Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:40:53 -0800 From: Steven Grady <grady@XCF.Berkeley.EDU> To: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org (Free BSD Multimedia List) Subject: Re: Good sound programs to test my sound card? Message-ID: <199701232140.NAA05977@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 23 Jan 1997 15:46:39 -0500 (EST) <199701232046.PAA25538@netcom4.netcom.com>
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> From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) > Subject: Good sound programs to test my sound card? > Can someone sugest some programs to use to test my sound card, once I > get it working? > If you just want to test it, easiest is to cat a .au file to /dev/audio. Enclosed is a dog's bark. That will test the pcm stuff. If you want to test midi, you could grab the playmidi package/port. You can test the input by saying "cat /dev/audio > output", then hitting ^C after a few seconds (be sure to wait at least a second, so the buffer has a chance to fill up, or you'll get a 0-length file), then catting the resulting file back to /dev/audio. Note that all of this is made mre complicated by mixing issues -- for instance, the recording may fail if: the volume is too low the mixer isn't passing through pcm output the input is not coming from the right source (mike vs. lin) the input gain is too low the output gain is too low (Of course, not all sound-cards are alike.) If there are no obvious errors (no errors when you cat from or to /dev/audio, the amount of time it takes to cat the file is about the same as when you grabbed it), then you might want to check mixer settings. Steven begin 444 bark.au M+G-N9````"@```D_`````0``'T`````!=&5R<FEE<B!B87)K`````%=2455= M<N7<W.+M=F%;65YK\][9V=_M?&EB865N\>'7S\O+T.-=2T9&35AJX]/,R]7X M6TY-3U5??MG*R,O0WOEA3DM;>%A(0TM\V];/SLG(S<[K4$,^1E)MWM/%N[:T MN<I3-2DG+3MUS;VOK*ZZY$X^.30O,CS<MJZNL+&RO-1!)AT?*WF^NJ^MJ:RY MX34G(R@_O:NHK[]^3$T_/#D[6<ZZO-#E:>Q7/URVI:.X."(A*S0X-3=RM*2> MH[%.+B\[UZ^MU"TF.+^Y5RXO6KJUP^=H6N*^KJFS32LJ,#P\-3SBMJRRSDU` MVK&IJ+LR)"A(USDG*'.LJ*Z]R]_4M*FK5QP9)G>NW2]#NZ.FSC0K/:^BHM(B M(C:_M3$>)VJ?FJ;S+S^YK]<I'2)%J)F;MRD<)&RSOCXL-L^PK[=J:\.NIJU4 M)!XI;+R[V#(J-\JJJ[]U66%/5EW)KJNM31\=(#NXP&?>M:>GPDG%J**N,1H7 M&1TQNJ";I]/*O:^M^#0M)BP\1U_4L)^;L"05%CFFGJF[UKJT2B0A1JRFZQX: M+KB@GI^?KC\:$AM-JZ>Z/G.NIZ>_1S@U)B<S+TFPG96:QR,9&!TQOY^2DJLA M$!(YH)ZQ+2(YKYF4H3X7#!$II)J=GZ"BP"D9&BVWJ;Y$0TLO'!^NCHR51`L0 M'C0\UIF-CIDI"A8JN]0F)]R>E9BKM;<L#PP1'I>)CY&G*QH.#1,LF(N.GR<< M*STY)"5&HINGM:N<HRL.#!(GF)*6F)ZJ+Q0.%#BHH:RSO&`K'2BVDY*A,QPO MH9D]#@P5/I:=GYN9GT48&"^NK2<5(J>2GBP6'ZR6F;\[[+U,'14=0LN_K)^6 MF\HA(N:KL48C(3E;7CXX-3Y2PJR=DY.=91T4%!04'%&>D8Z5K"HNJYF?)`L+ M%L"7KRT@0:Z:F)R>J]8\(AH:%A8?:YV.D)Y-)S:XIJ3?'!,90J:H.1XBPY60 MF;D^^\U(+"$>'A@4(K&/BI&EOZ^8FRL*"0X2-*ZHFI*.E*DM%A0?-U:]KJRW M-1L=/:F>MT54KIB3H#T8$1D?*C`WKY>.CIM-'1@:("ZTF9H_$Q`[D(R=,!05 M*KV@H\'9OZ_*)R`A,;W#U+*IGIVO/"0=&!87-)N,C)&9,106&"0I+]6BG[`\ M+KZDIMDH)#>LFJ-<*"8S+R`IQZFAN"\S4;.AJK_`L:6Z'Q`.&FVJGJ&GI*:H MN3(=&B(ZOJ:JL>,K*#%]J)RA2!\D3:RS,"T\9\5<>Z>DJKPN,3XJ)A\CRZ2< MGJNKJJK.(AL6&2@VTZFBG)VLUCP[[KRX82(<'T.EG[4[)B(TQ:VGKK6GI*MA M'!4=+<*HJ[#32-_.R\E?+RDP\*29FZ-9&Q`.$R"FCHN/GO4N-BH>%`\5+*6. MBHZ3GB\=&!(3%!LOO:&5D92:K4XZ*R@D'!T?*]*LHY^JJJ"DK54>%Q0<0JV@ MH;)A,R<OSZNEK\>YK[*]."0?&APF-JF5EIRJNKQF*AT8&R]WV=O@LIN3EJ8P M&!0;,L['33=%MJ.=G*7!-!T;(TZQOC(H-[B@HK#+W]W/<$(S+#=(7<+$T-5' M1]+(O<-<86O[U<OO3SXR,SI/N*VPN%I`>+^MLTDM*"U%7>[#OKO$Z7OX\6U? M445$6NKG^,6NL\X]+#1AOKC*5D<_0DM7R*^LL^8P*2Y!O;*_53Q&T[6JJ\4S M(!PD:J><G*:\1B<>'2$UT*^EI:NYV>/-VCXK)"I`OJRKN.D[-D>\IZ>W1RTK M*RLM.M6KGI^N4S$S/D$].TK9P;FXM;+%.B@D+].PKKQH5]K/U5(R+3%+Q+*L MIJ>MPSXJ(A\D-.&OI:6KO%)`1T`X,3)=M*RW33,]VL'.4%3-PL]A3U=+/SY) MT;>YSUM*;<G+\591YLWK54,[1%;6N[FVNM=824961#8S-DG3OKFXNL*^N\1Z M-RTN,T%.^[^VK[/&]TP_0D=@PKO3/2XO1[^PM+_E34UTS\;34#HQ.&2]K[7@ M1D-@T.)/25#IR\[=\5Q:5TM*66W6R<:_O+_;1#4R.U3/OL'%Q<YS1SY-<^KJ M65S6RL745$1`2%[/O[J]SE@_/#Y!2%5^Q;:SM<#Z2CTZ/#P]3.K#M;*XRU$^ M/DU>7U)-YL*^RTP^26S(P,6_P-5/,RTR/&S(P[V[N;C`V4]`0#LW.$#UO;"L MK\%),"XW5LG!R?E.3F'8RL[.S=3Y2D!'9,W.:$M'4_+1QL+&TE]'0T13X<K" MS-_>X_M<3$YHYWQ96?;)PM551D909.7/Q,+55$-#5=W+TV=47=S.T-;X6E%, M9-C<[79VY-]\:V1?5TY7W\>_R&Y-2UWM;E93;<W&S-_\;UA,0#]=S+^^S=WE M:%Q+0D9+8]+*Q\[J^/+GW^]?3D5'7-K)RMGS[]S4T^U82D9,7_MP6E?FQ\+' MV&954%AL\O==5%K^WM33X'AUW\_0[UE.4%]93T]@VL[/S\W'S&-`.C]9W^3Y MZM3&PL?96DE%2%;ZY=K8\7A]\.IA4%;^SL?1\6MMZ>]81T!&7\_`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` end
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