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  1. # /etc/modprobe.d/snd_usb_audio.conf
    options snd_usb_audio vid=<vid1>,<vid2> pid=<pid1>,<pid2> index=<index1>,<index2> enable=1,1
    

    example:

    # 5: M-Audio Fast Track Pro 
    # 6: Focusrite Scarlett 6i6
    options snd_usb_audio vid=0x763,0x1235 pid=0x2012,0x8012 index=5,6 enable=1,1
    

    See also: http://alsa.opensrc.org/MultipleCards

  2. # list USB devices
    $ lsusb
    
    # list cards detected by ALSA
    $ cat /proc/asound/cards
    
    # list cards supported  by PulseAudio
    $ pacmd list-cards | grep name:
    
  3. 18i8 ALSA driver:

    Scarlett Mixer GUIs:

    ALSA mixer:

    Combo patch:

    ALSA/Linux support (kernel mainline):

    ALSA/Linux support (experimental):

    PulseAudio issues:

    Jack latency tuning:

  4. Because year-end lists are hip, here's 10 albums I loved from this year with tiny blurbs why, in no particular order: Intronaut - Habitual Levitations - Heavy, but thoughtful and risk-taking, truly original music Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse - Incredible songwriting and arranging. Moderat - II - Production and grooves! Revocation - Revocation - Thrashy yet refined and technical Fat Freddy's Drop - Blackbird - Deeply funky grooves in the reggae/r&b vibe Cloudkicker - Subsume - Gorgeous layering of guitars upon guitars anchored by some killer math-y grooves. Dawn of Midi - Dysnomia - Deconstructed jazz trio music turns into mesmerizing overlapping loops. The Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer - Exactly what you'd expect from DEP, which is not knowing what to expect. Equally spazzy and melodic. Jaga Jazzist - Official Page - Live w/Britten Sinfonia - Re-arrangements of 10-piece neo-jazz compositions to allow room for a full orchestra, it sounds big! Shining - One One One - A refinement of their metal/jazz sound into incredibly powerful 4 minute songs.

  5. Basic concepts of acoustics and electronics and how they can applied to understand musical sound and make music with electronic instruments. Topics include: sound waves, musical sound, basic electronics, and applications of these basic principles in amplifiers and speaker design.