Comments on: I can use my Conectiv under Linux, but not Vista. Why, again?

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By: oida

oida — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:17:11 +0000

Also trying to get the Conectiv to run on Ubuntu (Studio 8.10).

aplay -l gives me:
…
card 1: Conectiv [Conectiv], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Conectiv [Conectiv], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Playback works perfectly.
However recording using ALSA or Jack just produces silence (or rather a low 28dB noise signal).
amixer -D hw:1 doesn’t do anything.

I think the input channels are muted or set to zero volume and I can’t find a way to control their volume.
Anyone got a clue for me?

By: fnk4

fnk4 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:26:42 +0000

thanx for fukkin spam, jenny from the block

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:35:59 +0000

There's some more information here if anyone's interested

By: nickz

nickz — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:24:42 +0000

I’m using Mandriva and I can get my Connectiv to work with Amarok if I go to Settings>Configue Amarok>Engine>Select Output Plugin>ALSA and then type “plughw:Conectiv” (yeah, with one “n”, not sure why it is that way but it is) into the Alsa device configuration box for Stereo (or mono if you want mono files to go out through the Connectiv). You can do the same thing with OSS selected as your output plugin. For some reason, I get occasional, very annoying clicks and pops, though. Think it may have to do with latency, which I haven’t yet figured out how to adjust. Cheers.

By: fnk4

fnk4 — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:08:12 +0000

still no success. but i haven’t tried virtualbox yet.

By: fugitive

fugitive — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:04:57 +0000

I’ve just bought an m-audio conectiv and am trying to get it working on ubuntu 8.04. Can anyone upodate me on the above posts – did you have any joy with wine? I’m having a bash at installing it on a streamlined XP VM in Virtualbox. The card installed fine I’m just having some probs with playback. If I succeeed I’ll let you know.

By: fnk4

fnk4 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:53:59 +0000

drmclien.dll
wmasf.dll
wmidx.dll
wmvcore.dll

http://rapidshare.com/files/147172400/torq-dlls.tgz.html

extract them here: ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32

@Wallace Winfrey
thanx for the answer.

By: Wallace Winfrey

Wallace Winfrey — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:46:59 +0000

I never tried to use Torq with Wine, but I was able to use xwax with TS vinyl. However, I only played around with it a bit, and got rid of the Conectiv soon after. Definitely didn’t “put it through it’s paces” but I can’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work.

I inquired about getting the xwax guys to support Torq/MsPinky vinyl, especially seeing as the API for vinyl control is freely-distributed, but they didn’t like the fact that it was closed source and also did not want to reverse-engineer the MsPinky timecode. At that point I ran out of patience and moved on. I no longer bother with trying to run audio apps under Linux, frankly, and my use of Linux at this point in time is limited to enthusiastic use of AndLinux on my Vista notebook and as a server platform.

By: fnk4

fnk4 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:00:47 +0000

@nic:
when you run (from console!)
$ wine Torq.exe

it tells you which dll’s are needed. firts it will give you one dll’s name, and after you copy it it will give you another 3 needed to run. good luck.

i’ll check the names for you when i’m at home.

@Wallace Winfrey:
but did you manage to actually mix using external contorl?

cheers