[alsa-devel] Fast Track Ultra 8r...

[Petri Järvisalo]

2013/10/10 Felix Homann <linuxaudio at showlabor.de>

>
> Am 10.10.2013 19:41 schrieb "Petri Järvisalo" <petri.jarvisalo at gmail.com>:
>
> >
> > When plugging in the device at other OS, the internal routing for inputs
> is disabled and software routes straight 1 = 1 to 8 = 8, like this, and
> there is no effects applied.
>
> Those defaults are the worst I can think of for *my* use case. That's why
> I haven't implemented them. I do fully appreciate that those would be sane
> defaults for many people. I wouldn't mind anyone implementing them in Alsa.
> It's just, well, I won't ;-)
>
> When I started working on the FTU mixer support I didn't think about the
> defaults at all. The default we have right now are the ones you get without
> explicitly specifying any.
>
> But in fact, now I completely fell in love with these insane defaults:
> They give me an instant alert that I haven't restored my personal 'right'
> settings! That's of extreme value for my purposes as I use the device
> mainly on live occasions and the 'wrong' settings certainly cannot go
> unnoticed in the soundcheck.
>
> So again, anybody interested is invited to implement new defaults for the
> FTU. I won' t object any choice, how could I? But I won't do it myself
> since I'm personally very happy with the current state.
>
> Regards,
> Felix
>

So,

the only option left for me is to ask if some kind person would patch and
change the default settings, i think it would serve the majority of users
and ease the usability :)

Thanks,
Petri