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Sound Blaster Live mixer / default DSP code |
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The EMU10K1 chips have a DSP part which can be programmed to support |
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various ways of sample processing, which is described here. |
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(This article does not deal with the overall functionality of the |
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EMU10K1 chips. See the manuals section for further details.) |
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The ALSA driver programs this portion of chip by default code |
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(can be altered later) which offers the following functionality: |
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IEC958 (S/PDIF) raw PCM |
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This PCM device (it's the 4th PCM device (index 3!) and first subdevice |
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(index 0) for a given card) allows to forward 48kHz, stereo, 16-bit |
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little endian streams without any modifications to the digital output |
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(coaxial or optical). The universal interface allows the creation of up |
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to 8 raw PCM devices operating at 48kHz, 16-bit little endian. It would |
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be easy to add support for multichannel devices to the current code, |
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but the conversion routines exist only for stereo (2-channel streams) |
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at the time. |
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Look to tram_poke routines in lowlevel/emu10k1/emufx.c for more details. |
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Digital mixer controls |
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These controls are built using the DSP instructions. They offer extended |
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functionality. Only the default build-in code in the ALSA driver is described |
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here. Note that the controls work as attenuators: the maximum value is the |
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neutral position leaving the signal unchanged. Note that if the same destination |
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is mentioned in multiple controls, the signal is accumulated and can be wrapped |
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(set to maximal or minimal value without checking of overflow). |
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Explanation of used abbreviations: |
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DAC |
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digital to analog converter |
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ADC |
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analog to digital converter |
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I2S |
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one-way three wire serial bus for digital sound by Philips Semiconductors |
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(this standard is used for connecting standalone DAC and ADC converters) |
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LFE |
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low frequency effects (subwoofer signal) |
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AC97 |
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a chip containing an analog mixer, DAC and ADC converters |
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IEC958 |
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S/PDIF |
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FX-bus |
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the EMU10K1 chip has an effect bus containing 16 accumulators. |
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Each of the synthesizer voices can feed its output to these accumulators |
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and the DSP microcontroller can operate with the resulting sum. |
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``name='Wave Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus |
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accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM samples. |
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The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='Wave Surround Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus |
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accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM samples. |
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The result samples are forwarded to the rear I2S DACs. These DACs operates |
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separately (they are not inside the AC97 codec). |
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``name='Wave Center Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus |
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accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM samples. |
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The result is mixed to mono signal (single channel) and forwarded to |
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the ??rear?? right DAC PCM slot of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='Wave LFE Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus |
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accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM. |
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The result is mixed to mono signal (single channel) and forwarded to |
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the ??rear?? left DAC PCM slot of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='Wave Capture Volume',index=0``, ``name='Wave Capture Switch',index=0`` |
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These controls are used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus |
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accumulator. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM. |
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The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture |
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PCM device). |
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``name='Synth Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right MIDI FX-bus |
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accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 4 and 5 for left and right MIDI samples. |
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The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='Synth Capture Volume',index=0``, ``name='Synth Capture Switch',index=0`` |
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These controls are used to attenuate samples for left and right MIDI FX-bus |
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accumulator. ALSA uses accumulators 4 and 5 for left and right PCM. |
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The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture |
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PCM device). |
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``name='Surround Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right rear PCM FX-bus |
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accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 2 and 3 for left and right rear PCM samples. |
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The result samples are forwarded to the rear I2S DACs. These DACs operate |
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separately (they are not inside the AC97 codec). |
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``name='Surround Capture Volume',index=0``, ``name='Surround Capture Switch',index=0`` |
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These controls are used to attenuate samples for left and right rear PCM FX-bus |
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accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 2 and 3 for left and right rear PCM samples. |
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The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture |
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PCM device). |
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``name='Center Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate sample for center PCM FX-bus accumulator. |
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ALSA uses accumulator 6 for center PCM sample. The result sample is forwarded |
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to the ??rear?? right DAC PCM slot of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='LFE Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate sample for center PCM FX-bus accumulator. |
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ALSA uses accumulator 6 for center PCM sample. The result sample is forwarded |
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to the ??rear?? left DAC PCM slot of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='AC97 Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right front ADC PCM slots |
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of the AC97 codec. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM |
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slots of the AC97 codec. |
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.. note:: |
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This control should be zero for the standard operations, otherwise |
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a digital loopback is activated. |
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``name='AC97 Capture Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right front ADC PCM slots |
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of the AC97 codec. The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to |
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the standard capture PCM device). |
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.. note:: |
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This control should be 100 (maximal value), otherwise no analog |
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inputs of the AC97 codec can be captured (recorded). |
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``name='IEC958 TTL Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 TTL |
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digital inputs (usually used by a CDROM drive). The result samples are |
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forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='IEC958 TTL Capture Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 TTL |
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digital inputs (usually used by a CDROM drive). The result samples are |
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forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device). |
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``name='Zoom Video Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right zoom video |
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digital inputs (usually used by a CDROM drive). The result samples are |
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forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='Zoom Video Capture Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right zoom video |
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digital inputs (usually used by a CDROM drive). The result samples are |
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forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device). |
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``name='IEC958 LiveDrive Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 optical |
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digital input. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots |
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of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='IEC958 LiveDrive Capture Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 optical |
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digital inputs. The result samples are forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO |
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(thus to the standard capture PCM device). |
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``name='IEC958 Coaxial Playback Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 coaxial |
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digital inputs. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots |
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of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='IEC958 Coaxial Capture Volume',index=0`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 coaxial |
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digital inputs. The result samples are forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO |
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(thus to the standard capture PCM device). |
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``name='Line LiveDrive Playback Volume',index=0``, ``name='Line LiveDrive Playback Volume',index=1`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC |
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inputs (on the LiveDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the front |
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DAC PCM slots of the AC97 codec. |
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``name='Line LiveDrive Capture Volume',index=1``, ``name='Line LiveDrive Capture Volume',index=1`` |
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This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC |
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inputs (on the LiveDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the ADC |
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capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device). |
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``name='Tone Control - Switch',index=0`` |
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This control turns the tone control on or off. The samples for front, rear |
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and center / LFE outputs are affected. |
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``name='Tone Control - Bass',index=0`` |
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This control sets the bass intensity. There is no neutral value!! |
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When the tone control code is activated, the samples are always modified. |
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The closest value to pure signal is 20. |
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``name='Tone Control - Treble',index=0`` |
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This control sets the treble intensity. There is no neutral value!! |
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When the tone control code is activated, the samples are always modified. |
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The closest value to pure signal is 20. |
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``name='IEC958 Optical Raw Playback Switch',index=0`` |
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If this switch is on, then the samples for the IEC958 (S/PDIF) digital |
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output are taken only from the raw FX8010 PCM, otherwise standard front |
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PCM samples are taken. |
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``name='Headphone Playback Volume',index=1`` |
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This control attenuates the samples for the headphone output. |
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``name='Headphone Center Playback Switch',index=1`` |
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If this switch is on, then the sample for the center PCM is put to the |
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left headphone output (useful for SB Live cards without separate center/LFE |
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output). |
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``name='Headphone LFE Playback Switch',index=1`` |
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If this switch is on, then the sample for the center PCM is put to the |
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right headphone output (useful for SB Live cards without separate center/LFE |
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output). |
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PCM stream related controls |
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``name='EMU10K1 PCM Volume',index 0-31`` |
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Channel volume attenuation in range 0-0xffff. The maximum value (no |
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attenuation) is default. The channel mapping for three values is |
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as follows: |
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* 0 - mono, default 0xffff (no attenuation) |
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* 1 - left, default 0xffff (no attenuation) |
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* 2 - right, default 0xffff (no attenuation) |
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``name='EMU10K1 PCM Send Routing',index 0-31`` |
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This control specifies the destination - FX-bus accumulators. There are |
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twelve values with this mapping: |
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* 0 - mono, A destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 0 |
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* 1 - mono, B destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 1 |
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* 2 - mono, C destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 2 |
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* 3 - mono, D destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 3 |
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* 4 - left, A destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 0 |
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* 5 - left, B destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 1 |
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* 6 - left, C destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 2 |
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* 7 - left, D destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 3 |
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* 8 - right, A destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 0 |
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* 9 - right, B destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 1 |
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* 10 - right, C destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 2 |
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* 11 - right, D destination (FX-bus 0-15), default 3 |
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Don't forget that it's illegal to assign a channel to the same FX-bus accumulator |
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more than once (it means 0=0 && 1=0 is an invalid combination). |
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``name='EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume',index 0-31`` |
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It specifies the attenuation (amount) for given destination in range 0-255. |
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The channel mapping is following: |
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* 0 - mono, A destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation) |
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* 1 - mono, B destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation) |
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* 2 - mono, C destination attn, default 0 (mute) |
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* 3 - mono, D destination attn, default 0 (mute) |
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* 4 - left, A destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation) |
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* 5 - left, B destination attn, default 0 (mute) |
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* 6 - left, C destination attn, default 0 (mute) |
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* 7 - left, D destination attn, default 0 (mute) |
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* 8 - right, A destination attn, default 0 (mute) |
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* 9 - right, B destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation) |
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* 10 - right, C destination attn, default 0 (mute) |
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* 11 - right, D destination attn, default 0 (mute) |
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MANUALS/PATENTS |
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ftp://opensource.creative.com/pub/doc |
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LM4545.pdf |
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AC97 Codec |
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m2049.pdf |
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The EMU10K1 Digital Audio Processor |
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hog63.ps |
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FX8010 - A DSP Chip Architecture for Audio Effects |
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WIPO Patents |
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WO 9901813 (A1) |
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Audio Effects Processor with multiple asynchronous streams |
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(Jan. 14, 1999) |
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WO 9901814 (A1) |
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Processor with Instruction Set for Audio Effects (Jan. 14, 1999) |
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WO 9901953 (A1) |
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Audio Effects Processor having Decoupled Instruction |
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Execution and Audio Data Sequencing (Jan. 14, 1999) |
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US Patents (https://www.uspto.gov/) |
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US 5925841 |
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Digital Sampling Instrument employing cache memory (Jul. 20, 1999) |
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US 5928342 |
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Audio Effects Processor integrated on a single chip |
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with a multiport memory onto which multiple asynchronous |
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digital sound samples can be concurrently loaded |
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(Jul. 27, 1999) |
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US 5930158 |
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Processor with Instruction Set for Audio Effects (Jul. 27, 1999) |
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US 6032235 |
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Memory initialization circuit (Tram) (Feb. 29, 2000) |
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US 6138207 |
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Interpolation looping of audio samples in cache connected to |
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system bus with prioritization and modification of bus transfers |
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in accordance with loop ends and minimum block sizes |
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(Oct. 24, 2000) |
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US 6151670 |
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Method for conserving memory storage using a |
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pool of short term memory registers |
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(Nov. 21, 2000) |
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US 6195715 |
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Interrupt control for multiple programs communicating with |
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a common interrupt by associating programs to GP registers, |
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defining interrupt register, polling GP registers, and invoking |
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callback routine associated with defined interrupt register |
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(Feb. 27, 2001)
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