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2 Sound Blaster Audigy mixer / default DSP code
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5 This is based on sb-live-mixer.rst.
7 The EMU10K2 chips have a DSP part which can be programmed to support
8 various ways of sample processing, which is described here.
9 (This article does not deal with the overall functionality of the
10 EMU10K2 chips. See the manuals section for further details.)
12 The ALSA driver programs this portion of chip by default code
13 (can be altered later) which offers the following functionality:
16 Digital mixer controls
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19 These controls are built using the DSP instructions. They offer extended
20 functionality. Only the default build-in code in the ALSA driver is described
21 here. Note that the controls work as attenuators: the maximum value is the
22 neutral position leaving the signal unchanged. Note that if the same destination
23 is mentioned in multiple controls, the signal is accumulated and can be wrapped
24 (set to maximal or minimal value without checking of overflow).
27 Explanation of used abbreviations:
30 digital to analog converter
32 analog to digital converter
34 one-way three wire serial bus for digital sound by Philips Semiconductors
35 (this standard is used for connecting standalone DAC and ADC converters)
37 low frequency effects (subwoofer signal)
39 a chip containing an analog mixer, DAC and ADC converters
43 the EMU10K2 chip has an effect bus containing 64 accumulators.
44 Each of the synthesizer voices can feed its output to these accumulators
45 and the DSP microcontroller can operate with the resulting sum.
47 name='PCM Front Playback Volume',index=0
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49 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right front PCM FX-bus
50 accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 8 and 9 for left and right front PCM
51 samples for 5.1 playback. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM
52 slots of the Philips DAC.
54 name='PCM Surround Playback Volume',index=0
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56 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right surround PCM FX-bus
57 accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 2 and 3 for left and right surround PCM
58 samples for 5.1 playback. The result samples are forwarded to the surround DAC PCM
59 slots of the Philips DAC.
61 name='PCM Center Playback Volume',index=0
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63 This control is used to attenuate samples for center PCM FX-bus accumulator.
64 ALSA uses accumulator 6 for center PCM sample for 5.1 playback. The result sample
65 is forwarded to the center DAC PCM slot of the Philips DAC.
67 name='PCM LFE Playback Volume',index=0
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69 This control is used to attenuate sample for LFE PCM FX-bus accumulator.
70 ALSA uses accumulator 7 for LFE PCM sample for 5.1 playback. The result sample
71 is forwarded to the LFE DAC PCM slot of the Philips DAC.
73 name='PCM Playback Volume',index=0
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75 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus
76 accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM samples for
77 stereo playback. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots
80 name='PCM Capture Volume',index=0
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82 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus
83 accumulator. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM.
84 The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture
87 name='Music Playback Volume',index=0
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89 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right MIDI FX-bus
90 accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 4 and 5 for left and right MIDI samples.
91 The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots of the AC97 codec.
93 name='Music Capture Volume',index=0
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95 These controls are used to attenuate samples for left and right MIDI FX-bus
96 accumulator. ALSA uses accumulators 4 and 5 for left and right PCM.
97 The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture
100 name='Mic Playback Volume',index=0
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102 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right Mic input.
103 For Mic input is used AC97 codec. The result samples are forwarded to
104 the front DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC. Samples are forwarded to Mic
105 capture FIFO (device 1 - 16bit/8KHz mono) too without volume control.
107 name='Mic Capture Volume',index=0
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109 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right Mic input.
110 The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture
113 name='Audigy CD Playback Volume',index=0
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115 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 TTL
116 digital inputs (usually used by a CDROM drive). The result samples are
117 forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC.
119 name='Audigy CD Capture Volume',index=0
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121 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 TTL
122 digital inputs (usually used by a CDROM drive). The result samples are
123 forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device).
125 name='IEC958 Optical Playback Volume',index=0
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127 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 optical
128 digital input. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots
131 name='IEC958 Optical Capture Volume',index=0
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133 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 optical
134 digital inputs. The result samples are forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO
135 (thus to the standard capture PCM device).
137 name='Line2 Playback Volume',index=0
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139 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC
140 inputs (on the AudigyDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the front
141 DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC.
143 name='Line2 Capture Volume',index=1
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145 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC
146 inputs (on the AudigyDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the ADC
147 capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device).
149 name='Analog Mix Playback Volume',index=0
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151 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC
152 inputs from Philips ADC. The result samples are forwarded to the front
153 DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC. This contains mix from analog sources
154 like CD, Line In, Aux, ....
156 name='Analog Mix Capture Volume',index=1
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158 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC
159 inputs Philips ADC. The result samples are forwarded to the ADC
160 capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device).
162 name='Aux2 Playback Volume',index=0
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164 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC
165 inputs (on the AudigyDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the front
166 DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC.
168 name='Aux2 Capture Volume',index=1
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170 This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC
171 inputs (on the AudigyDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the ADC
172 capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device).
174 name='Front Playback Volume',index=0
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176 All stereo signals are mixed together and mirrored to surround, center and LFE.
177 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right front speakers of
180 name='Surround Playback Volume',index=0
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182 All stereo signals are mixed together and mirrored to surround, center and LFE.
183 This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right surround speakers of
186 name='Center Playback Volume',index=0
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188 All stereo signals are mixed together and mirrored to surround, center and LFE.
189 This control is used to attenuate sample for center speaker of this mix.
191 name='LFE Playback Volume',index=0
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193 All stereo signals are mixed together and mirrored to surround, center and LFE.
194 This control is used to attenuate sample for LFE speaker of this mix.
196 name='Tone Control - Switch',index=0
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198 This control turns the tone control on or off. The samples for front, rear
199 and center / LFE outputs are affected.
201 name='Tone Control - Bass',index=0
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203 This control sets the bass intensity. There is no neutral value!!
204 When the tone control code is activated, the samples are always modified.
205 The closest value to pure signal is 20.
207 name='Tone Control - Treble',index=0
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209 This control sets the treble intensity. There is no neutral value!!
210 When the tone control code is activated, the samples are always modified.
211 The closest value to pure signal is 20.
213 name='Master Playback Volume',index=0
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215 This control is used to attenuate samples for front, surround, center and
218 name='IEC958 Optical Raw Playback Switch',index=0
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220 If this switch is on, then the samples for the IEC958 (S/PDIF) digital
221 output are taken only from the raw FX8010 PCM, otherwise standard front
222 PCM samples are taken.
225 PCM stream related controls
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228 name='EMU10K1 PCM Volume',index 0-31
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230 Channel volume attenuation in range 0-0xffff. The maximum value (no
231 attenuation) is default. The channel mapping for three values is
234 * 0 - mono, default 0xffff (no attenuation)
235 * 1 - left, default 0xffff (no attenuation)
236 * 2 - right, default 0xffff (no attenuation)
238 name='EMU10K1 PCM Send Routing',index 0-31
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240 This control specifies the destination - FX-bus accumulators. There 24
241 values with this mapping:
243 * 0 - mono, A destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
244 * 1 - mono, B destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 1
245 * 2 - mono, C destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 2
246 * 3 - mono, D destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 3
247 * 4 - mono, E destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
248 * 5 - mono, F destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
249 * 6 - mono, G destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
250 * 7 - mono, H destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
251 * 8 - left, A destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
252 * 9 - left, B destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 1
253 * 10 - left, C destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 2
254 * 11 - left, D destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 3
255 * 12 - left, E destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
256 * 13 - left, F destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
257 * 14 - left, G destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
258 * 15 - left, H destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
259 * 16 - right, A destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
260 * 17 - right, B destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 1
261 * 18 - right, C destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 2
262 * 19 - right, D destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 3
263 * 20 - right, E destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
264 * 21 - right, F destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
265 * 22 - right, G destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
266 * 23 - right, H destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0
268 Don't forget that it's illegal to assign a channel to the same FX-bus accumulator
269 more than once (it means 0=0 && 1=0 is an invalid combination).
271 name='EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume',index 0-31
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273 It specifies the attenuation (amount) for given destination in range 0-255.
274 The channel mapping is following:
276 * 0 - mono, A destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation)
277 * 1 - mono, B destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation)
278 * 2 - mono, C destination attn, default 0 (mute)
279 * 3 - mono, D destination attn, default 0 (mute)
280 * 4 - mono, E destination attn, default 0 (mute)
281 * 5 - mono, F destination attn, default 0 (mute)
282 * 6 - mono, G destination attn, default 0 (mute)
283 * 7 - mono, H destination attn, default 0 (mute)
284 * 8 - left, A destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation)
285 * 9 - left, B destination attn, default 0 (mute)
286 * 10 - left, C destination attn, default 0 (mute)
287 * 11 - left, D destination attn, default 0 (mute)
288 * 12 - left, E destination attn, default 0 (mute)
289 * 13 - left, F destination attn, default 0 (mute)
290 * 14 - left, G destination attn, default 0 (mute)
291 * 15 - left, H destination attn, default 0 (mute)
292 * 16 - right, A destination attn, default 0 (mute)
293 * 17 - right, B destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation)
294 * 18 - right, C destination attn, default 0 (mute)
295 * 19 - right, D destination attn, default 0 (mute)
296 * 20 - right, E destination attn, default 0 (mute)
297 * 21 - right, F destination attn, default 0 (mute)
298 * 22 - right, G destination attn, default 0 (mute)
299 * 23 - right, H destination attn, default 0 (mute)
306 ftp://opensource.creative.com/pub/doc
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313 The EMU10K1 Digital Audio Processor
316 FX8010 - A DSP Chip Architecture for Audio Effects
323 Audio Effects Processor with multiple asynchronous streams
327 Processor with Instruction Set for Audio Effects (Jan. 14, 1999)
330 Audio Effects Processor having Decoupled Instruction
331 Execution and Audio Data Sequencing (Jan. 14, 1999)
334 US Patents (http://www.uspto.gov/)
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338 Digital Sampling Instrument employing cache memory (Jul. 20, 1999)
341 Audio Effects Processor integrated on a single chip
342 with a multiport memory onto which multiple asynchronous
343 digital sound samples can be concurrently loaded
347 Processor with Instruction Set for Audio Effects (Jul. 27, 1999)
350 Memory initialization circuit (Tram) (Feb. 29, 2000)
353 Interpolation looping of audio samples in cache connected to
354 system bus with prioritization and modification of bus transfers
355 in accordance with loop ends and minimum block sizes
359 Method for conserving memory storage using a
360 pool of short term memory registers
364 Interrupt control for multiple programs communicating with
365 a common interrupt by associating programs to GP registers,
366 defining interrupt register, polling GP registers, and invoking
367 callback routine associated with defined interrupt register