Mackie Onyx Firewire

[Luke Yelavich]

On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 09:25:36AM EST, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I recently purchased the Mackie Onyx Firewire option for my Onyx 
> Mixer.   I am running AMD64 Ubuntu Studio 8.04.  I got the sound working 
> fine with jack, but only using Jack.....    That is to say, if I go to 
> Youtube or some site with embedded audio / video I don't have sound.
> 
> My previous setup was a M-audio delta 66.  I had no problem using that 
> on web sites.
> 
> Am I missing something or does the Onyx only work using jack?

Only jack supports firewire audio devices at this time. In order to get sound via the firewire device from youtube etc, you would need to set up alsa using apps to go via the alsa -> jack plugin.

Luke