Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

[Fernando Gomes]

Hi

As I posted yesterday, I had a Tascam US122 until a week ago, and it
worked flawlessly with every UbuntuStudio distributions I've used (at
least from 8,xx until the 10.xx). I had other problems with RT kernels
and my hardware configuration, but not with the tascam. Unfortunatly I
don't have it now, and I also have losted the information that I have
compiled about its installation to put in an article on
www.openstudio.info. I'll try to get at least some info from my last
installation from the history command, but I can say that it was
almost using the link already posted:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TASCAM_US-122

>From what I remember (I'm not in my home studio PC right now and I'll
confirm it later), I've used a more recent alsa firmware, I think it
was this version:

ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.23.tar.bz2

Then, on step 6 you should use the second option, replacing the
002/003 by the results you get from lsusb:

# sudo fxload -s /path/to/ld2-ezusb.hex -I
/usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader/us122fw.ihx -D
/dev/bus/usb/002/003

Also in step 7 you should do first this command to create a link
because the files are not in the place the program is expecting:

# sudo ln -s /usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader /lib/firmware/usx2yloader

I suppose that the sugested udev integration is being deprecated, but
it works at least for now.

I didn't change the default soundcard because I select it in jack

Once I can retreive the history information from my homestudio PC I'll
make the necessary corrections. Can you tell us what is not working
during your tascam us122 installation?

Best regards

Fernando


On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Hartmut Noack <zettberlin at linuxuse.de> wrote:
>
> Am 08.01.2011 07:30, schrieb Casey Forslund:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I am a newbie with Ubuntu (1yr): I've been running 10.04 Lucid (studio)
>> lately and I've been blown away at how tough it has been to find a soul out
>> there who has the skills of knowledge to troubleshoot or problem solve
>> getting my Tascam US-122 (which is a device that fits the exact description
>> of the topic I'm replying to) to work with Ubuntu. I have read EVERY posting
>> on the forums, official and unofficial, got a hold of some VERY
>> knowledgeable and extremely helpful Ubuntu veterans, but my US-122 is still
>> dead in the water. I'm just wondering if any of you wants to have mercy on
>> me and see if you can come up with any options I can pursue. I guess the
>> second part of this message is that if no one out there can help me, don't
>> buy a tascam US-122, as I have spent (genuinely) over 30 hours of my time
>> trying to get this thing to even blink, to no avail.
>
> Did you followed this one:
>
> http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Tascam_US-122
>
> ?
>
> If so, and it still doeas not work, I would consider to switch to a different Linux Distro. I have seen this particular interface working perfectly well under Debian, 64Studio, Suse and even Gentoo...
>
> Nonetheless you should try to make Ubuntu Studio working first.
>
> Also Pulse Audio could be a hindrance. PA does not work very well with devices that do not fit in the typical desktop/office audio type of thing. So I am quite sure, that you device can work best after installing/configuring alsa-firmware-loader and running it with jack using qjackctl.
>
> best regs
>
> HZN
>
>
>> From a noob's (very
>> limited) perspective, I am quite disappointed in the Studio version of
>> Ubuntu, as it hasn't been able to work with my hardware, even after tons of
>> homework, consulting, trial and error etc.
>>
>>
>
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