No Sound From My Creative Sound Blaster Z PCIe / Realtek ALC S1200A 7.1

nasheayahu · 12-31-2021, 03:00 AM

OS Rocky 8.5
Sound Hardware:

Realtek ALC S1200A 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC
Creative Sound Blaster Z PCIe 116dB SNR Gaming Sound Card with 600 ohm Headphone Amp and Beamforming Microphone

I have video and OBS working, but no sound. I've read through No Audio/Sound in CentOS 7 and my Master is not Mute [MM] and here are the same command results:

lspci -nnk | grep -i -A7 audio

Code:

00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H HD Audio Controller [8086:43c8] (rev 11)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8797]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H SMBus Controller [8086:43a3] (rev 11)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8694]
--
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:1aeb] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:3792]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
01:00.2 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 USB 3.1 Host Controller [10de:1aec] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:3792]
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
01:00.3 Serial bus controller [0c80]: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 USB Type-C UCSI Controller [10de:1aed] (rev a1)
--
05:00.0 Audio device [0403]: Creative Labs Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series] [1102:0012] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Creative Labs SB1570 SB Audigy Fx [1102:0010]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V [8086:15f3] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:87d2]
	Kernel driver in use: igc
	Kernel modules: igc

lsmod | grep snd

Code:

snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl    16384  0
snd_sof_intel_hda_common    98304  1 snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
snd_soc_hdac_hda       20480  1 snd_sof_intel_hda_common
soundwire_intel        36864  1 snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_sof_intel_hda      16384  1 snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_sof_pci            16384  2 snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
snd_sof_xtensa_dsp     16384  1 snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_sof               139264  2 snd_sof_pci,snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_hda_ext_core       28672  3 snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_sof_intel_hda
snd_soc_acpi_intel_match    49152  2 snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
snd_soc_acpi           16384  2 snd_soc_acpi_intel_match,snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_soc_core          290816  4 soundwire_intel,snd_sof,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda
snd_hda_codec_realtek   147456  1
snd_compress           24576  1 snd_soc_core
snd_hda_codec_generic    86016  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
ledtrig_audio          16384  2 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_sof
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     69632  1
snd_hda_codec_ca0132   118784  1
snd_hda_intel          49152  10
snd_intel_dspcfg       24576  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     16384  2 snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_intel_dspcfg
snd_hda_codec         151552  6 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_hda_codec_ca0132
snd_usb_audio         319488  7
snd_hda_core          102400  10 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_sof_intel_hda,snd_hda_codec_ca0132
snd_usbmidi_lib        40960  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_seq                81920  0
snd_hwdep              16384  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_rawmidi            40960  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_seq_device         16384  2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm               118784  12 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,soundwire_intel,snd_sof,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_hda_core,snd_hda_codec_ca0132
snd_timer              36864  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    94208  49 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_ca0132,snd_rawmidi
soundcore              16384  1 snd

aplay -l

Code:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALCS1200A Analog [ALCS1200A Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALCS1200A Digital [ALCS1200A Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 12: HDMI 6 [HDMI 6]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 4: Creative [HDA Creative], device 0: CA0132 Analog [CA0132 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 4: Creative [HDA Creative], device 1: CA0132 Digital [CA0132 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

lshw | grep -A11 multimedia

Code:

           *-multimedia
                description: Audio device
                product: TU116 High Definition Audio Controller
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0.1
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
                logical name: card3
                logical name: /dev/snd/controlC3
                logical name: /dev/snd/hwC3D0
                logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC3D10p
                logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC3D11p
                logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC3D12p
--
           *-multimedia
                description: Audio device
                product: Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series]
                vendor: Creative Labs
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
                logical name: card4
                logical name: /dev/snd/controlC4
                logical name: /dev/snd/hwC4D1
                logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC4D0c
                logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC4D0p
                logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC4D1c
--
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: Tiger Lake-H HD Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             logical name: card2
             logical name: /dev/snd/controlC2
             logical name: /dev/snd/hwC2D0
             logical name: /dev/snd/hwC2D2
             logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC2D0c
             logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC2D0p

I see the posting rule will not allow for a image of a couple AlsaMixer screen shots. However, any suggestions on what I need to install or check to get the sound working?

obobskivich · 01-08-2022, 10:50 AM

The SoundCore-based Creative cards have nominal support under sndhda but it generally requires a very up-to-date kernel (~5.0+ if I remember right), and expect various things to still not work (for example multi-channel audio I don't believe works). I gave up fussing with two of them after a year or two - they work better than previous Creative cards (on Windows as well) but are still temperamental and picky (...like previous Creative cards (on Windows as well...)). You likely need a newer kernel for support.

johnprogrammer · 01-11-2022, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nasheayahu

OS Rocky 8.5
Sound Hardware:

Realtek ALC S1200A 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC
Creative Sound Blaster Z PCIe 116dB SNR Gaming Sound Card with 600 ohm Headphone Amp and Beamforming Microphone

I have video and OBS working, but no sound.

If you use Rocky in a home PC, I think it would be better to use a distribution oriented for home users, like all flavours of Ubuntu, Debian, or Manjaro which is a rolling release, and provides the latest software.

Arnulf · 01-15-2022, 06:59 PM

Output of aplay -l looks a little bit strange. Where are cards 0 and 1?

You have more than one soundcard driven by the same kernel module. If you want to load them in a defined order, you can do the following (works for Slackware64 15.0, other distris may require other locations for config file):
– Login as root
– Create a file snd-hda-intel.conf and copy it to /etc/modprobe.d
- Set permissions etc. of /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.conf to: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root
– Write into snd-hda-intel.conf, example given for onboard soundchip & HDMI (ids are taken from output of aplay -l):

Code:

# set onboard sound to card0 and hdmi sound to card1

alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel

options snd-hda-intel id=Generic index=0
options snd-hda-intel id=HDMI index=1