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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/cards/audigy-mixer.rst b/Documentation/sound/cards/audigy-mixer.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f3f4640ee --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sound/cards/audigy-mixer.rst @@ -0,0 +1,368 @@ +============================================= +Sound Blaster Audigy mixer / default DSP code +============================================= + +This is based on sb-live-mixer.rst. + +The EMU10K2 chips have a DSP part which can be programmed to support +various ways of sample processing, which is described here. +(This article does not deal with the overall functionality of the +EMU10K2 chips. See the manuals section for further details.) + +The ALSA driver programs this portion of chip by default code +(can be altered later) which offers the following functionality: + + +Digital mixer controls +====================== + +These controls are built using the DSP instructions. They offer extended +functionality. Only the default build-in code in the ALSA driver is described +here. Note that the controls work as attenuators: the maximum value is the +neutral position leaving the signal unchanged. Note that if the same destination +is mentioned in multiple controls, the signal is accumulated and can be wrapped +(set to maximal or minimal value without checking of overflow). + + +Explanation of used abbreviations: + +DAC + digital to analog converter +ADC + analog to digital converter +I2S + one-way three wire serial bus for digital sound by Philips Semiconductors + (this standard is used for connecting standalone DAC and ADC converters) +LFE + low frequency effects (subwoofer signal) +AC97 + a chip containing an analog mixer, DAC and ADC converters +IEC958 + S/PDIF +FX-bus + the EMU10K2 chip has an effect bus containing 64 accumulators. + Each of the synthesizer voices can feed its output to these accumulators + and the DSP microcontroller can operate with the resulting sum. + +name='PCM Front Playback Volume',index=0 +---------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right front PCM FX-bus +accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 8 and 9 for left and right front PCM +samples for 5.1 playback. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM +slots of the Philips DAC. + +name='PCM Surround Playback Volume',index=0 +------------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right surround PCM FX-bus +accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 2 and 3 for left and right surround PCM +samples for 5.1 playback. The result samples are forwarded to the surround DAC PCM +slots of the Philips DAC. + +name='PCM Center Playback Volume',index=0 +----------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples for center PCM FX-bus accumulator. +ALSA uses accumulator 6 for center PCM sample for 5.1 playback. The result sample +is forwarded to the center DAC PCM slot of the Philips DAC. + +name='PCM LFE Playback Volume',index=0 +-------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate sample for LFE PCM FX-bus accumulator. +ALSA uses accumulator 7 for LFE PCM sample for 5.1 playback. The result sample +is forwarded to the LFE DAC PCM slot of the Philips DAC. + +name='PCM Playback Volume',index=0 +---------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus +accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM samples for +stereo playback. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots +of the Philips DAC. + +name='PCM Capture Volume',index=0 +--------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right PCM FX-bus +accumulator. ALSA uses accumulators 0 and 1 for left and right PCM. +The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture +PCM device). + +name='Music Playback Volume',index=0 +------------------------------------ +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right MIDI FX-bus +accumulators. ALSA uses accumulators 4 and 5 for left and right MIDI samples. +The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots of the AC97 codec. + +name='Music Capture Volume',index=0 +----------------------------------- +These controls are used to attenuate samples for left and right MIDI FX-bus +accumulator. ALSA uses accumulators 4 and 5 for left and right PCM. +The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture +PCM device). + +name='Mic Playback Volume',index=0 +---------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right Mic input. +For Mic input is used AC97 codec. The result samples are forwarded to +the front DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC. Samples are forwarded to Mic +capture FIFO (device 1 - 16bit/8KHz mono) too without volume control. + +name='Mic Capture Volume',index=0 +--------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right Mic input. +The result is forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture +PCM device). + +name='Audigy CD Playback Volume',index=0 +---------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 TTL +digital inputs (usually used by a CDROM drive). The result samples are +forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC. + +name='Audigy CD Capture Volume',index=0 +--------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 TTL +digital inputs (usually used by a CDROM drive). The result samples are +forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device). + +name='IEC958 Optical Playback Volume',index=0 +--------------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 optical +digital input. The result samples are forwarded to the front DAC PCM slots +of the Philips DAC. + +name='IEC958 Optical Capture Volume',index=0 +-------------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right IEC958 optical +digital inputs. The result samples are forwarded to the ADC capture FIFO +(thus to the standard capture PCM device). + +name='Line2 Playback Volume',index=0 +------------------------------------ +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC +inputs (on the AudigyDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the front +DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC. + +name='Line2 Capture Volume',index=1 +----------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC +inputs (on the AudigyDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the ADC +capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device). + +name='Analog Mix Playback Volume',index=0 +----------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC +inputs from Philips ADC. The result samples are forwarded to the front +DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC. This contains mix from analog sources +like CD, Line In, Aux, .... + +name='Analog Mix Capture Volume',index=1 +---------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC +inputs Philips ADC. The result samples are forwarded to the ADC +capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device). + +name='Aux2 Playback Volume',index=0 +----------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC +inputs (on the AudigyDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the front +DAC PCM slots of the Philips DAC. + +name='Aux2 Capture Volume',index=1 +---------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples from left and right I2S ADC +inputs (on the AudigyDrive). The result samples are forwarded to the ADC +capture FIFO (thus to the standard capture PCM device). + +name='Front Playback Volume',index=0 +------------------------------------ +All stereo signals are mixed together and mirrored to surround, center and LFE. +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right front speakers of +this mix. + +name='Surround Playback Volume',index=0 +--------------------------------------- +All stereo signals are mixed together and mirrored to surround, center and LFE. +This control is used to attenuate samples for left and right surround speakers of +this mix. + +name='Center Playback Volume',index=0 +------------------------------------- +All stereo signals are mixed together and mirrored to surround, center and LFE. +This control is used to attenuate sample for center speaker of this mix. + +name='LFE Playback Volume',index=0 +---------------------------------- +All stereo signals are mixed together and mirrored to surround, center and LFE. +This control is used to attenuate sample for LFE speaker of this mix. + +name='Tone Control - Switch',index=0 +------------------------------------ +This control turns the tone control on or off. The samples for front, rear +and center / LFE outputs are affected. + +name='Tone Control - Bass',index=0 +---------------------------------- +This control sets the bass intensity. There is no neutral value!! +When the tone control code is activated, the samples are always modified. +The closest value to pure signal is 20. + +name='Tone Control - Treble',index=0 +------------------------------------ +This control sets the treble intensity. There is no neutral value!! +When the tone control code is activated, the samples are always modified. +The closest value to pure signal is 20. + +name='Master Playback Volume',index=0 +------------------------------------- +This control is used to attenuate samples for front, surround, center and +LFE outputs. + +name='IEC958 Optical Raw Playback Switch',index=0 +------------------------------------------------- +If this switch is on, then the samples for the IEC958 (S/PDIF) digital +output are taken only from the raw FX8010 PCM, otherwise standard front +PCM samples are taken. + + +PCM stream related controls +=========================== + +name='EMU10K1 PCM Volume',index 0-31 +------------------------------------ +Channel volume attenuation in range 0-0xffff. The maximum value (no +attenuation) is default. The channel mapping for three values is +as follows: + +* 0 - mono, default 0xffff (no attenuation) +* 1 - left, default 0xffff (no attenuation) +* 2 - right, default 0xffff (no attenuation) + +name='EMU10K1 PCM Send Routing',index 0-31 +------------------------------------------ +This control specifies the destination - FX-bus accumulators. There 24 +values with this mapping: + +* 0 - mono, A destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 1 - mono, B destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 1 +* 2 - mono, C destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 2 +* 3 - mono, D destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 3 +* 4 - mono, E destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 5 - mono, F destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 6 - mono, G destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 7 - mono, H destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 8 - left, A destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 9 - left, B destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 1 +* 10 - left, C destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 2 +* 11 - left, D destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 3 +* 12 - left, E destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 13 - left, F destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 14 - left, G destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 15 - left, H destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 16 - right, A destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 17 - right, B destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 1 +* 18 - right, C destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 2 +* 19 - right, D destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 3 +* 20 - right, E destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 21 - right, F destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 22 - right, G destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 +* 23 - right, H destination (FX-bus 0-63), default 0 + +Don't forget that it's illegal to assign a channel to the same FX-bus accumulator +more than once (it means 0=0 && 1=0 is an invalid combination). + +name='EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume',index 0-31 +----------------------------------------- +It specifies the attenuation (amount) for given destination in range 0-255. +The channel mapping is following: + +* 0 - mono, A destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation) +* 1 - mono, B destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation) +* 2 - mono, C destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 3 - mono, D destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 4 - mono, E destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 5 - mono, F destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 6 - mono, G destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 7 - mono, H destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 8 - left, A destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation) +* 9 - left, B destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 10 - left, C destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 11 - left, D destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 12 - left, E destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 13 - left, F destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 14 - left, G destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 15 - left, H destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 16 - right, A destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 17 - right, B destination attn, default 255 (no attenuation) +* 18 - right, C destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 19 - right, D destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 20 - right, E destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 21 - right, F destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 22 - right, G destination attn, default 0 (mute) +* 23 - right, H destination attn, default 0 (mute) + + + +MANUALS/PATENTS +=============== + +ftp://opensource.creative.com/pub/doc +------------------------------------- + +LM4545.pdf + AC97 Codec + +m2049.pdf + The EMU10K1 Digital Audio Processor + +hog63.ps + FX8010 - A DSP Chip Architecture for Audio Effects + + +WIPO Patents +------------ + +WO 9901813 (A1) + Audio Effects Processor with multiple asynchronous streams + (Jan. 14, 1999) + +WO 9901814 (A1) + Processor with Instruction Set for Audio Effects (Jan. 14, 1999) + +WO 9901953 (A1) + Audio Effects Processor having Decoupled Instruction + Execution and Audio Data Sequencing (Jan. 14, 1999) + + +US Patents (https://www.uspto.gov/) +----------------------------------- + +US 5925841 + Digital Sampling Instrument employing cache memory (Jul. 20, 1999) + +US 5928342 + Audio Effects Processor integrated on a single chip + with a multiport memory onto which multiple asynchronous + digital sound samples can be concurrently loaded + (Jul. 27, 1999) + +US 5930158 + Processor with Instruction Set for Audio Effects (Jul. 27, 1999) + +US 6032235 + Memory initialization circuit (Tram) (Feb. 29, 2000) + +US 6138207 + Interpolation looping of audio samples in cache connected to + system bus with prioritization and modification of bus transfers + in accordance with loop ends and minimum block sizes + (Oct. 24, 2000) + +US 6151670 + Method for conserving memory storage using a + pool of short term memory registers + (Nov. 21, 2000) + +US 6195715 + Interrupt control for multiple programs communicating with + a common interrupt by associating programs to GP registers, + defining interrupt register, polling GP registers, and invoking + callback routine associated with defined interrupt register + (Feb. 27, 2001) |