Tascam US-122 ext soundcard

[cyberhippiex]

um yeah, i have the same problem with my computer. i have the newest version of ubuntu and im trying to get it so i can use my tascam us-122 external soundcard.

[cyberhippiex]

ok so i found something that will work as a driver for my tascam us-122. its called alsa. but i dont know how to install it...or any software for that matter on linux. I found a good link on how to use my recording software using WINE and all that but i would really like some help here i feel like im waaay over my head.

[D-cat]

ALSA = Advanced Linux Sound Architecture and contains backends for I'd guess about 90% of the sound cards in existence.

Check Synaptic for virtual package alsa, if it's not installed, install it. That should make sure all your basic alsa needs are met. Make sure your sound card is plugged in during the install so alsa finds it at configuration. Check also that alsa-utils is installed, there's a necessary program in there for later.

If alsa shows that it is already installed (and it should be), {then you'd have to open a terminal. With your sound card plugged in, run sudo dpkg-reconfigure alsa-base . This should reconfigure alsa for all your sound cards (why ubuntu doesn't include alsaconf is beyond me). Now in your programs that are compatible with ALSA, you should be able to select your new Tascam card.}

Wait though, you want to use a Windows program through WINE with this card and your Tascam is not the default card for some reason? We can fix that now too.

Back at the terminal, run asoundconf list to get a (sort of cryptic, by chipset) list of configured sound cards. You can then use this by running asoundconf setdefault [CARD] to change the default card to your Tascam. Note, this is a userspace too, it only affects the current user, changes are written to ~/.asoundrc

There's no reference to it, but it seems logical to me that you might have to log out and back in to make the change stick.

Now your Tascam should be the default card and automatically used by all programs including the Windows ones.

I hope something here works. Good Luck!

[cyberhippiex]

thank you for your help on this. i had been digging through a thread on the ubuntu forums. as such and i went through all the hassle of doing some configuring..installing alsa and other things. i had gotten the green light to work and such ...and i even got the startup sounds for ubuntu but none of my media players were working..so hopefully im going to restart my computer and this works. so far i am a very happy linux user..it requires a bit more blood and sweat but its definately worth it!

[cyberhippiex]

ok now my one media player that comes with my OS is working but nothing else will. and i guess now the stock sounds that linux does is working too? im at a loss for what i need to do here?

[D-cat]

If the linux media players are working but the windows ones are silent, then the problem is likely the wine configuration. I'm doing this from memory (I don't have the Ubuntu desktop in front of me right now); The Wine configuration tool was available off the menu. You have to go to the audio tab, and where it says auto-detect, change to ALSA (I know, Ubuntu uses Pulse... pulse is an audio server, last I knew it still used ALSA to drive the hardware). Save that and try again.

[cyberhippiex]

ok now i got all the linux media players to play sound. for some reason though i cant get sound off of firefox...like when i watch youtube or google video? hey im not complaining..this is a really good OS for free..i knew i'd have to put some work into it. i should have clarified as i have not yet installed wine..i wanted to wait until i had the wrinkles ironed out with my external soundcard.

[D-cat]

i cant get sound off of firefox...like when i watch youtube or google video

That's usually a flash related thing, maybe missing codec?. I'd make sure the package ubuntu-restricted-extras is installed, but other than that, I don't really have any suggestions.