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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 "e6c929175d8ee729c06d49b51439bad6">
10 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size "1.7 MB">
11 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize "24 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 &lfs76_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 <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 (broken, needs Qt2 or 3),
138 rmedigicontrol, sbiload, sscape_ctl, us428control,
139 usx2yloader and vxloader
140 </seg>
141 <seg>
142 liblo10k1.so
143 </seg>
144 <seg>
145 /usr/include/lo10k1,
146 /usr/share/ld10k1 and
147 /usr/share/sounds
148 </seg>
149 </seglistitem>
150 </segmentedlist>
151
152 <variablelist>
153 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
154 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
155 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
156
157 <varlistentry id="as10k1">
158 <term><command>as10k1</command></term>
159 <listitem>
160 <para>is an assembler for the emu10k1 DSP chip present in the
161 Creative SB Live, PCI 512, and emu APS sound cards. It is used
162 to make audio effects such as a flanger, chorus or reverb.</para>
163 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools as10k1">
164 <primary sortas="b-as10k1">as10k1</primary>
165 </indexterm>
166 </listitem>
167 </varlistentry>
168
169 <varlistentry id="cspctl">
170 <term><command>cspctl</command></term>
171 <listitem>
172 <para>is an SB16/AWE32 Creative Signal Processor
173 (ASP/CSP) control program.</para>
174 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools cspctl">
175 <primary sortas="b-cspctl">cspctl</primary>
176 </indexterm>
177 </listitem>
178 </varlistentry>
179
180 <varlistentry id="echomixer">
181 <term><command>echomixer</command></term>
182 <listitem>
183 <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Echoaudio console application
184 from Echoaudio. It is a tool to control all the features of any Echoaudio
185 soundcard. This includes clock sources, input and output gains, mixers,
186 etc.</para>
187 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools echomixer">
188 <primary sortas="b-echomixer">echomixer</primary>
189 </indexterm>
190 </listitem>
191 </varlistentry>
192
193 <varlistentry id="envy24control">
194 <term><command>envy24control</command></term>
195 <listitem>
196 <para>is a control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) based sound cards.</para>
197 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools envy24control">
198 <primary sortas="b-envy24control">envy24control</primary>
199 </indexterm>
200 </listitem>
201 </varlistentry>
202
203 <varlistentry id="hdspconf">
204 <term><command>hdspconf</command></term>
205 <listitem>
206 <para>is a GUI to control the Hammerfall
207 HDSP Alsa Settings. Up to four hdsp cards are supported.</para>
208 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspconf">
209 <primary sortas="b-hdspconf">hdspconf</primary>
210 </indexterm>
211 </listitem>
212 </varlistentry>
213
214 <varlistentry id="hdsploader">
215 <term><command>hdsploader</command></term>
216 <listitem>
217 <para>is used to load the firmware required by the Hammerfall
218 HDSP sound cards.</para>
219 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdsploader">
220 <primary sortas="b-hdsploader">hdsploader</primary>
221 </indexterm>
222 </listitem>
223 </varlistentry>
224
225 <varlistentry id="hdspmixer">
226 <term><command>hdspmixer</command></term>
227 <listitem>
228 <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Totalmix application from RME.
229 It is a tool to control the advanced routing features of the RME
230 Hammerfall DSP soundcard series.</para>
231 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspmixer">
232 <primary sortas="b-hdspmixer">hdspmixer</primary>
233 </indexterm>
234 </listitem>
235 </varlistentry>
236
237 <varlistentry id="ld10k1">
238 <term><command>ld10k1</command></term>
239 <listitem>
240 <para>is the server of a EMU10K{1,2} patch loader for ALSA.</para>
241 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ld10k1">
242 <primary sortas="b-ld10k1">ld10k1</primary>
243 </indexterm>
244 </listitem>
245 </varlistentry>
246
247 <varlistentry id="lo10k1">
248 <term><command>lo10k1</command></term>
249 <listitem>
250 <para>is the client of a EMU10K{1,2} patch loader for ALSA.</para>
251 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools lo10k1">
252 <primary sortas="b-lo10k1">lo10k1</primary>
253 </indexterm>
254 </listitem>
255 </varlistentry>
256
257 <varlistentry id="dl10k1">
258 <term><command>dl10k1</command></term>
259 <listitem>
260 <para>loads config dumps generated by <command>lo10k1</command>
261 and <command>ld10k1</command>.</para>
262 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools dl10k1">
263 <primary sortas="b-dl10k1">dl10k1</primary>
264 </indexterm>
265 </listitem>
266 </varlistentry>
267
268 <varlistentry id="ld10k1d">
269 <term><command>ld10k1d</command></term>
270 <listitem>
271 <para>is an init script for the <command>ld10k1</command>
272 patch loader.</para>
273 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ld10k1d">
274 <primary sortas="b-ld10k1d">ld10k1d</primary>
275 </indexterm>
276 </listitem>
277 </varlistentry>
278
279 <varlistentry id="qlo10k1">
280 <term><command>qlo10k1</command></term>
281 <listitem>
282 <para>is a <application>Qt</application> GUI for the
283 <command>ld10k1</command> patch loader.</para>
284 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools qlo10k1">
285 <primary sortas="b-qlo10k1">qlo10k1</primary>
286 </indexterm>
287 </listitem>
288 </varlistentry>
289
290 <varlistentry id="mixartloader">
291 <term><command>mixartloader</command></term>
292 <listitem>
293 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
294 Digigram's miXart board sound drivers. The following modules require this
295 program: snd-mixart. These drivers don't work properly at all until the
296 certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
297 appear.</para>
298 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools mixartloader">
299 <primary sortas="b-mixartloader">mixartloader</primary>
300 </indexterm>
301 </listitem>
302 </varlistentry>
303
304 <varlistentry id="pcxhrloader">
305 <term><command>pcxhrloader</command></term>
306 <listitem>
307 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto
308 Digigram's pcxhr compatible board sound drivers. The following modules
309 require this program: snd-pcxhr. These drivers don't work properly at all
310 until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
311 appear.</para>
312 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools pcxhrloader">
313 <primary sortas="b-pcxhrloader">pcxhrloader</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315 </listitem>
316 </varlistentry>
317
318 <varlistentry id="rmedigicontrol">
319 <term><command>rmedigicontrol</command></term>
320 <listitem>
321 <para>is a control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 sound cards.
322 It provides a graphical frontend for all the sound card controls and
323 switches.</para>
324 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools rmedigicontrol">
325 <primary sortas="b-rmedigicontrol">rmedigicontrol</primary>
326 </indexterm>
327 </listitem>
328 </varlistentry>
329
330 <varlistentry id="sbiload">
331 <term><command>sbiload</command></term>
332 <listitem>
333 <para>is an OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for the
334 ALSA sequencer.</para>
335 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sbiload">
336 <primary sortas="b-sbiload">sbiload</primary>
337 </indexterm>
338 </listitem>
339 </varlistentry>
340
341 <varlistentry id="sscape_ctl">
342 <term><command>sscape_ctl</command></term>
343 <listitem>
344 <para>is an ALSA SoundScape control utility.</para>
345 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sscape_ctl">
346 <primary sortas="b-sscape_ctl">sscape_ctl</primary>
347 </indexterm>
348 </listitem>
349 </varlistentry>
350
351 <varlistentry id="us428control">
352 <term><command>us428control</command></term>
353 <listitem>
354 <para>is a Tascam US-428 control program.</para>
355 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools us428control">
356 <primary sortas="b-us428control">us428control</primary>
357 </indexterm>
358 </listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
361 <varlistentry id="usx2yloader">
362 <term><command>usx2yloader</command></term>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>is a helper program to load the 2nd Phase firmware binaries
365 onto the Tascam USX2Y USB sound cards. It has proven to work so far for the
366 US122, US224 and US428. The snd-usb-usx2y module requires this program.</para>
367 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools usx2yloader">
368 <primary sortas="b-usx2yloader">usx2yloader</primary>
369 </indexterm>
370 </listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry id="vxloader">
374 <term><command>vxloader</command></term>
375 <listitem>
376 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
377 Digigram's VX-board sound drivers. The following modules require this program:
378 snd-vx222, snd-vxpocket, snd-vxp440. These drivers don't work properly at all
379 until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
380 appear.</para>
381 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools vxloader">
382 <primary sortas="b-vxloader">vxloader</primary>
383 </indexterm>
384 </listitem>
385 </varlistentry>
386
387 </variablelist>
388
389 </sect2>
390
391</sect1>
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