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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-ftp "&alsa-download-ftp;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-md5sum "f339a3cd24f748c9d007bdff0e98775b">
10 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size "1.6 MB">
11 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize "26 MB">
12 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-time "0.4 SBU">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="alsa-tools" xreflabel="alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="alsa-tools.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools">
26 <primary sortas="a-alsa-tools">alsa-tools</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to ALSA Tools</title>
31
32 <para>
33 The <application>ALSA Tools</application> package
34 contains advanced tools for certain sound cards.
35 </para>
36
37 &lfs77_built; &gcc5_built;
38
39 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
40 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
41 <listitem>
42 <para>
43 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&alsa-tools-download-http;"/>
44 </para>
45 </listitem>
46 <listitem>
47 <para>
48 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&alsa-tools-download-ftp;"/>
49 </para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>
53 Download MD5 sum: &alsa-tools-md5sum;
54 </para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>
58 Download size: &alsa-tools-size;
59 </para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>
63 Estimated disk space required: &alsa-tools-buildsize;
64 </para>
65 </listitem>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>
68 Estimated build time: &alsa-tools-time;
69 </para>
70 </listitem>
71 </itemizedlist>
72
73 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ALSA Tools Dependencies</bridgehead>
74
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
76 <para role="required">
77 <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>
78 </para>
79
80 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
81 <para role="optional">
82 <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
83 (to build <command>echomixer</command>,
84 <command>envy24control</command> and
85 <command>rmedigicontrol</command>),
86 <xref linkend="gtk3"/>
87 (to build <command>hdajackretask</command>) and
88 <xref linkend="fltk"/>
89 (to build <command>hdspconf</command> and
90 <command>hdspmixer</command>)
91 </para>
92
93 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
94 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/alsa-tools"/>
95 </para>
96 </sect2>
97
98 <sect2 role="installation">
99 <title>Installation of ALSA Tools</title>
100
101&as_root;
102
103 <para>First, start a subshell that will exit on error:</para>
104
105<screen><userinput>bash -e</userinput></screen>
106
107 <para>
108 Now, remove a tool that needs <application>Qt2 or 3</application> and two
109 unneed files (for the BLFS instructions below):
110 </para>
111
112<screen><userinput>rm -rf qlo10k1 Makefile gitcompile</userinput></screen>
113
114 <para>
115 The <application>ALSA Tools</application> package is only needed by those
116 with advanced requirements for their sound card. The tools can be built
117 all together at once, but if only a subset is needed, you need to
118 <command>cd</command> into the directory of each tool you wish to compile
119 and run the commands. Here, we present instructions to build all tools.
120 </para>
121
122 <para>
123 Install all <application>ALSA Tools</application> by running the
124 following commands:
125 </para>
126
127<screen><userinput>for tool in *
128do
129 case $tool in
130 seq )
131 tool_dir=seq/sbiload
132 ;;
133 * )
134 tool_dir=$tool
135 ;;
136 esac
137
138 pushd $tool_dir
139 ./configure --prefix=/usr
140 make
141 as_root make install
142 as_root /sbin/ldconfig
143 popd
144
145done
146unset tool tool_dir</userinput></screen>
147
148 <para>Finally, exit the shell that was started earlier:</para>
149
150<screen><userinput>exit</userinput></screen>
151
152 </sect2>
153
154 <sect2 role="content">
155 <title>Contents</title>
156
157 <segmentedlist>
158 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
159 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
160 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
161
162 <seglistitem>
163 <seg>
164 as10k1, cspctl, dl10k1, echomixer, envy24control, hdajackretask,
165 hda-verb, hdspconf, hdsploader, hdspmixer, hwmixvolume,
166 init_audigy, init_audigy_eq10, init_live, lo10k1, ld10k1, ld10k1d,
167 mixartloader, pcxhrloader, qlo10k1 (broken, needs Qt2 or 3),
168 rmedigicontrol, sbiload, sscape_ctl, us428control,
169 usx2yloader and vxloader
170 </seg>
171 <seg>
172 liblo10k1.so
173 </seg>
174 <seg>
175 /usr/include/lo10k1,
176 /usr/share/ld10k1 and
177 /usr/share/sounds
178 </seg>
179 </seglistitem>
180 </segmentedlist>
181
182 <variablelist>
183 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
184 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
185 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
186
187 <varlistentry id="as10k1">
188 <term><command>as10k1</command></term>
189 <listitem>
190 <para>is an assembler for the emu10k1 DSP chip present in the
191 Creative SB Live, PCI 512, and emu APS sound cards. It is used
192 to make audio effects such as a flanger, chorus or reverb.</para>
193 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools as10k1">
194 <primary sortas="b-as10k1">as10k1</primary>
195 </indexterm>
196 </listitem>
197 </varlistentry>
198
199 <varlistentry id="cspctl">
200 <term><command>cspctl</command></term>
201 <listitem>
202 <para>is an SB16/AWE32 Creative Signal Processor
203 (ASP/CSP) control program.</para>
204 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools cspctl">
205 <primary sortas="b-cspctl">cspctl</primary>
206 </indexterm>
207 </listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry id="echomixer">
211 <term><command>echomixer</command></term>
212 <listitem>
213 <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Echoaudio console application
214 from Echoaudio. It is a tool to control all the features of any Echoaudio
215 soundcard. This includes clock sources, input and output gains, mixers,
216 etc.</para>
217 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools echomixer">
218 <primary sortas="b-echomixer">echomixer</primary>
219 </indexterm>
220 </listitem>
221 </varlistentry>
222
223 <varlistentry id="envy24control">
224 <term><command>envy24control</command></term>
225 <listitem>
226 <para>is a control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) based sound cards.</para>
227 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools envy24control">
228 <primary sortas="b-envy24control">envy24control</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="hdspconf">
234 <term><command>hdspconf</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>is a GUI to control the Hammerfall
237 HDSP Alsa Settings. Up to four hdsp cards are supported.</para>
238 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspconf">
239 <primary sortas="b-hdspconf">hdspconf</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry id="hdsploader">
245 <term><command>hdsploader</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>is used to load the firmware required by the Hammerfall
248 HDSP sound cards.</para>
249 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdsploader">
250 <primary sortas="b-hdsploader">hdsploader</primary>
251 </indexterm>
252 </listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
255 <varlistentry id="hdspmixer">
256 <term><command>hdspmixer</command></term>
257 <listitem>
258 <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Totalmix application from RME.
259 It is a tool to control the advanced routing features of the RME
260 Hammerfall DSP soundcard series.</para>
261 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspmixer">
262 <primary sortas="b-hdspmixer">hdspmixer</primary>
263 </indexterm>
264 </listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry id="ld10k1">
268 <term><command>ld10k1</command></term>
269 <listitem>
270 <para>is the server of a EMU10K{1,2} patch loader for ALSA.</para>
271 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ld10k1">
272 <primary sortas="b-ld10k1">ld10k1</primary>
273 </indexterm>
274 </listitem>
275 </varlistentry>
276
277 <varlistentry id="lo10k1">
278 <term><command>lo10k1</command></term>
279 <listitem>
280 <para>is the client of a EMU10K{1,2} patch loader for ALSA.</para>
281 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools lo10k1">
282 <primary sortas="b-lo10k1">lo10k1</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="dl10k1">
288 <term><command>dl10k1</command></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>loads config dumps generated by <command>lo10k1</command>
291 and <command>ld10k1</command>.</para>
292 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools dl10k1">
293 <primary sortas="b-dl10k1">dl10k1</primary>
294 </indexterm>
295 </listitem>
296 </varlistentry>
297
298 <varlistentry id="ld10k1d">
299 <term><command>ld10k1d</command></term>
300 <listitem>
301 <para>is an init script for the <command>ld10k1</command>
302 patch loader.</para>
303 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ld10k1d">
304 <primary sortas="b-ld10k1d">ld10k1d</primary>
305 </indexterm>
306 </listitem>
307 </varlistentry>
308
309 <varlistentry id="qlo10k1">
310 <term><command>qlo10k1</command></term>
311 <listitem>
312 <para>is a <application>Qt</application> GUI for the
313 <command>ld10k1</command> patch loader.</para>
314 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools qlo10k1">
315 <primary sortas="b-qlo10k1">qlo10k1</primary>
316 </indexterm>
317 </listitem>
318 </varlistentry>
319
320 <varlistentry id="mixartloader">
321 <term><command>mixartloader</command></term>
322 <listitem>
323 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
324 Digigram's miXart board sound drivers. The following modules require this
325 program: snd-mixart. These drivers don't work properly at all until the
326 certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
327 appear.</para>
328 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools mixartloader">
329 <primary sortas="b-mixartloader">mixartloader</primary>
330 </indexterm>
331 </listitem>
332 </varlistentry>
333
334 <varlistentry id="pcxhrloader">
335 <term><command>pcxhrloader</command></term>
336 <listitem>
337 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto
338 Digigram's pcxhr compatible board sound drivers. The following modules
339 require this program: snd-pcxhr. These drivers don't work properly at all
340 until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
341 appear.</para>
342 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools pcxhrloader">
343 <primary sortas="b-pcxhrloader">pcxhrloader</primary>
344 </indexterm>
345 </listitem>
346 </varlistentry>
347
348 <varlistentry id="rmedigicontrol">
349 <term><command>rmedigicontrol</command></term>
350 <listitem>
351 <para>is a control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 sound cards.
352 It provides a graphical frontend for all the sound card controls and
353 switches.</para>
354 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools rmedigicontrol">
355 <primary sortas="b-rmedigicontrol">rmedigicontrol</primary>
356 </indexterm>
357 </listitem>
358 </varlistentry>
359
360 <varlistentry id="sbiload">
361 <term><command>sbiload</command></term>
362 <listitem>
363 <para>is an OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for the
364 ALSA sequencer.</para>
365 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sbiload">
366 <primary sortas="b-sbiload">sbiload</primary>
367 </indexterm>
368 </listitem>
369 </varlistentry>
370
371 <varlistentry id="sscape_ctl">
372 <term><command>sscape_ctl</command></term>
373 <listitem>
374 <para>is an ALSA SoundScape control utility.</para>
375 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sscape_ctl">
376 <primary sortas="b-sscape_ctl">sscape_ctl</primary>
377 </indexterm>
378 </listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380
381 <varlistentry id="us428control">
382 <term><command>us428control</command></term>
383 <listitem>
384 <para>is a Tascam US-428 control program.</para>
385 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools us428control">
386 <primary sortas="b-us428control">us428control</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388 </listitem>
389 </varlistentry>
390
391 <varlistentry id="usx2yloader">
392 <term><command>usx2yloader</command></term>
393 <listitem>
394 <para>is a helper program to load the 2nd Phase firmware binaries
395 onto the Tascam USX2Y USB sound cards. It has proven to work so far for the
396 US122, US224 and US428. The snd-usb-usx2y module requires this program.</para>
397 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools usx2yloader">
398 <primary sortas="b-usx2yloader">usx2yloader</primary>
399 </indexterm>
400 </listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402
403 <varlistentry id="vxloader">
404 <term><command>vxloader</command></term>
405 <listitem>
406 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
407 Digigram's VX-board sound drivers. The following modules require this program:
408 snd-vx222, snd-vxpocket, snd-vxp440. These drivers don't work properly at all
409 until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
410 appear.</para>
411 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools vxloader">
412 <primary sortas="b-vxloader">vxloader</primary>
413 </indexterm>
414 </listitem>
415 </varlistentry>
416
417 </variablelist>
418
419 </sect2>
420
421</sect1>
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