How do I make my headset work. Before I try it with anything else, I'd like to make it work with arecord and aplay. VLC and movie player can make sounds with my external speakers. though not in my headset yet. I've got an insignia NS-PAH5101 headset. As directed, the red connector is in the pink spot and the green connector in green spot in the back of my computer. arecord folloed by aplay just gets me static. To the best of my knowledge, my singing is distinguishable from static. I'm running CentOS 6 [hennebry at localhost notes]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 11 17:57:25 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux hennebry at localhost notes]$ arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 2: ALC883 Alt Analog [ALC883 Alt Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 I'm at a loss how to debug this. Any ideas? -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods
On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Michael Hennebry wrote:> I've got an insignia NS-PAH5101 headset. > As directed, the red connector is in the pink spot and > the green connector in green spot in the back of my computer. > arecord folloed by aplay just gets me static.Actually, I mistook black for green. Green was occupied by my external speakers. Putting the headset's green plug in the green spot lets VLC and aplay make sounds in my headset. I still have the same issue with recording. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods
On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 00:54:24 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote:> Actually, I mistook black for green. > Green was occupied by my external speakers. > Putting the headset's green plug in the green spot > lets VLC and aplay make sounds in my headset. > I still have the same issue with recording.Have you checked your input volume settings? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
On 06/05/2015 01:05 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:> On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, g wrote: > >> features; >> http://web.audacityteam.org/about/features > > I just got it from an epel repository, > but it caused problems with yum. > If I install it, I guess I'll have to do it from source.There is a good audacity package in nux-dextop. I use it very frequently for audio production. The repo is at li.nux.ro; just make sure you use the one for your particular version of CentOS.
On 06/05/2015 02:29 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:> > I had epel last. > > I have 36 packages installed from rpmforge > and suspect that it is not easy to change. >You should read the section in https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories about rpmforge. VLC for one is available elsewhere, specifically in nux-dextop. I have some older boxes where there are rpmforge packages, too, and am going to be going through the same things....
On 06/05/2015 04:35 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:> > Does nux play well with epel or rpmforge? >Nux not only plays nice with EPEL, nux requires EPEL.
On 06/05/2015 05:26 PM, John R Pierce wrote:> On 6/5/2015 2:19 PM, g wrote: >> sennheiser, klipsch, jbl, bose, Monster, beats audio. > > those are more audio/stereo headphones, and not known as makers of > headsets with integral microphones. I'd delete Monster, Beats, and > add Sony (specifically the MDR7506) to that list :) oh, and Grado Labs. > > >+50 for Sennheiser. They make excellent pro-quality headsets, and mics, for that matter, such as the legendary MD 421. I can't say about their prosumer or consumer gear, since if I'm going to buy Sennheiser I'm going to, you know, 'buy Sennheiser.' But the HME 26 and HMDC 26 headsets are top-rated, and cost accordingly (with tax, about $500). I know of many radio stations who use Sennheiser headsets in heavy RFI environments (a 50KW AM with the studio co-located with the transmitter qualifies as 'heavy RFI') with no issue. These are of course balanced output mics. The HME is a condenser (with pro-level 48VDC phantom power), and the HMDC is a dynamic. See http://en-us.sennheiser.com/global-downloads/file/739/HMx_26_Broadcast_0109_US.pdf for the manual. Several companies over the years have built excellent headsets around the Shure SM10 and variants, but, like with the HMDC 26 above and any other small-diaphragm dynamic you need top-end high-gain preamps to effectively use them (signal level is directly proportional to diaphragm size). I have an SM10, and the preamp is critical for low-noise performance of that mic. You could probably get a used or NoS SM10 for $150 or so without any issue, but the preamp will cost at least that much to bring it up to a signal level your laptop can use. For day-to-day use I use an older GE headset with a reasonable electret condenser mic that can be powered by consumer-grade phantom sources like a typical laptop mic input or devices like my Edirol R-09. I used to directly record on my laptop, but I found that using the R-09 and its pro-grade 24-bit converters, then doing production on my CentOS laptop, using Harrison Mixbus, gave me far better quality than using my so-so laptop mic input and sound card. Hum can come from many sources, but most PC motherboard sound cards aren't known for the quality of their preamps, and it would not surprise me if the preamps themselves are the source of the hum. Since you're using a desktop, you have some really nice options for audio interfaces; certain older MAudio Delta cards come very highly recommended; I have one of the Delta 1010LT cards that actually still works with Linux, and it has superb quality. A source for more info on high quality audio interfaces can be found in multiple places, but I'd actually recommend you search the archives of the Rivendell broadcast station automation package mailing lists for recommendations; see http://www.rivendellaudio.org/