I have recently set up dual boot to ubuntu on my computer so I can try out some new Linux based vinyl emulation software (like SSL, except with linux).

I have been having a lot of issues with using xwax. I am wondering if anyone on this forum have used xwax before and is willing to help a newbie out. I'm using a SSL box with 2nd ed time coded vinyl. For some reason I couldn't get a signal out of the time coded vinyl from the setup .

Thanks in advance for all your help. Any recommendations will be appreciated.

How are the drivers for the SSL box? I presume there'd have to be some, unless you're somehow connecting it to read the raw data from the timecoded vinyl.

I don't have SSL, but I may be able to help on the technical side.

Please post more details about how you have this set up.

I am not sure if I need a driver for xwax. The guide online was not very clear.

I'm running xwax0.3 on ubuntu gusty gibbons. hook up wise, it's 1 deck to serato box to mixer w/o phono preamp. serato box is hooked up to the computer. Right now I'm just trying to get one deck to work. My system is dual booted to XP. The scope didn't show any signals when I put the time coded vinyl on.

If I run the normal Serato software on XP, I would not need a phono preamp, but I do need a driver. Currently, no Rane SSL software or driver is installed on XP.

do I need to go into more details? Thanks again for your help.

I looked at the xwax site, and it seems like you can use it with any soundcard. I guess what it really needs is the timecode signal, which I presume will be read from the input on the soundcard.

I guess the first step would be to verify that the SL box is recognized by Linux. I forget the command to list cards detected by alsa, but you could use a media player to see if you can play stuff through the SL box. Maybe using aumix or alsamixer would work, since it would be able to at least tell you if the card exists or not.

If it's not set up, try following these directions here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~jkburg...quickstart.html

I'm not sure how comfortable you are with compiling stuff for Linux, but if it's your first time, it's a great time to learn. =)

btw, at the part where he says you may have to restart after the 'make install', you would just have to load the appropriate kernel modules and probably just restart the alsa service. It varies by configuration, so the easiest way is to just restart.

I checked the synaptic package manager and it says that ALSA-base is installed. Is that the wrong ALSA pack?

What software do I use to play music through the SL box? Thanks.

Well, the thing about downloading and recompiling the alsa source is that there's a patch that needs to be applied in order for the SSL interface to be recognized.

According to this link, try 'sudo asoundconf list' to get a list of the cards that alsa can see. I'd be surprised if SSL is already detected.

Speaking of which, what is the SSL box interface? Is it USB, Firewire, etc.? You could try looking at the kernel log (use the command dmesg; you could tail it or something if you wanted to) before and after you plug in the connector and see if it says anything.

If the SL box is already recognized and shows up as a alsa card, you could use the alsaplayer or the command-line aplay command to play a sound file. Look at the possible arguments, since there should be a way to specify which card to use.

Edit: I linked the aplay man page incorrectly (swapped URL and a text)

Last edited by AnomalyConcept on Dec-13-2007 at 02:50

I ran the "sudo asoundconf list" command and I do not see SSL box on there. It looks like I would have to follow the link's instruction to get the box recognized then. I thought that set of instruction was obsolete on the newest version.

The SSL box interface is a USB.

quote:

Originally posted by aralemomdadok The SSL box interface is a USB.

Do you get some sort of kernel message upon connect/disconnect of the SSL USB connector?

no.

I started running the codes on the page, but I got stuck somewhere.

:~/alsa-driver$ patch -p1 < rane-sl1.patch
The program 'patch' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install patch
bash: patch: command not found
~/alsa-driver$ sudo apt-get install patch
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

This is after I ran the command line

$ wget members.iinet.net.au/~jkburges/xwax/rane-sl1.patch
$ patch -p1 < rane-sl1.patch

Any idea on how to move on with this process?

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

This is because something else is using apt. Make sure you aren't actively updating in another console, or that the synaptic package manager (the graphical one) is open. Synaptic will lock /var/lib/dpkg/, even if it's not doing anything with it.

fixed.

Last edited by aralemomdadok on Dec-13-2007 at 04:05

New problem. When I got to the ./hgcompile command, I got these errors:

find: /home/christin/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/: No such file or directory
find: /home/christin/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/: No such file or directory
find: /home/christin/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/: No such file or directory
ln -sf ../alsa-kernel alsa-kernel
ln -sf alsa-kernel sound
ln -sf alsa-kernel/scripts scripts
gcc utils/mod-deps.c -o utils/mod-deps
utils/mod-deps --basedir /home/christin/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel --hiddendir /home/christin/alsa-driver --versiondep /home/christin/alsa-driver/kconfig-vers --makeconf > toplevel.config.in
can't handle word INPUT=y properly, supposing it's OK
can't handle word INPUT=SND_USB_CAIAQ properly, supposing it's OK
utils/mod-deps --basedir /home/christin/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel --hiddendir /home/christin/alsa-driver --versiondep /home/christin/alsa-driver/kconfig-vers --acinclude > acinclude.m4
can't handle word INPUT=y properly, supposing it's OK
can't handle word INPUT=SND_USB_CAIAQ properly, supposing it's OK
utils/mod-deps --basedir /home/christin/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel --hiddendir /home/christin/alsa-driver --versiondep /home/christin/alsa-driver/kconfig-vers --include > include/config1.h.in
can't handle word INPUT=y properly, supposing it's OK
can't handle word INPUT=SND_USB_CAIAQ properly, supposing it's OK
./hgcompile: line 42: aclocal: command not found
./hgcompile: line 43: autoconf: command not found
./configure --with-debug=full --with-isapnp=yes --with-sequencer=yes
./hgcompile: line 45: ./configure: No such file or directory

Any idea how to fix that?