Help with M-Audio Delta 66 and ALSA

[Brian David]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Lindsay Haisley <fmouse at fmp.com> wrote:

> I have a M-Audio Delta 66 card in my desktop system and a digital
> recorder which can output S/PDIF digital audio.  I can connect the
> S/PDIF output from the recorder to the input on the Delta 66 card and
> the signal shows up in the S/PDIF meter in envy24control, but goes no
> further, and I can find no way to work with the signal in other
> programs.  In particular, I'd like to be able to record from this input
> using Audacity, but Audacity only seems to want to see the hw0 and hw1
> inputs which are the outputs of the first two ADCs in the card.  I can,
> of course, input to the computer from the analog outputs on the
> recorder, but I'd like to avoid the D->A->D conversion.  (For reasons
> that have to do with the editing capabilities of the recorder, I also
> want to avoid using the USB output and working directly with the saved
> digital file on the recorders CF card).
>
> Is there any way to configure ALSA so as to make the signal coming in to
> the S/PDIF inputs on the Delta 66 accessible to other programs - perhaps
> a stanza in my .asoundrc file?  I have no idea how to probe the card to
> see what devices and control interfaces are available, or exactly what
> to put in ~/.asoundrc to make this sound stream show up in Audacity.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
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>
I don't see you referencing JACK at all in your description.  Are you using
JACK?

I've never needed to use envy24control, but I'm guessing that any sound
going into envy24control should be capable of being routed via JACK into any
other program.


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-Brian David
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