[PlanetCCRMA] Multiple Sound Cards

[Simon Lewis]

Hello Donald

Try the following in

/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf (make the file if it doesn't exist)


# RME card
# motherboard
# graphics card
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias snd-card-1 snd-intel
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
alias snd-card-2 snd-hdsp
alias sound-slot-2 snd-card-2
options snd cards_limit=3
options snd-hda index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=1 model=auto
options snd-hdsp index=2

# EOF


Undo any changes you made to the  blacklisted items and only use 
asoundrcif you need to make a channel matrix.

Finally, if using KDE4, the priority of the sound cards will need to 
redefined in phonon settings dialogue

Good luck, Simon


Am 05.12.2011 21:28, schrieb Simon Lewis:
> Hello Donald
>
> The information on plant ccrma as well as the other tips you have 
> received are a little out of date... It is not necessary to black list 
> any devices, neither should you make make an
> ~/.asoundrc this will only cause a lot of headaches to get this right and alsa does it better automatically.
>
>
> The trick on fc15 and fc16 is to make a relatively simple file called "sound.conf" (on unbuntu "50-sound.conf") and put this in the directory /etc/modprobe.d
>
> The contents of this folder will look something like:
>
> # On-board audio vid=0x8086 pid=0x284b
> # Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270 vid=0x046d pid=0x0825
> # Behringer U-Control UCA222 vid=0x08bb pid=0x2902
> # Edirol UM-1SX MIDI Adapter vid=0x0582 pid=0x0009
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio
> alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
> alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio
> alias sound-slot-2 snd-card-2
> alias snd-card-3 snd-usb-audio
> alias sound-slot-3 snd-card-3
> options snd cards_limit=4
> options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=auto
> options snd-usb-audio index=1,2,3 vid=0x046d,0x08bb,0x0582 pid=0x0825,0x2902,0x0009
>
> In the above example, qjackctl always finds the semi-pro sound device under HW:2, regardless of whether the other devices are connected or not, or hot plugged later.
>
> Note"options snd cards_limit="  must be defined otherwise the whole thing does not work!!
>
>
>
> For your set-up you will need to perform the following to find the necessary details
>
> $ cat /proc/asound/cards		to find all the audio devices on your pc.
>
> $ cat /proc/asound/modules		to find which modules are loaded for each sound card
>
> The following is optional and onlynecessary when 2 different sound devices use the same sound driver
>
> $ hwinfo --sound			to find the vids and pids
>
> The bad news is that hwinfo is not in any of the fedora repos - if you need it which I don't think you will, I can send the spec and/or src.rpms  as e-mail attachment so that you can build it yourself
>
> hwinfo-18.3-1.2.2.sl.fc15.src.rpm>>  625,6 KiB
>
> libx86emu-1.1-10.1.sl.fc15.src.rpm>>  57,0 KiB
>
>
>
> Best regards, Simon

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