!!################################ !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.65 !!################################ !!Script ran on: Thu Jan 12 07:17:03 UTC 2023 !!Linux Distribution !!------------------ ID_LIKE=debian !!DMI Information !!--------------- Manufacturer: Product Name: Product Version: Firmware Version: System SKU: Board Vendor: Board Name: !!ACPI Device Status Information !!--------------- !!Kernel Information !!------------------ Kernel release: 5.15.84 Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: armv6l Processor: unknown SMP Enabled: No !!ALSA Version !!------------ Driver version: k5.15.84 Library version: 1.2.4 Utilities version: 1.2.4 !!Loaded ALSA modules !!------------------- !!Sound Servers on this system !!---------------------------- No sound servers found. !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!----------------------------- --- no soundcards --- !!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!-------------------------------------- !!Modprobe options (Sound related) !!-------------------------------- snd_pcsp: index=-2 snd_usb_audio: index=-2 snd_atiixp_modem: index=-2 snd_intel8x0m: index=-2 snd_via82xx_modem: index=-2 snd_i2smic_rpi: rpi_platform_generation=0 snd_i2smic_rpi: rpi_platform_generation=0 snd_i2smic_rpi: rpi_platform_generation=0 snd_i2smic_rpi: rpi_platform_generation=0 snd_i2smic_rpi: rpi_platform_generation=0 snd_bcm2835: enable_compat_alsa=0 snd_bcm2835: enable_hdmi=1 !!Loaded sound module options !!--------------------------- !!ALSA Device nodes !!----------------- crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Jan 12 07:17 /dev/snd/seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Jan 12 07:57 /dev/snd/timer !!ALSA configuration files !!------------------------ !!User specific config file (~/.asoundrc) #This section makes a reference to your I2S hardware, adjust the card name # to what is shown in arecord -l after card x: before the name in [] #You may have to adjust channel count also but stick with default first pcm.dmic_hw { type hw card sndrpii2scard channels 2 format S32_LE } #This is the software volume control, it links to the hardware above and after # saving the .asoundrc file you can type alsamixer, press F6 to select # your I2S mic then F4 to set the recording volume and arrow up and down # to adjust the volume # After adjusting the volume - go for 50 percent at first, you can do # something like # arecord -D dmic_sv -c2 -r 48000 -f S32_LE -t wav -V mono -v myfile.wav pcm.dmic_sv { type softvol slave.pcm dmic_hw control { name "Boost Capture Volume" card sndrpii2scard } min_dB -5.0 max_dB 50.0 } !!Aplay/Arecord output !!-------------------- APLAY aplay: device_list:274: no soundcards found... ARECORD arecord: device_list:274: no soundcards found... !!Amixer output !!------------- !!Alsactl output !!-------------- --startcollapse-- --endcollapse-- !!All Loaded Modules !!------------------ 8021q aes_arm aes_generic af_alg algif_hash algif_skcipher backlight bcm2835_codec bcm2835_isp bcm2835_mmal_vchiq bcm2835_v4l2 bluetooth bnep brcmfmac brcmutil btbcm cfg80211 cmac drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks ecb ecc ecdh_generic fixed fuse garp hci_uart ip_tables ipv6 libaes libsha256 llc mc raspberrypi_hwmon regmap_mmio rfkill sha256_generic snd snd_bcm2835 snd_compress snd_pcm snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_soc_bcm2835_i2s snd_soc_core snd_timer stp uio uio_pdrv_genirq v4l2_mem2mem vc_sm_cma videobuf2_common videobuf2_dma_contig videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_vmalloc videodev x_tables !!ALSA/HDA dmesg !!-------------- [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 97440 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=720 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=480 bcm2708_fb.fbswap=1 smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:05:B6:A9 vc_mem.mem_base=0x1ec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x20000000 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=4d72fc77-02 rootfstype=ext4 fsck.repair=yes rootwait [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes, linear) -- [ 19.303010] [vc_sm_connected_init]: installed successfully [ 20.531042] snd_bcm2835: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 20.544234] videodev: Linux video capture interface: v2.00 !!Packages installed !!-------------------- ii alsa-topology-conf 1.2.4-1 all ALSA topology configuration files ii alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.4-2 all ALSA Use Case Manager configuration files ii alsa-utils 1.2.4-1 rpt1 armhf Utilities for configuring and using ALSA