Ideal Settings for reSpeaker 2-mic hat

Hardware
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Doh I noticed what I did with my OCD index change and copy&paste error and had the snd_usb in there still so the indexes where screwy.

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

options snd_soc_simple_card index=0
options snd_bcm2835 index=1
options snd slots=snd-soc-simple-card,snd-bcm2835

I edited above so no one else as dumb as me will do that again, I thought that was weird.

I don’t like the kernel freeze of the seeed2micvoicec driver especially as wm8960 shows that it is pointless so I am running on the https://github.com/pguyot/wm8960 driver but its the same essentially.

The complete current contents are.

numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback ZC Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
  : values=off,off
numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=127,step=0
  : values=101,101
  | dBscale-min=-121.00dB,step=1.00dB,mute=1
numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback -6dB Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=57,iface=MIXER,name='Mono Output Mixer Left Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=58,iface=MIXER,name='Mono Output Mixer Right Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=41,iface=MIXER,name='ADC Data Output Select'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
  ; Item #0 'Left Data = Left ADC;  Right Data = Right ADC'
  ; Item #1 'Left Data = Left ADC;  Right Data = Left ADC'
  ; Item #2 'Left Data = Right ADC; Right Data = Right ADC'
  ; Item #3 'Left Data = Right ADC; Right Data = Left ADC'
  : values=0
numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='ADC High Pass Filter Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=36,iface=MIXER,name='ADC PCM Capture Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=255,step=0
  : values=195,195
  | dBscale-min=-97.50dB,step=0.50dB,mute=1
numid=18,iface=MIXER,name='ADC Polarity'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
  ; Item #0 'No Inversion'
  ; Item #1 'Left Inverted'
  ; Item #2 'Right Inverted'
  ; Item #3 'Stereo Inversion'
  : values=0
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume ZC Switch'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=1,step=0
  : values=0,0
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
  : values=on,on
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=63,step=0
  : values=34,34
  | dBscale-min=-17.25dB,step=0.75dB,mute=0
numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='Playback Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=255,step=0
  : values=215,215
  | dBscale-min=-127.50dB,step=0.50dB,mute=1
numid=23,iface=MIXER,name='3D Filter Lower Cut-Off'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
  ; Item #0 'Low'
  ; Item #1 'High'
  : values=0
numid=22,iface=MIXER,name='3D Filter Upper Cut-Off'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
  ; Item #0 'High'
  ; Item #1 'Low'
  : values=0
numid=25,iface=MIXER,name='3D Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=24,iface=MIXER,name='3D Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=0
numid=33,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Attack'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=5
numid=32,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Decay'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=5
numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Function'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
  ; Item #0 'Off'
  ; Item #1 'Right'
  ; Item #2 'Left'
  ; Item #3 'Stereo'
  : values=3
numid=30,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Hold Time'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=5
numid=27,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Max Gain'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=4
numid=29,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Min Gain'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
numid=31,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Mode'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
  ; Item #0 'ALC'
  ; Item #1 'Limiter'
  : values=0
numid=28,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Target'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=4
numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='DAC Deemphasis Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=42,iface=MIXER,name='DAC Mono Mix'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
  ; Item #0 'Stereo'
  ; Item #1 'Mono'
  : values=0
numid=20,iface=MIXER,name='DAC Polarity'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
  ; Item #0 'No Inversion'
  ; Item #1 'Left Inverted'
  ; Item #2 'Right Inverted'
  ; Item #3 'Stereo Inversion'
  : values=0
numid=45,iface=MIXER,name='Left Boost Mixer LINPUT1 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=43,iface=MIXER,name='Left Boost Mixer LINPUT2 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=44,iface=MIXER,name='Left Boost Mixer LINPUT3 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Left Input Boost Mixer LINPUT1 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=3,step=0
  : values=3
  | dBrange-
    rangemin=0,,rangemax=1
      | dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=13.00dB,mute=0
    rangemin=2,,rangemax=3
      | dBscale-min=20.00dB,step=9.00dB,mute=0

numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='Left Input Boost Mixer LINPUT2 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=1
numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Left Input Boost Mixer LINPUT3 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=1
numid=49,iface=MIXER,name='Left Input Mixer Boost Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=53,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer Boost Bypass Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=37,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer Boost Bypass Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-21.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
numid=52,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer LINPUT3 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=38,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer LINPUT3 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-21.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
numid=51,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer PCM Playback Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=35,iface=MIXER,name='Noise Gate Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=34,iface=MIXER,name='Noise Gate Threshold'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=31,step=0
  : values=25
numid=48,iface=MIXER,name='Right Boost Mixer RINPUT1 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=46,iface=MIXER,name='Right Boost Mixer RINPUT2 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=47,iface=MIXER,name='Right Boost Mixer RINPUT3 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='Right Input Boost Mixer RINPUT1 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=3,step=0
  : values=3
  | dBrange-
    rangemin=0,,rangemax=1
      | dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=13.00dB,mute=0
    rangemin=2,,rangemax=3
      | dBscale-min=20.00dB,step=9.00dB,mute=0

numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='Right Input Boost Mixer RINPUT2 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=1
numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='Right Input Boost Mixer RINPUT3 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=1
numid=50,iface=MIXER,name='Right Input Mixer Boost Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=56,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer Boost Bypass Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=39,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer Boost Bypass Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=5
  | dBscale-min=-21.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
numid=54,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer PCM Playback Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=55,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer RINPUT3 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=40,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer RINPUT3 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=2
  | dBscale-min=-21.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
numid=16,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker AC Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=5,step=0
  : values=5
numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker DC Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=5,step=0
  : values=4
numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=127,step=0
  : values=101,101
  | dBscale-min=-121.00dB,step=1.00dB,mute=1
numid=14,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback ZC Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
  : values=off,off

With the above @3m (what Amazon says is the start of far field) sort of normal TV volume aprrox 60db
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JR5FjA5_bp97qHbcbTpyyOxyJQRrwjhe

with a /etc/asound.conf

pcm.array {
 type hw
 card wm8960
}

pcm.cap {
 type plug
 slave {
   pcm "array"
   channels 2
   }
 route_policy sum
}

arecord -Dcap -r16000 -fS16_LE -c1 2mic.wav

I noticed from the image attached the volumes where different & ALC so changed.

numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback ZC Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
  : values=off,off
numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=127,step=0
  : values=101,101
  | dBscale-min=-121.00dB,step=1.00dB,mute=1
numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback -6dB Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=57,iface=MIXER,name='Mono Output Mixer Left Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=58,iface=MIXER,name='Mono Output Mixer Right Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=41,iface=MIXER,name='ADC Data Output Select'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
  ; Item #0 'Left Data = Left ADC;  Right Data = Right ADC'
  ; Item #1 'Left Data = Left ADC;  Right Data = Left ADC'
  ; Item #2 'Left Data = Right ADC; Right Data = Right ADC'
  ; Item #3 'Left Data = Right ADC; Right Data = Left ADC'
  : values=0
numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='ADC High Pass Filter Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=36,iface=MIXER,name='ADC PCM Capture Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=255,step=0
  : values=195,195
  | dBscale-min=-97.50dB,step=0.50dB,mute=1
numid=18,iface=MIXER,name='ADC Polarity'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
  ; Item #0 'No Inversion'
  ; Item #1 'Left Inverted'
  ; Item #2 'Right Inverted'
  ; Item #3 'Stereo Inversion'
  : values=0
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume ZC Switch'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=1,step=0
  : values=0,0
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
  : values=on,on
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=63,step=0
  : values=35,35
  | dBscale-min=-17.25dB,step=0.75dB,mute=0
numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='Playback Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=255,step=0
  : values=215,215
  | dBscale-min=-127.50dB,step=0.50dB,mute=1
numid=23,iface=MIXER,name='3D Filter Lower Cut-Off'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
  ; Item #0 'Low'
  ; Item #1 'High'
  : values=0
numid=22,iface=MIXER,name='3D Filter Upper Cut-Off'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
  ; Item #0 'High'
  ; Item #1 'Low'
  : values=0
numid=25,iface=MIXER,name='3D Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=24,iface=MIXER,name='3D Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=0
numid=33,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Attack'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=15
numid=32,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Decay'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=10
numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Function'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
  ; Item #0 'Off'
  ; Item #1 'Right'
  ; Item #2 'Left'
  ; Item #3 'Stereo'
  : values=3
numid=30,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Hold Time'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=6
numid=27,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Max Gain'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=7
numid=29,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Min Gain'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
numid=31,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Mode'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
  ; Item #0 'ALC'
  ; Item #1 'Limiter'
  : values=0
numid=28,iface=MIXER,name='ALC Target'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
  : values=12
numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='DAC Deemphasis Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=42,iface=MIXER,name='DAC Mono Mix'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
  ; Item #0 'Stereo'
  ; Item #1 'Mono'
  : values=0
numid=20,iface=MIXER,name='DAC Polarity'
  ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
  ; Item #0 'No Inversion'
  ; Item #1 'Left Inverted'
  ; Item #2 'Right Inverted'
  ; Item #3 'Stereo Inversion'
  : values=0
numid=45,iface=MIXER,name='Left Boost Mixer LINPUT1 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=43,iface=MIXER,name='Left Boost Mixer LINPUT2 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=44,iface=MIXER,name='Left Boost Mixer LINPUT3 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Left Input Boost Mixer LINPUT1 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=3,step=0
  : values=3
  | dBrange-
    rangemin=0,,rangemax=1
      | dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=13.00dB,mute=0
    rangemin=2,,rangemax=3
      | dBscale-min=20.00dB,step=9.00dB,mute=0

numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='Left Input Boost Mixer LINPUT2 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=1
numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Left Input Boost Mixer LINPUT3 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=1
numid=49,iface=MIXER,name='Left Input Mixer Boost Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=53,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer Boost Bypass Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=37,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer Boost Bypass Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-21.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
numid=52,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer LINPUT3 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=38,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer LINPUT3 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-21.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
numid=51,iface=MIXER,name='Left Output Mixer PCM Playback Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=35,iface=MIXER,name='Noise Gate Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=34,iface=MIXER,name='Noise Gate Threshold'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=31,step=0
  : values=25
numid=48,iface=MIXER,name='Right Boost Mixer RINPUT1 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=46,iface=MIXER,name='Right Boost Mixer RINPUT2 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=47,iface=MIXER,name='Right Boost Mixer RINPUT3 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='Right Input Boost Mixer RINPUT1 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=3,step=0
  : values=3
  | dBrange-
    rangemin=0,,rangemax=1
      | dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=13.00dB,mute=0
    rangemin=2,,rangemax=3
      | dBscale-min=20.00dB,step=9.00dB,mute=0

numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='Right Input Boost Mixer RINPUT2 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=1
numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='Right Input Boost Mixer RINPUT3 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=0
  | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=1
numid=50,iface=MIXER,name='Right Input Mixer Boost Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=56,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer Boost Bypass Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=39,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer Boost Bypass Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=5
  | dBscale-min=-21.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
numid=54,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer PCM Playback Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=55,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer RINPUT3 Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=40,iface=MIXER,name='Right Output Mixer RINPUT3 Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0
  : values=2
  | dBscale-min=-21.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
numid=16,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker AC Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=5,step=0
  : values=5
numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker DC Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=5,step=0
  : values=4
numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback Volume'
  ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=127,step=0
  : values=101,101
  | dBscale-min=-121.00dB,step=1.00dB,mute=1
numid=14,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback ZC Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
  : values=off,off

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kBzhdSJKS4YlaRUbMoy5jiHDdQn4jUD8

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I also need help to find the ideal settings. As someone not into audio things i have no idea which setting to change and which not to change and what there meaning is.
Currently i have to shot at my respeaker from 30cm away to get the wake word to trigger - regardless of setting the capture volume to 100%.
I am searching the web for days trying to find out the right settings for the seeed2micvoicecard…

I would like there would be a forum post or wiki or rhasspy doc entry describing how to correct set up the respeaker 2mic hat for ASR.

And which device to use for recording:

  • default:CARD=seeed2micvoicec
  • dmix:CARD=seeed2micvoicec,DEV=0
  • dsnoop:CARD=seeed2micvoicec,DEV=0
  • hw:CARD=seeed2micvoicec,DEV=0
  • plughw:CARD=seeed2micvoicec,DEV=0

Look like it does not matter if i change alsa settings in docker or host, changing one of them changes the other also.

Maybe @romkabouter or @rolyan_trauts can help out with this?

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@JGKK set up a script but I think its purely for a host install.

This is the problem with docker and debian as the drivers are specifically written for a raspbian version.
I preferred the https://github.com/pguyot/wm8960 drivers as they where more universal but its been a while and not sure if they have been maintained.

The respeaker 2-mic and any microphone based hat seems to fool the community that a hat is someway an advantage.
Firstly they need drivers as opposed to USB that are already in the kernel, secondly the hat steals your gpio header so other hats such as control are impossible without much diy, thirdly multiple mics are pointless as we have no beamforming algs and fourthly omnidirectional mems mics are actually inferior to the minimal directionality of a plain old electret.

I am going call it a halt to the snakoil that present these as any capable far field mic, so apols nope I am not picking up the topic or going back to them, apols.

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Docker on RaspiOSlite :slight_smile:
I installed hermesledcontrol which installed dhe driver by itself.
I tried raven to record /play sound and found there is a very loud high noise behind my faint voice. No idea where it comes from, but it explains why the wakeword doesnt work.
Yes was under the impression that 2 mics are better then one and i read 2 are better then the 4mic thing. And i thought there is software included in the driver to use the 2 mics together.
I had it working but after temporarily unplugging the jack i dont got any sound output anymore, after updating OS and rhasspy docker i had a loud sound on all audio out.
After no idea and an dead SD card i installed it again.
Same weird sound. after some time, several restarts and docker restarts with other options the noise disappeared, but the wakeword dont worked very well. I already applied the commands from the script. After some time the wakeword recognising get very bad (do not know after which change) and now i found this loud tone on the recordings.

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I found out it’s best to lower the capture volume. I’m working with values lower than 20. Try this.

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2 mics without any DSP algs is just 2 mics which due to the speed of sound means distance increases antiphase.
Its that antiphase the DSP algs use for beamforming but without summing actually negates the signal and can cause filter like effects.
If we had any DSP algs then more mics are better but each additional mic takes more processing and think that is why 3 mics seems to be quite common in commercial products.
The distance between mics and number with DSP give the accuracy and max freq that sampling will give.

Your volume and settings want to be how the wake work and ASR models where recorded but likely peaking at 0dB or -3dB as optimum recordings usually are.
To get a modicum of far field those levels are set at near and use AGC to get distance.

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Using another raspi with new raspiOS and the 2mic hat i also found the noise on recording with the hat, but not with an usb micro.
It became much better as i set left input boost mixer linput1 to 0 and right too.

I do not know if this is an hardware problem and i do not know if i am supposed to change this setting or what it is for.

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what is DSP? @rolyan_trauts

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Digital Signal Processing its the algs Google & Amazon use that is like sound radar to both judge the direction and distance of a sound source and point that way to get the best signal.

DSP is just a blanket term for software audio effects and processing as AEC Acoustic Echo Cancelation uses whats playing to subtract from the mic to stop feedback.
NS Noise supression from simple filters to RTX voice will remove external noise.
Beamforming uses multiple mics and calculates the difference to beam to direction.

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Thank you for explaining. Do you think my micros are broken or has the input boost mixer to be set to 0?

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Its prob alsamixer / amixer settings you prob need to go back to a known default that someone says works such as @JGKK

Could be the mics but doubt it as know how easy it is to get the settings wrong as spent far to much time headscracting with those 2 mic things.
I really hate the respeaker hats as the above will testify so prob wrong persong to ask, apols. (All hats to be honest) any decent mic with beamforming is usually usb and a decent mic hat doesn’t exist just some audio chips where they have tacked on mems even if more than 1 is relatively pointless.

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I installed hermesledcontrol which installed the driver by itself.

The strange noise on the capture of my respeaker 2 seems to be caused by this automatic driver install.
After i installed the driver by myself it disappeared.

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thank you, works very well, wake word works almost perfect now !

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What did you do exactly to fix his hissing sound? How did you install the driver yourself? Did you uninstall hermesledcontrol or the automatically installed driver first?

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I dont know anymore. I would remove the driver and reinstall them myself If this dont work, i would reinstall the raspi and install all needed drivers before hermes led control.

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delete your /etc/asound.conf or and .asound.rc just to get things back to default.
go into your seeed-voicecard folder and sudo ./uninstall.sh

The install from seeed works fine for me as long as you remember if 64bit use the 64bit installer ./install64bit.sh or whatever its called than ./install.sh

About the only difference from a diy install will be the /etc/asound.conf but always did hate the way the implement the drivers but currently they seem to work fine.
About the only weird thing is their total bogus claim that speex rate converter is bad as it works with much less noise and that has been an urban myth for quite some time now.
The default samplerate converter is speex so maybe remark out the heavier weight audiophile convertor from asound.conf but their conf seem to work fine but haven’t used much in a while.
is it alsactl clean -c<cardno.> to set to default ?
Usually sound problems happen by using the wrong setting and not check arecord -l and -L to get the right name and using hw:x instead of plughw:x which has auto sample rate conversion.

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Personally I have become very conscious that instructions on internet assume that you are using the same configuration as the author, and how quickly they become out-of-date. I have become even more wary when it’s a program promising to do magic.

I installed the reSpeaker drivers, tested arecord, installed rhasspy, and finally installed HermesLedControl without getting it to update the reSpeaker drivers. It works well … though I admit there was a fair bit of fiddling to get it all working. I guess its time to tidy up and publish my own installation notes.

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As i had this problem i changed settings a lot, i freshly installed the whole thing on another pi, nothing helped.
So i think its really the driver install. I dont know if HLC maybe choose the wrong one.

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To install a Respeaker, I suggest you follow this link ReSpeaker pour raspberry - Coxprod DIY It’s in French but you will have no problem following the procedure to install, configure and test your audio system. Then you can install Rhasspy and follow this link where you will find the procedure to disable the native audio of the raspberry so as not to have any conflict with the Respeaker
Rhasspy Assistant Tips n Tricks | Jeedom by KiboOst and also how to install HLC and configure it Rhasspy Assistant Tips n Tricks | Jeedom by KiboOst (Thanks to Kiboost for this excellent repository).
Good luck

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Hey there, I know that this is an OLD thread, but I have to thank @adm746 for this post (hopefully he is still around!). I have been fiddling with alsamixer for weeks, and finally thought to google the proper settings.

I set my respeaker up JUST like this and now it’s working like an absolute charm. Thank you for posting and for all your hard work on this.

If you’ve come across this post, take his advice!!