Griffin iMic

[NicodemusLegend]

The Audacity Wiki told me that the Griffin iMic was compatible with Linux, but now I can't figure out how to get it working in Linspire. Can I get some help?

[PapaNoHair]

The Audacity Wiki told me that the Griffin iMic was compatible with Linux, but now I can't figure out how to get it working in Linspire. Can I get some help?

That is fascinating. According to their specs it only works on Mac and XP. Based upon what little I know, I would imagine it would only work thru WINE (or some such). Have you tried it that way? If you get it working I would be interested in finding out how you did it, if you wouldn't mind.

[kennethd]

ripping vinyl

i am using an older version of the griffin imic
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/
linux setup

use a male rca –> male 1/8” headphone jack to connect the “Tape 1 out (rec)” rca output of your stereo to the mic input of the iMic

plug the iMic’s USB cable into a free port on your computer

after plugging in the device, you should see something like this in your logs:


humbaba:~# tail /var/log/messages
Jul 15 11:02:39 humbaba kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 16
Jul 15 11:02:39 humbaba kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jul 15 11:02:40 humbaba kernel: usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio

and lsusb should list the device:


humbaba:~# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 016: ID 077d:07af Griffin Technology

the device registers itself with alsa :


humbaba:~# cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at 0xc0000c00, irq 11
1 [Modem ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem
Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem at 0x2400, irq 11
2 [system ]: USB-Audio - iMic USB audio system
Griffin Technology, Inc iMic USB audio system at usb-0000:00:1d.1-1, full speed

from that output, we know that the imic is registered as sound card two, so :


humbaba:~# alsamixer -c2 -Vall

will give us control of the volume, base, treble, etc settings.

alsa sets the “Mic” capture setting to 0, so we will have to turn this up to 60 or so to amplify the “tape out” signal

audacity

one of the best options for recording is audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/in audacity, select Edit → Preferences

under Recording, set Device to /dev/dsp1 and Channels to 2 (Stereo)

drop the needle and hit record. i like to record a side at a time, and then export the individual tracks.

(the above was originally written for my personal wiki, and works on my desktop running debian etch, but I came across your post while troubleshooting my laptop, where it does not work, but used to (also debian etch), so... ymmv & good luck

[markupstart]

So what have you done or not done. It seems straight forward.

Try this in the konsole window:

cat /proc/asound/cards

It should show an output. Is the iMic listed in there?