From owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Thu Feb 16 07:20:15 2017 Return-Path: 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 6E3A1CE1B47 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 07:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emz@norma.perm.ru) Received: from elf.hq.norma.perm.ru (mail.norma.perm.ru [IPv6:2a00:7540:1::5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.norma.perm.ru", Issuer "Vivat-Trade UNIX Root CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A90AB1180 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 07:20:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emz@norma.perm.ru) Received: from webmail.norma.perm.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elf.hq.norma.perm.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v1G7K8nO065944 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:20:08 +0500 (YEKT) (envelope-from emz@norma.perm.ru) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=norma.perm.ru; s=key; t=1487229609; bh=6kgKebp6Zm0CDcQylRg5cd2aTkNBsH2PXWrlqKYAR78=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; b=D1QBHtJx378yjTCRfGJqFfuaV/FUZWSWPzubJskz+u8aWolbEtFGEhYrIYe0OFmmW lJ+YkkCun7N8d3H/WgX3v4CP51nlLt7KRYqfhDO/5f8mxYLdPb1jNRvxdo1EHULh9E zGnGyRnF21WmxAolUzP4YVwn1aZ02Iv2TSXznYT8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:20:08 +0500 From: "Eugene M. Zheganin" To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD USB audio Message-ID: <5b26a03df956f566ef2e278c5229db86@norman-vivat.ru> X-Sender: emz@norma.perm.ru User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.8.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 07:20:15 -0000 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: 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 ; 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 ; 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" , freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org References: <5b26a03df956f566ef2e278c5229db86@norman-vivat.ru> From: Hans Petter Selasky Message-ID: 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-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