[PlanetCCRMA] lost in monitoring world

[Jan Depner]

On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 13:03 +0200, DA. Forsyth wrote:
> I'm lost
> 
> Delta 1010LT  Fedora Core 5 +planetccrma stuff galore.
> 
> how the hell do you get it to hardware monitor?
> 
> all the docs I can find on the web refer to things to click on the 
> envy24control that I'm simply not seeing.  what is the current version 
> supposed to be?  I think mine claimed it was 0.8x.x
> 

    I'm running envy24control version 0.5.0 (Fedora Core 4/Planet).  My
sound system is a DSP2000 C-Port (ice1712) with 8 analog and 2 digital
I/Os.  Hardware monitoring is selected in Ardour under Windows->Options
Editor->Misc.  I set envy24control up as follows:

Monitor Mixer tab:

    PCM Out 1: unmute left and right, left gain slider at 0 right at 96
    PCM Out 2: unmute left and right, left gain slider at 96 right at 0
    PCM Out 3-8: both sides muted, left and right sliders at 0
    H/W In 1-8: left and right unmuted, left and right sliders at 0
    S/PDIF In L: left and right unmuted, left slider at 0, right at 96
    S/PDIF In R: left and right unmuted, left slider at 96, right at 0

Patchbay/Router:

    H/W Out 1 (L): Digital Mix L selected
    H/W Out 2 (R): Digital Mix R selected
    H/W Out 3-8 (L/R): PCM Out selected

Hardware Settings:

    Master Clock: Int 44100 selected (if you do a lot of effects you may
want to use a higher setting but this way I don't have to dither the
recordings when I go to CD)
    Rate State: nothing selected
    Volume Change: Rate set to 0
    S/PDIF Output Settings: Professional selected
    Data Mode: Non-audio selected
    Stream: Stereophonic selected
    Emphasis: No emphasis

Profiles:

    Blank


I have connected PCM out 1 and 2 to my headphone amplifier inputs.  My
monitors and multiple sets of headphones are connected to the headphone
amp.  I can recommend the Behringer HA4700 headphone amp - the thing is
a brick and you get 8 headphone outs with 4 controls.


> I never ever get mute buttons etc on the hardware mixer page.
> I never get any output indicated in the mixer main output bars.
> 

     If you don't see the above buttons we can trade png files of the
app off-list to see what you and I have that is different.


> I really need a step by step with pictures type of howto on this.
> 

    See above ;-)


> please.... I cannot be alone in struggling to figure this out, in fact I 
> know I'm not because this has been discussed on this list before.
> however, I'm not seeing the things to click on that are mentioned.
> 
> if I can get at least going in the right direction, I'll dot he howto 
> myself for others to enjoy.  but I gotta get there first..... and the band 
> arrives in half an hour to record without monitoring....
> 
> and no, I still havn't got rid of the xruns galore, but then I havn't been 
> able to shift the card offf of IRQ18.  setting CMOS to force it to 
> soemthing else on that slot makes no difference.  I tried increasing the 
> PCI timers with little change.

> oh well, I'll go eat lunch and see......
> 
> 

-- 
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of 
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skid in sideways, chardonnay in one hand, chocolate in the other, body 
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