Hi, I’m building a zynthian with an IQaudio DAC+ board. I had started with a Raspiaudio (not officially supported by Zynthian) that I had quite easily managed to get working and after replacing it with an IQaudio DAC+ (officially supported by Zynthian) I can’t get it to work. The UI starts and everything but the sound goes through the RPi headphone output instead of soundcard.
I tried to follow some instructions found in this thread: DIY Zynthian UI issue RPI 4B, i.e. in the Zynthian default advanced config proposal for IQaudio DAC+, I replaced a “hw:0” argument with “hw:IQaudIODAC”, some my jackd option looks like this: -P 70 -t 2000 -s -d alsa -d hw:IQaudIODAC -r 44100 -p 256 -n 2 -X raw
It looks like the templates for audio devices have not all been updated. This should work if you select Iqaudio Dac then replace hw:0 with hw:IQaudIODAC in the Jackd Options field. Save and reboot. If that does not work then post the output of journalctl -ujack2.
I had already rebooted. Here is the output you asked for:
-- Logs begin at Thu 2019-02-14 10:11:58 GMT, end at Sun 2021-02-14 13:41:07 GMT. --
Feb 14 10:17:58 zynthian systemd[1]: Started JACK2 Audio Server.
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: jackdmp 1.9.14
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: Copyright 2004-2016 Grame.
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: Copyright 2016-2019 Filipe Coelho.
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: jackdmp comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 70
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: self-connect-mode is "Don't restrict self connect requests"
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: creating alsa driver ... hw:IQaudIODAC|hw:IQaudIODAC|256|2|44100|0|0|nomon|swmete
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: configuring for 44100Hz, period = 256 frames (5.8 ms), buffer = 2 periods
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer little-endian
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: ALSA: use 2 periods for playback
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:0,0,0 in-hw-0-0-0-f-midi
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:0,0,0 out-hw-0-0-0-f-midi
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: opened port hw:0,0,0 in-hw-0-0-0-f-midi
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: opened port hw:0,0,0 out-hw-0-0-0-f-midi
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,0 in-hw-3-0-0-S90-MIDI-1
Sorry the dump was incomplete but I doubt it changes anything, the alsa init stuff seems at the beginning
root@zynthian://zynthian# journalctl -ujack2
-- Logs begin at Thu 2019-02-14 10:11:58 GMT, end at Sun 2021-02-14 16:39:26 GMT. --
Feb 14 10:17:58 zynthian systemd[1]: Started JACK2 Audio Server.
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: jackdmp 1.9.14
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: Copyright 2004-2016 Grame.
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: Copyright 2016-2019 Filipe Coelho.
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: jackdmp comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 70
Feb 14 10:17:59 zynthian jackd[401]: self-connect-mode is "Don't restrict self connect requests"
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: creating alsa driver ... hw:IQaudIODAC|hw:IQaudIODAC|256|2|44100|0|0|nomon|swmete
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: configuring for 44100Hz, period = 256 frames (5.8 ms), buffer = 2 periods
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer little-endian
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: ALSA: use 2 periods for playback
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:0,0,0 in-hw-0-0-0-f-midi
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:0,0,0 out-hw-0-0-0-f-midi
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: opened port hw:0,0,0 in-hw-0-0-0-f-midi
Feb 14 10:18:00 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: opened port hw:0,0,0 out-hw-0-0-0-f-midi
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,0 in-hw-3-0-0-S90-MIDI-1
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,1 in-hw-3-0-1-S90-MIDI-2
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,2 in-hw-3-0-2-S90-MIDI-3
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,0 out-hw-3-0-0-S90-MIDI-1
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,1 out-hw-3-0-1-S90-MIDI-2
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,2 out-hw-3-0-2-S90-MIDI-3
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,3 out-hw-3-0-3-S90-MIDI-4
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,4 out-hw-3-0-4-S90-MIDI-5
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,5 out-hw-3-0-5-S90-MIDI-6
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,6 out-hw-3-0-6-S90-MIDI-7
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: scan: added port hw:3,0,7 out-hw-3-0-7-S90-MIDI-8
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: ALSA lib rawmidi_hw.c:233:(snd_rawmidi_hw_open) open /dev/snd/midiC3D0 failed: De
Feb 14 13:39:23 zynthian jackd[401]: ALSA lib rawmidi_hw.c:233:(snd_rawmidi_hw_open) open /dev/snd/midiC3D0 failed: De
it says “this sound device has no controls”. I can then press F6 like shown above, and select IQaudioDAC and a bunch of controls appear, but then? doesn’t seem to make any difference
I have never touched these controls before, so isn’t it unlikely that the output was muted by default? And also: I get (quite weak) sound from the raspberry pi board headphones output, so doesn’t it mean the wrong audio device is selected somewhere and it is just not going to the sound card? (unless the alsa mixer sends to more than one output device at a time?)
As far as I understand, the “Select sound card” function in alsa mixer only selects which device to display parameters for, not which one is active: whatever device I select, sound always goes through rpi headphone out, and it doesn’t remember the selected device when you exit and restart alsamixer. By default it shows me device 0, if I select device 1 I can adjust the raspberry pi headphone output volume (and it indeed works, btw it was quite low, which explained why I founded it weak), and if I select device 2 I see the IQaudio settings. Analog output level is 0 dB, so it seems fine.
Hi, the log above shows that jackd sound server is up and running and that jackd it use the iqaudio interface. So you have to find why there is no sound output from that interface and some settings in alsamixer could solve this issue.
I can’t tell you more as I do not own an iqaudio.
OK in the meantime I saved again the hw audio settings in webconf then restarted the zynthian as requested an now I no longer have any audio out (neither from rpi nor from iqaudio), rebooted again and same result.
1st analogue is output level = 0dB, the second one is an “analogue playback boost” which is also set to 0dB (only takes 0 or +0.8 dB), then the “auto mute” stuff: don’t know what it is about but I don’t seem to be able to change its value anyway…
Yes, that’s what I had understood too, though the sound was actually going out through the RPi headphone out! (no longer does)
I have a piano SFZ loaded and I can see it on the peak meters… and hear it on the RPi headphone outputs (for some reason, it had gone away during a couple of reboots and now it’s back)
As far as I remember it’s full scale but no need to double check I guess as I can hear it… but on the wrong output…
Have you checked the audio wiring from the Zynthian to your amplifier? What connections are you using? Have you tried a different audio source with the same cables?
The amplifier is connected through a RCA cable that I plug either on the IQaudio DAC+ line output or on a 3.5mm jack to RCA adapter inserted in the RPi headphones output. As I get some sound out of it when it’s plugged to the RPi out through the adapter, I’m positive that the cable works fine. I’ve also tried the IQaudio headphones output this way with no luck BTW. The only one that makes sound is the RPi out, whose volume I can control through alsamixer.
FYI I had first installed another board (raspiaudio hat) that isn’t officially supported by Zynthian but that worked and for which I had installed drivers, but I suppose that this should cause no conflict as soon as the card is no longer plugged.
I wonder if installation of drivers may have upset the device? It has been bitter experience that running any kind of installer or manual update changes the Zynthian and often breaks operation. You may need to restore back to a new image and start again .
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