no support for decent sound cards in FreeBSD). So my question is - is the snd_uaudio(4) driver a generic one ? Do I just plug some USB external audio into the host USB port and expect it to work ? Are there some tricks ? - do I have to explicitely find for intended sound card that it supports the USB Audio standard, or may be do they all support it out-of-the box ? - does someone have an experience with Creative Soundblaster external USB cards, since I'm a fan of their products ? Do they work with snd_uaudio(4) under FreeBSD ? Thanks. Eugene. From owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Thu Feb 16 08:15:24 2017 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87B84CE1013 for <freebsd-multimedia@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:15:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hps@selasky.org) Received: from mail.turbocat.net (turbocat.net [IPv6:2a01:4f8:c17:6c4b::2]) (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 4B553DE1 for <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org>; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:15:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hps@selasky.org) Received: from hps2016.home.selasky.org (unknown [62.141.129.119]) (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 93F0C1FE025; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:15:06 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: FreeBSD USB audio To: "Eugene M. Zheganin" <emz@norma.perm.ru>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org References: <5b26a03df956f566ef2e278c5229db86@norman-vivat.ru> From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Message-ID: <cc026899-d199-8364-26b2-f1a39547be83@selasky.org> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:14:40 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5b26a03df956f566ef2e278c5229db86@norman-vivat.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions <freebsd-multimedia.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-multimedia>, <mailto:freebsd-multimedia-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-multimedia-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia>, <mailto:freebsd-multimedia-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:15:24 -0000 Hi, On 02/16/17 08:20, Eugene M. Zheganin wrote: > Hi, > > I got new PC in my new office which lacks the PCI slot, so I guess this > is the end for my old SB Audigy one snd_emu10kx card. So, since I am > totally unhappy with the snd_hda(4) sound I'm considering buying > something USB external (since, unfortunately, there's no support for > decent sound cards in FreeBSD). So my question is > > - is the snd_uaudio(4) driver a generic one ? Do I just plug some USB > external audio into the host USB port and expect it to work ? Are there > some tricks ? Some devices have a button to switch to USB.org audio protocols. > > - do I have to explicitely find for intended sound card that it supports > the USB Audio standard, or may be do they all support it out-of-the box > ? No, the will work out of the box. > - does someone have an experience with Creative Soundblaster external > USB cards, since I'm a fan of their products ? Do they work with > snd_uaudio(4) under FreeBSD ? No, but if you want something very decent this one works with FreeBSD: http://www.music-group.com/Categories/Behringer/Mixers/Digital-Mixers/X32-RACK/p/P0AWN And supports 32/64 channels (configurable) IN/OUT using USB high-speed. --HPS
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