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[48b7295] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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[52297838] | 5 |
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[48b7295] | 6 | <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 7 | <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-ftp "&alsa-download-ftp;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
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[ac789c0] | 8 | <!ENTITY alsa-tools-md5sum "cf51eccd14e818a9f0be455cedcd52ff">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size "821 KB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize "7-9 MB depending on the tool being built">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY alsa-tools-time "0.01-0.06 SBU depending on the tool being built">
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[48b7295] | 12 | ]>
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[52297838] | 13 |
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[48b7295] | 14 | <sect1 id="alsa-tools" xreflabel="ALSA Tools-&alsa-tools-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[48b7295] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="alsa-tools.html"?>
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| 20 | <title>ALSA Tools-&alsa-tools-version;</title>
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[ac789c0] | 21 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-ALSA-Tools">ALSA Tools</primary></indexterm>
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[48b7295] | 23 |
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| 24 | <sect2>
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[52297838] | 25 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym>
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| 26 | Tools</application></title>
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[48b7295] | 27 |
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[52297838] | 28 | <para>The <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Tools</application> package
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| 29 | contains advanced tools for certain sound cards.</para>
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[48b7295] | 30 |
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| 31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[da13524] | 33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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| 34 | <ulink url="&alsa-tools-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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| 36 | <ulink url="&alsa-tools-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 37 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &alsa-tools-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[48b7295] | 38 | <listitem><para>Download size: &alsa-tools-size;</para></listitem>
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[da13524] | 39 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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| 40 | &alsa-tools-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 42 | &alsa-tools-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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[48b7295] | 43 | </sect3>
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| 44 |
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[52297838] | 45 | <sect3><title><application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Tools</application>
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| 46 | dependencies</title>
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[48b7295] | 47 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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[52297838] | 48 | <para><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/></para>
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| 49 | </sect4>
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[da13524] | 50 |
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[48b7295] | 51 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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[ac789c0] | 52 | <para><xref linkend="GTK"/> (to build <command>echomixer</command>,
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| 53 | <command>envy24control</command> and <command>rmedigicontrol</command>) and
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| 54 | <ulink url="http://www.fltk.org/">FLTK</ulink> (to build
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| 55 | <command>hdspconf</command> and <command>hdspmixer</command>)</para>
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[52297838] | 56 | </sect4>
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[48b7295] | 57 | </sect3>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | </sect2>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <sect2>
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[52297838] | 62 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym>
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| 63 | Tools</application></title>
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[48b7295] | 64 |
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[ac789c0] | 65 | <para>The <command>as10k1</command> program needs a minor change to the
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| 66 | source code to compile using
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| 67 | <application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application>-3.4.x. The following
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| 68 | <command>sed</command> command fixes the problem:</para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s/^next_cli_arg:/&\n\n\tbreak;/" as10k1/as10k1.c</command></userinput></screen>
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| 71 |
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[48b7295] | 72 | <para>The <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Tools</application> package is
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| 73 | only needed by those with advanced requirements for their sound card. The
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| 74 | tools are not all built together, instead you need to <command>cd</command>
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| 75 | into the directory of each tool you wish to compile and run the following
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| 76 | commands:</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[ac789c0] | 79 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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[48b7295] | 84 |
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| 85 | </sect2>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect2>
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| 88 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 89 |
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[ac789c0] | 90 | <segmentedlist>
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| 91 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 92 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 93 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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[48b7295] | 94 |
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[ac789c0] | 95 | <seglistitem>
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| 96 | <seg>ac3dec, extract_ac3, as10k1, echomixer, envy24control, hdspconf,
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| 97 | hdsploader, hdspmixer, mixartloader, pcxhrloader, rmedigicontrol, cspctl,
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| 98 | sbiload, sscape_ctl, us428control, usx2yloader and vxloader</seg>
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| 99 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 100 | <seg>/usr/share/applications, /usr/share/pixmaps and
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| 101 | /usr/share/sounds</seg>
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| 102 | </seglistitem>
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| 103 | </segmentedlist>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <variablelist>
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| 106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 107 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <varlistentry id="ac3dec">
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| 110 | <term><command>ac3dec</command></term>
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| 111 | <listitem><para>is a free AC-3 stream decoder.</para>
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| 112 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ac3dec">
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| 113 | <primary sortas="b-ac3dec">ac3dec</primary>
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| 114 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 115 | </varlistentry>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <varlistentry id="extract_ac3">
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| 118 | <term><command>extract_ac3</command></term>
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| 119 | <listitem><para>will take an <acronym>MPEG</acronym>-2 stream and produce
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| 120 | AC-3 audio to stdout if it exists.</para>
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| 121 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools extract_ac3">
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| 122 | <primary sortas="b-extract_ac3">extract_ac3</primary>
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| 123 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 124 | </varlistentry>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <varlistentry id="as10k1">
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| 127 | <term><command>as10k1</command></term>
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| 128 | <listitem><para>is an assembler for the emu10k1 <acronym>DSP</acronym> chip
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| 129 | present in the Creative <acronym>SB</acronym> Live, <acronym>PCI</acronym>
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| 130 | 512, and emu <acronym>APS</acronym> sound cards. It is used to make audio
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| 131 | effects such as a flanger, chorus or reverb.</para>
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| 132 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools as10k1">
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| 133 | <primary sortas="b-as10k1">as10k1</primary>
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| 134 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 135 | </varlistentry>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <varlistentry id="echomixer">
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| 138 | <term><command>echomixer</command></term>
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| 139 | <listitem><para>is the Linux equivalent of the Echoaudio console application
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| 140 | from Echoaudio. It is a tool to control all the features of any Echoaudio
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| 141 | soundcard. This includes clock sources, input and output gains, mixers,
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| 142 | etc.</para>
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| 143 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools echomixer">
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| 144 | <primary sortas="b-echomixer">echomixer</primary>
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| 145 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 146 | </varlistentry>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <varlistentry id="envy24control">
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| 149 | <term><command>envy24control</command></term>
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| 150 | <listitem><para>is a control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) based sound
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| 151 | cards.</para>
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| 152 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools envy24control">
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| 153 | <primary sortas="b-envy24control">envy24control</primary>
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| 154 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 155 | </varlistentry>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <varlistentry id="hdspconf">
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| 158 | <term><command>hdspconf</command></term>
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| 159 | <listitem><para>is a <acronym>GUI</acronym> to control the Hammerfall
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| 160 | HDSP Alsa Settings. Up to four hdsp cards are supported.</para>
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| 161 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspconf">
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| 162 | <primary sortas="b-hdspconf">hdspconf</primary>
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| 163 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <varlistentry id="hdsploader">
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| 167 | <term><command>hdsploader</command></term>
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| 168 | <listitem><para>is used to load the firmware required by the Hammerfall
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| 169 | HDSP sound cards.</para>
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| 170 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdsploader">
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| 171 | <primary sortas="b-hdsploader">hdsploader</primary>
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| 172 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="hdspmixer">
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| 176 | <term><command>hdspmixer</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem><para>is the Linux equivalent of the Totalmix application from RME.
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| 178 | It is a tool to control the advanced routing features of the RME Hammerfall
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| 179 | DSP soundcard series.</para>
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| 180 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspmixer">
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| 181 | <primary sortas="b-hdspmixer">hdspmixer</primary>
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| 182 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 183 | </varlistentry>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <varlistentry id="mixartloader">
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| 186 | <term><command>mixartloader</command></term>
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| 187 | <listitem><para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
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| 188 | Digigram's miXart board sound drivers. The following modules require this
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| 189 | program: snd-mixart. These drivers don't work properly at all until the
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| 190 | certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
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| 191 | appear.</para>
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools mixartloader">
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| 193 | <primary sortas="b-mixartloader">mixartloader</primary>
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| 194 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <varlistentry id="pcxhrloader">
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| 198 | <term><command>pcxhrloader</command></term>
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| 199 | <listitem><para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto
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| 200 | Digigram's pcxhr compatible board sound drivers. The following modules
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| 201 | require this program: snd-pcxhr. These drivers don't work properly at all
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| 202 | until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
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| 203 | appear.</para>
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| 204 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools pcxhrloader">
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| 205 | <primary sortas="b-pcxhrloader">pcxhrloader</primary>
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| 206 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <varlistentry id="rmedigicontrol">
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| 210 | <term><command>rmedigicontrol</command></term>
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| 211 | <listitem><para>is a control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 sound cards.
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| 212 | It provides a graphical frontend for all the sound card controls and
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| 213 | switches.</para>
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| 214 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools rmedigicontrol">
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| 215 | <primary sortas="b-rmedigicontrol">rmedigicontrol</primary>
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| 216 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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[48b7295] | 218 |
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[ac789c0] | 219 | <varlistentry id="cspctl">
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| 220 | <term><command>cspctl</command></term>
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| 221 | <listitem><para>is an SB16/AWE32 Creative Signal Processor
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| 222 | (<acronym>ASP</acronym>/<acronym>CSP</acronym>) control program.</para>
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| 223 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools cspctl">
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| 224 | <primary sortas="b-cspctl">cspctl</primary>
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| 225 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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[48b7295] | 227 |
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[ac789c0] | 228 | <varlistentry id="sbiload">
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| 229 | <term><command>sbiload</command></term>
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| 230 | <listitem><para>is an <acronym>OPL</acronym>2/3 FM instrument loader for the
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| 231 | <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sequencer.</para>
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| 232 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sbiload">
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| 233 | <primary sortas="b-sbiload">sbiload</primary>
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| 234 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 235 | </varlistentry>
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[48b7295] | 236 |
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[ac789c0] | 237 | <varlistentry id="sscape_ctl">
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| 238 | <term><command>sscape_ctl</command></term>
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| 239 | <listitem><para>is an <acronym>ALSA</acronym> SoundScape control
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| 240 | utility.</para>
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| 241 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sscape_ctl">
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| 242 | <primary sortas="b-sscape_ctl">sscape_ctl</primary>
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| 243 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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[48b7295] | 245 |
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[ac789c0] | 246 | <varlistentry id="us428control">
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| 247 | <term><command>us428control</command></term>
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| 248 | <listitem><para>is a Tascam US-428 control program.</para>
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| 249 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools us428control">
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| 250 | <primary sortas="b-us428control">us428control</primary>
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| 251 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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[48b7295] | 253 |
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[ac789c0] | 254 | <varlistentry id="usx2yloader">
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| 255 | <term><command>usx2yloader</command></term>
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| 256 | <listitem><para>is a helper program to load the 2nd Phase firmware binaries
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| 257 | onto the Tascam USX2Y USB sound cards. It has proven to work so far for the
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| 258 | US122, US224 and US428. The snd-usb-usx2y module requires this program.</para>
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| 259 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools usx2yloader">
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| 260 | <primary sortas="b-usx2yloader">usx2yloader</primary>
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| 261 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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[48b7295] | 263 |
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[ac789c0] | 264 | <varlistentry id="vxloader">
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| 265 | <term><command>vxloader</command></term>
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| 266 | <listitem><para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
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| 267 | Digigram's VX-board sound drivers. The following modules require this program:
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| 268 | snd-vx222, snd-vxpocket, snd-vxp440. These drivers don't work properly at all
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| 269 | until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
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| 270 | appear.</para>
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| 271 | <indexterm zone="alsa-tools vxloader">
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| 272 | <primary sortas="b-vxloader">vxloader</primary>
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| 273 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 274 | </varlistentry>
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| 275 | </variablelist>
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[48b7295] | 276 |
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| 277 | </sect2>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | </sect1>
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| 280 |
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