| This document is a guide to using the emu10k1 based devices with JACK for low |
| latency, multichannel recording functionality. All of my recent work to allow |
| Linux users to use the full capabilities of their hardware has been inspired |
| by the kX Project. Without their work I never would have discovered the true |
| power of this hardware. |
| |
| http://www.kxproject.com |
| - Lee Revell, 2005.03.30 |
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| Low latency, multichannel audio with JACK and the emu10k1/emu10k2 |
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| Until recently, emu10k1 users on Linux did not have access to the same low |
| latency, multichannel features offered by the "kX ASIO" feature of their |
| Windows driver. As of ALSA 1.0.9 this is no more! |
| |
| For those unfamiliar with kX ASIO, this consists of 16 capture and 16 playback |
| channels. With a post 2.6.9 Linux kernel, latencies down to 64 (1.33 ms) or |
| even 32 (0.66ms) frames should work well. |
| |
| The configuration is slightly more involved than on Windows, as you have to |
| select the correct device for JACK to use. Actually, for qjackctl users it's |
| fairly self explanatory - select Duplex, then for capture and playback select |
| the multichannel devices, set the in and out channels to 16, and the sample |
| rate to 48000Hz. The command line looks like this: |
| |
| /usr/local/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -r48000 -p64 -n2 -D -Chw:0,2 -Phw:0,3 -S |
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| This will give you 16 input ports and 16 output ports. |
| |
| The 16 output ports map onto the 16 FX buses (or the first 16 of 64, for the |
| Audigy). The mapping from FX bus to physical output is described in |
| SB-Live-mixer.txt (or Audigy-mixer.txt). |
| |
| The 16 input ports are connected to the 16 physical inputs. Contrary to |
| popular belief, all emu10k1 cards are multichannel cards. Which of these |
| input channels have physical inputs connected to them depends on the card |
| model. Trial and error is highly recommended; the pinout diagrams |
| for the card have been reverse engineered by some enterprising kX users and are |
| available on the internet. Meterbridge is helpful here, and the kX forums are |
| packed with useful information. |
| |
| Each input port will either correspond to a digital (SPDIF) input, an analog |
| input, or nothing. The one exception is the SBLive! 5.1. On these devices, |
| the second and third input ports are wired to the center/LFE output. You will |
| still see 16 capture channels, but only 14 are available for recording inputs. |
| |
| This chart, borrowed from kxfxlib/da_asio51.cpp, describes the mapping of JACK |
| ports to FXBUS2 (multitrack recording input) and EXTOUT (physical output) |
| channels. |
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| /*JACK (& ASIO) mappings on 10k1 5.1 SBLive cards: |
| -------------------------------------------- |
| JACK Epilog FXBUS2(nr) |
| -------------------------------------------- |
| capture_1 asio14 FXBUS2(0xe) |
| capture_2 asio15 FXBUS2(0xf) |
| capture_3 asio0 FXBUS2(0x0) |
| ~capture_4 Center EXTOUT(0x11) // mapped to by Center |
| ~capture_5 LFE EXTOUT(0x12) // mapped to by LFE |
| capture_6 asio3 FXBUS2(0x3) |
| capture_7 asio4 FXBUS2(0x4) |
| capture_8 asio5 FXBUS2(0x5) |
| capture_9 asio6 FXBUS2(0x6) |
| capture_10 asio7 FXBUS2(0x7) |
| capture_11 asio8 FXBUS2(0x8) |
| capture_12 asio9 FXBUS2(0x9) |
| capture_13 asio10 FXBUS2(0xa) |
| capture_14 asio11 FXBUS2(0xb) |
| capture_15 asio12 FXBUS2(0xc) |
| capture_16 asio13 FXBUS2(0xd) |
| */ |
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| TODO: describe use of ld10k1/qlo10k1 in conjunction with JACK |