[ltp] ADS Tech InstantMusic under Linux?

[Richard Neill]

Mendel Cooper wrote:
> Just got an ADS Tech InstantMusic USB interface to use for "ripping" audio
> cassettes and vinyl records to digital files. The hardware is allegedly
> Linux compatible, but there seems to be no guidance on how to actually
> use it under Linux.
> 
> When I plug it into a USB port on my Thinkpad A31 (FC5, kernel 2.6.15),
> it's recognized, according to 'dmesg':
> 
>   usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
>   usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>   input: Burr-Brown from TI
>   USB Audio CODEC  as /class/input/input2
>   input: USB HID v1.00 Device [Burr-Brown from TI
>   USB Audio CODEC ] on usb-0000:03:00.1-1
>   usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
> 
> And, in /dev, the following new devices are registered:
>   mixer2
>   audio2
>   dsp2
> 
> So, how to record sound? Simply a cat /dev/dsp2 > soundfile.wav? Or what?
> 

It will probably also be recognised by ALSA capable software. I'd 
suggest you start with audacity.

Regards,

Richard