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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 "1ea381d00a6069a98613aa7effa4cb51">
10 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size "1.6 MB">
11 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize "25 MB">
12 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-time "0.5 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 &lfs75_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 <ulink url="http://www.fltk.org/">FLTK</ulink>
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 <para>
102 The <application>ALSA Tools</application> package is only
103 needed by those with advanced requirements for their sound
104 card. The tools are not all built together, instead you
105 need to <command>cd</command> into the directory of each
106 tool you wish to compile and run the following commands:
107 </para>
108
109<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
110make</userinput></screen>
111
112 <para>
113 This package does not come with a test suite.
114 </para>
115
116 <para>
117 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
118 </para>
119
120<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
121
122 </sect2>
123
124 <sect2 role="content">
125 <title>Contents</title>
126
127 <segmentedlist>
128 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
129 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
130 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
131
132 <seglistitem>
133 <seg>
134 as10k1, cspctl, dl10k1, echomixer, envy24control, hdajackretask,
135 hda-verb, hdspconf, hdsploader, hdspmixer, hwmixvolume,
136 init_audigy, init_audigy_eq10, init_live, lo10k1, ld10k1, ld10k1d,
137 mixartloader, pcxhrloader, qlo10k1, rmedigicontrol, sbiload,
138 sscape_ctl, us428control, usx2yloader and vxloader
139 </seg>
140 <seg>
141 liblo10k1.so
142 </seg>
143 <seg>
144 /usr/include/lo10k1,
145 /usr/share/ld10k1 and
146 /usr/share/sounds
147 </seg>
148 </seglistitem>
149 </segmentedlist>
150
151 <variablelist>
152 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
153 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
154 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
155
156 <varlistentry id="as10k1">
157 <term><command>as10k1</command></term>
158 <listitem>
159 <para>is an assembler for the emu10k1 DSP chip present in the
160 Creative SB Live, PCI 512, and emu APS sound cards. It is used
161 to make audio effects such as a flanger, chorus or reverb.</para>
162 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools as10k1">
163 <primary sortas="b-as10k1">as10k1</primary>
164 </indexterm>
165 </listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167
168 <varlistentry id="cspctl">
169 <term><command>cspctl</command></term>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>is an SB16/AWE32 Creative Signal Processor
172 (ASP/CSP) control program.</para>
173 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools cspctl">
174 <primary sortas="b-cspctl">cspctl</primary>
175 </indexterm>
176 </listitem>
177 </varlistentry>
178
179 <varlistentry id="echomixer">
180 <term><command>echomixer</command></term>
181 <listitem>
182 <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Echoaudio console application
183 from Echoaudio. It is a tool to control all the features of any Echoaudio
184 soundcard. This includes clock sources, input and output gains, mixers,
185 etc.</para>
186 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools echomixer">
187 <primary sortas="b-echomixer">echomixer</primary>
188 </indexterm>
189 </listitem>
190 </varlistentry>
191
192 <varlistentry id="envy24control">
193 <term><command>envy24control</command></term>
194 <listitem>
195 <para>is a control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) based sound cards.</para>
196 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools envy24control">
197 <primary sortas="b-envy24control">envy24control</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="hdspconf">
203 <term><command>hdspconf</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>is a GUI to control the Hammerfall
206 HDSP Alsa Settings. Up to four hdsp cards are supported.</para>
207 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspconf">
208 <primary sortas="b-hdspconf">hdspconf</primary>
209 </indexterm>
210 </listitem>
211 </varlistentry>
212
213 <varlistentry id="hdsploader">
214 <term><command>hdsploader</command></term>
215 <listitem>
216 <para>is used to load the firmware required by the Hammerfall
217 HDSP sound cards.</para>
218 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdsploader">
219 <primary sortas="b-hdsploader">hdsploader</primary>
220 </indexterm>
221 </listitem>
222 </varlistentry>
223
224 <varlistentry id="hdspmixer">
225 <term><command>hdspmixer</command></term>
226 <listitem>
227 <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Totalmix application from RME.
228 It is a tool to control the advanced routing features of the RME
229 Hammerfall DSP soundcard series.</para>
230 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspmixer">
231 <primary sortas="b-hdspmixer">hdspmixer</primary>
232 </indexterm>
233 </listitem>
234 </varlistentry>
235
236 <varlistentry id="ld10k1">
237 <term><command>ld10k1</command></term>
238 <listitem>
239 <para>is the server of a EMU10K{1,2} patch loader for ALSA.</para>
240 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ld10k1">
241 <primary sortas="b-ld10k1">ld10k1</primary>
242 </indexterm>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry id="lo10k1">
247 <term><command>lo10k1</command></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>is the client of a EMU10K{1,2} patch loader for ALSA.</para>
250 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools lo10k1">
251 <primary sortas="b-lo10k1">lo10k1</primary>
252 </indexterm>
253 </listitem>
254 </varlistentry>
255
256 <varlistentry id="dl10k1">
257 <term><command>dl10k1</command></term>
258 <listitem>
259 <para>loads config dumps generated by <command>lo10k1</command>
260 and <command>ld10k1</command>.</para>
261 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools dl10k1">
262 <primary sortas="b-dl10k1">dl10k1</primary>
263 </indexterm>
264 </listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry id="ld10k1d">
268 <term><command>ld10k1d</command></term>
269 <listitem>
270 <para>is an init script for the <command>ld10k1</command>
271 patch loader.</para>
272 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ld10k1d">
273 <primary sortas="b-ld10k1d">ld10k1d</primary>
274 </indexterm>
275 </listitem>
276 </varlistentry>
277
278 <varlistentry id="qlo10k1">
279 <term><command>qlo10k1</command></term>
280 <listitem>
281 <para>is a <application>Qt</application> GUI for the
282 <command>ld10k1</command> patch loader.</para>
283 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools qlo10k1">
284 <primary sortas="b-qlo10k1">qlo10k1</primary>
285 </indexterm>
286 </listitem>
287 </varlistentry>
288
289 <varlistentry id="mixartloader">
290 <term><command>mixartloader</command></term>
291 <listitem>
292 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
293 Digigram's miXart board sound drivers. The following modules require this
294 program: snd-mixart. These drivers don't work properly at all until the
295 certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
296 appear.</para>
297 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools mixartloader">
298 <primary sortas="b-mixartloader">mixartloader</primary>
299 </indexterm>
300 </listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302
303 <varlistentry id="pcxhrloader">
304 <term><command>pcxhrloader</command></term>
305 <listitem>
306 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto
307 Digigram's pcxhr compatible board sound drivers. The following modules
308 require this program: snd-pcxhr. These drivers don't work properly at all
309 until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
310 appear.</para>
311 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools pcxhrloader">
312 <primary sortas="b-pcxhrloader">pcxhrloader</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry id="rmedigicontrol">
318 <term><command>rmedigicontrol</command></term>
319 <listitem>
320 <para>is a control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 sound cards.
321 It provides a graphical frontend for all the sound card controls and
322 switches.</para>
323 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools rmedigicontrol">
324 <primary sortas="b-rmedigicontrol">rmedigicontrol</primary>
325 </indexterm>
326 </listitem>
327 </varlistentry>
328
329 <varlistentry id="sbiload">
330 <term><command>sbiload</command></term>
331 <listitem>
332 <para>is an OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for the
333 ALSA sequencer.</para>
334 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sbiload">
335 <primary sortas="b-sbiload">sbiload</primary>
336 </indexterm>
337 </listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry id="sscape_ctl">
341 <term><command>sscape_ctl</command></term>
342 <listitem>
343 <para>is an ALSA SoundScape control utility.</para>
344 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sscape_ctl">
345 <primary sortas="b-sscape_ctl">sscape_ctl</primary>
346 </indexterm>
347 </listitem>
348 </varlistentry>
349
350 <varlistentry id="us428control">
351 <term><command>us428control</command></term>
352 <listitem>
353 <para>is a Tascam US-428 control program.</para>
354 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools us428control">
355 <primary sortas="b-us428control">us428control</primary>
356 </indexterm>
357 </listitem>
358 </varlistentry>
359
360 <varlistentry id="usx2yloader">
361 <term><command>usx2yloader</command></term>
362 <listitem>
363 <para>is a helper program to load the 2nd Phase firmware binaries
364 onto the Tascam USX2Y USB sound cards. It has proven to work so far for the
365 US122, US224 and US428. The snd-usb-usx2y module requires this program.</para>
366 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools usx2yloader">
367 <primary sortas="b-usx2yloader">usx2yloader</primary>
368 </indexterm>
369 </listitem>
370 </varlistentry>
371
372 <varlistentry id="vxloader">
373 <term><command>vxloader</command></term>
374 <listitem>
375 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
376 Digigram's VX-board sound drivers. The following modules require this program:
377 snd-vx222, snd-vxpocket, snd-vxp440. These drivers don't work properly at all
378 until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
379 appear.</para>
380 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools vxloader">
381 <primary sortas="b-vxloader">vxloader</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 </variablelist>
387
388 </sect2>
389
390</sect1>
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