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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
8 is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
9 delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->
10
11 <!-- Use one of the two mentions below about a test suite,
12 delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
13 test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
14 line to reflect the actual syntax to run the test suite -->
15
16 <!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
17 <!-- <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para> -->
18
19 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
20 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-ftp "&alsa-download-ftp;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
21 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-md5sum "a2840af7f1624d46257b6a53aea43eb7">
22 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size "1.4 MB">
23 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize "14-17 MB depending on the tool being built">
24 <!ENTITY alsa-tools-time "0.1-0.5 SBU depending on the tool being built">
25]>
26
27<sect1 id="alsa-tools" xreflabel="ALSA Tools-&alsa-tools-version;">
28 <?dbhtml filename="alsa-tools.html"?>
29
30 <sect1info>
31 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
32 <date>$Date$</date>
33 <keywordset>
34 <keyword role="package">alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar</keyword>
35 <keyword role="ftpdir">alsa-tools</keyword>
36 </keywordset>
37 </sect1info>
38
39 <title>ALSA Tools-&alsa-tools-version;</title>
40
41 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools">
42 <primary sortas="a-ALSA-Tools">ALSA Tools</primary>
43 </indexterm>
44
45 <sect2 role="package">
46 <title>Introduction to ALSA Tools</title>
47
48 <para>The <application>ALSA Tools</application> package
49 contains advanced tools for certain sound cards.</para>
50
51 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
52 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
53 <listitem>
54 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&alsa-tools-download-http;"/></para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&alsa-tools-download-ftp;"/></para>
58 </listitem>
59 <listitem>
60 <para>Download MD5 sum: &alsa-tools-md5sum;</para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>Download size: &alsa-tools-size;</para>
64 </listitem>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>Estimated disk space required: &alsa-tools-buildsize;</para>
67 </listitem>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>Estimated build time: &alsa-tools-time;</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"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/></para>
77
78 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
79 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="GTK"/> (to build <command>echomixer</command>,
80 <command>envy24control</command> and <command>rmedigicontrol</command>),
81 <ulink url="http://www.fltk.org/">FLTK</ulink> (to build
82 <command>hdspconf</command> and <command>hdspmixer</command>), and
83 <xref linkend="qt"/> to build <command>qlo10k1</command>.</para>
84
85 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
86 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/alsa-tools"/></para>
87
88 </sect2>
89
90 <sect2 role="installation">
91 <title>Installation of ALSA Tools</title>
92
93 <para>The <application>ALSA Tools</application> package is
94 only needed by those with advanced requirements for their sound card. The
95 tools are not all built together, instead you need to <command>cd</command>
96 into the directory of each tool you wish to compile and run the following
97 commands:</para>
98
99<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
100make</userinput></screen>
101
102 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
103
104<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
105
106 </sect2>
107
108 <sect2 role="content">
109 <title>Contents</title>
110
111 <segmentedlist>
112 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
113 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
114 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
115
116 <seglistitem>
117 <seg>ac3dec, extract_ac3, as10k1, echomixer, envy24control, hdspconf,
118 hdsploader, hdspmixer, lo10k1, ld10k1, mixartloader, pcxhrloader,
119 qlo10k1, rmedigicontrol, cspctl, sbiload, sscape_ctl, us428control,
120 usx2yloader, and vxloader</seg>
121 <seg>liblo10k1.so</seg>
122 <seg>/usr/share/applications, /usr/share/pixmaps, /usr/include/lo10k1,
123 /usr/share/ld10k1, and /usr/share/sounds</seg>
124 </seglistitem>
125 </segmentedlist>
126
127 <variablelist>
128 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
129 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
130 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
131
132 <varlistentry id="ac3dec">
133 <term><command>ac3dec</command></term>
134 <listitem>
135 <para>is a free AC-3 stream decoder.</para>
136 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ac3dec">
137 <primary sortas="b-ac3dec">ac3dec</primary>
138 </indexterm>
139 </listitem>
140 </varlistentry>
141
142 <varlistentry id="extract_ac3">
143 <term><command>extract_ac3</command></term>
144 <listitem>
145 <para>will take an MPEG-2 stream and produce
146 AC-3 audio to stdout if it exists.</para>
147 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools extract_ac3">
148 <primary sortas="b-extract_ac3">extract_ac3</primary>
149 </indexterm>
150 </listitem>
151 </varlistentry>
152
153 <varlistentry id="as10k1">
154 <term><command>as10k1</command></term>
155 <listitem>
156 <para>is an assembler for the emu10k1 DSP chip present in the
157 Creative SB Live, PCI 512, and emu APS sound cards. It is used
158 to make audio effects such as a flanger, chorus or reverb.</para>
159 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools as10k1">
160 <primary sortas="b-as10k1">as10k1</primary>
161 </indexterm>
162 </listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164
165 <varlistentry id="echomixer">
166 <term><command>echomixer</command></term>
167 <listitem>
168 <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Echoaudio console application
169 from Echoaudio. It is a tool to control all the features of any Echoaudio
170 soundcard. This includes clock sources, input and output gains, mixers,
171 etc.</para>
172 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools echomixer">
173 <primary sortas="b-echomixer">echomixer</primary>
174 </indexterm>
175 </listitem>
176 </varlistentry>
177
178 <varlistentry id="envy24control">
179 <term><command>envy24control</command></term>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>is a control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) based sound cards.</para>
182 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools envy24control">
183 <primary sortas="b-envy24control">envy24control</primary>
184 </indexterm>
185 </listitem>
186 </varlistentry>
187
188 <varlistentry id="hdspconf">
189 <term><command>hdspconf</command></term>
190 <listitem>
191 <para>is a GUI to control the Hammerfall
192 HDSP Alsa Settings. Up to four hdsp cards are supported.</para>
193 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspconf">
194 <primary sortas="b-hdspconf">hdspconf</primary>
195 </indexterm>
196 </listitem>
197 </varlistentry>
198
199 <varlistentry id="hdsploader">
200 <term><command>hdsploader</command></term>
201 <listitem>
202 <para>is used to load the firmware required by the Hammerfall
203 HDSP sound cards.</para>
204 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdsploader">
205 <primary sortas="b-hdsploader">hdsploader</primary>
206 </indexterm>
207 </listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry id="hdspmixer">
211 <term><command>hdspmixer</command></term>
212 <listitem>
213 <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Totalmix application from RME.
214 It is a tool to control the advanced routing features of the RME
215 Hammerfall DSP soundcard series.</para>
216 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspmixer">
217 <primary sortas="b-hdspmixer">hdspmixer</primary>
218 </indexterm>
219 </listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 <varlistentry id="ld10k1">
223 <term><command>ld10k1</command></term>
224 <listitem>
225 <para>is the server of a EMU10K{1,2} patch loader for ALSA.</para>
226 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ld10k1">
227 <primary sortas="b-ld10k1">ld10k1</primary>
228 </indexterm>
229 </listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
232 <varlistentry id="lo10k1">
233 <term><command>lo10k1</command></term>
234 <listitem>
235 <para>is the client of a EMU10K{1,2} patch loader for ALSA.</para>
236 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools lo10k1">
237 <primary sortas="b-lo10k1">lo10k1</primary>
238 </indexterm>
239 </listitem>
240 </varlistentry>
241
242 <varlistentry id="qlo10k1">
243 <term><command>qlo10k1</command></term>
244 <listitem>
245 <para>is a <application>Qt</application> GUI for the
246 <command>ld10k1</command> patch loader.</para>
247 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools qlo10k1">
248 <primary sortas="b-qlo10k1">qlo10k1</primary>
249 </indexterm>
250 </listitem>
251 </varlistentry>
252
253 <varlistentry id="mixartloader">
254 <term><command>mixartloader</command></term>
255 <listitem>
256 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
257 Digigram's miXart board sound drivers. The following modules require this
258 program: snd-mixart. These drivers don't work properly at all until the
259 certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
260 appear.</para>
261 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools mixartloader">
262 <primary sortas="b-mixartloader">mixartloader</primary>
263 </indexterm>
264 </listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry id="pcxhrloader">
268 <term><command>pcxhrloader</command></term>
269 <listitem>
270 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto
271 Digigram's pcxhr compatible board sound drivers. The following modules
272 require this program: snd-pcxhr. These drivers don't work properly at all
273 until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
274 appear.</para>
275 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools pcxhrloader">
276 <primary sortas="b-pcxhrloader">pcxhrloader</primary>
277 </indexterm>
278 </listitem>
279 </varlistentry>
280
281 <varlistentry id="rmedigicontrol">
282 <term><command>rmedigicontrol</command></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>is a control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 sound cards.
285 It provides a graphical frontend for all the sound card controls and
286 switches.</para>
287 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools rmedigicontrol">
288 <primary sortas="b-rmedigicontrol">rmedigicontrol</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 <varlistentry id="cspctl">
294 <term><command>cspctl</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>is an SB16/AWE32 Creative Signal Processor
297 (ASP/CSP) control program.</para>
298 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools cspctl">
299 <primary sortas="b-cspctl">cspctl</primary>
300 </indexterm>
301 </listitem>
302 </varlistentry>
303
304 <varlistentry id="sbiload">
305 <term><command>sbiload</command></term>
306 <listitem>
307 <para>is an OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for the
308 ALSA sequencer.</para>
309 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sbiload">
310 <primary sortas="b-sbiload">sbiload</primary>
311 </indexterm>
312 </listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314
315 <varlistentry id="sscape_ctl">
316 <term><command>sscape_ctl</command></term>
317 <listitem>
318 <para>is an ALSA SoundScape control utility.</para>
319 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sscape_ctl">
320 <primary sortas="b-sscape_ctl">sscape_ctl</primary>
321 </indexterm>
322 </listitem>
323 </varlistentry>
324
325 <varlistentry id="us428control">
326 <term><command>us428control</command></term>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>is a Tascam US-428 control program.</para>
329 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools us428control">
330 <primary sortas="b-us428control">us428control</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 <varlistentry id="usx2yloader">
336 <term><command>usx2yloader</command></term>
337 <listitem>
338 <para>is a helper program to load the 2nd Phase firmware binaries
339 onto the Tascam USX2Y USB sound cards. It has proven to work so far for the
340 US122, US224 and US428. The snd-usb-usx2y module requires this program.</para>
341 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools usx2yloader">
342 <primary sortas="b-usx2yloader">usx2yloader</primary>
343 </indexterm>
344 </listitem>
345 </varlistentry>
346
347 <varlistentry id="vxloader">
348 <term><command>vxloader</command></term>
349 <listitem>
350 <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
351 Digigram's VX-board sound drivers. The following modules require this program:
352 snd-vx222, snd-vxpocket, snd-vxp440. These drivers don't work properly at all
353 until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
354 appear.</para>
355 <indexterm zone="alsa-tools vxloader">
356 <primary sortas="b-vxloader">vxloader</primary>
357 </indexterm>
358 </listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
361 </variablelist>
362
363 </sect2>
364
365</sect1>
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