[PATCH v2] ALSA: usb-audio: add quirk for Novation UltraNova (1235:0011)

[PATCH v2] ALSA: usb-audio: add quirk for Novation UltraNova (1235:0011)

[rainey.shawn+kaudio]

From: Shawn Rainey <rainey.shawn+kaudio@gmail.com>

The device reports vendor-specific class on all interfaces, so the
standard parser rejects it and no card is created.  Add a composite
quirk with fixed audio and raw-MIDI layouts.  The id table entry
matches interface 0 only so that the vendor control interfaces (2/3)
are left unbound for userspace access.

The endpoints advertise no synchronization and the device provides no
feedback; both streams are locked to the USB SOF.  The playback entry
is marked USB_ENDPOINT_SYNC_SYNC so that generic sync-EP detection
does not pair the capture data endpoint (0x82) as implicit feedback
for the output stream; the capture entry needs no override, as its
.ep_idx = 1 already keeps it out of sync-EP detection.

Verified on hardware: audio duplex at both supported rates, raw MIDI
in/out, and complete patch dumps as SysEx on the MIDI endpoints.

Signed-off-by: Shawn Rainey <rainey.shawn+kaudio@gmail.com>
---
v2:
  - set .ep_idx = 1 on the capture entry: endpoint 0x82 is the second
    endpoint descriptor of altsetting 1, and leaving ep_idx at 0 made
    snd_usb_audioformat_set_sync_ep() treat the capture format as
    playback (is_playback is derived from get_endpoint(alts, 0)).
  - drop USB_ENDPOINT_SYNC_SYNC from the capture entry: with ep_idx = 1
    it is no longer needed, as the capture format exits sync-EP
    detection before the synctype is examined.  The playback entry
    keeps the flag, as without it the generic detection pairs capture
    endpoint 0x82 as implicit feedback for the output stream.
    (Both points from review feedback; re-verified duplex and MIDI
    on hardware.)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261022164340.78664-1-rainey.shawn+kaudio@gmail.com
 sound/usb/quirks-table.h | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/usb/quirks-table.h b/sound/usb/quirks-table.h
index 6343a50fb..2e4f21890 100644
--- a/sound/usb/quirks-table.h
+++ b/sound/usb/quirks-table.h
@@ -2359,6 +2359,69 @@ YAMAHA_DEVICE(0x7010, "UB99"),
 		}
 	}
 },
+{
+	/*
+	 * Novation UltraNova: vendor-specific class descriptors, fixed
+	 * audio and MIDI layouts.  Only the audio and MIDI interfaces
+	 * (0 and 1) are grabbed; the vendor control interfaces (2/3)
+	 * are left unbound for userspace access.
+	 */
+	USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x1235, 0x0011, 0),
+	QUIRK_DRIVER_INFO {
+		.vendor_name = "Novation",
+		.product_name = "UltraNova",
+		QUIRK_DATA_COMPOSITE {
+			{
+				QUIRK_DATA_AUDIOFORMAT(0) {
+					/* playback */
+					.formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
+					.channels = 4,
+					.iface = 0,
+					.altsetting = 1,
+					.altset_idx = 1,
+					.attributes = UAC_EP_CS_ATTR_SAMPLE_RATE,
+					.endpoint = 0x01,
+					.ep_attr = USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_ISOC |
+						   USB_ENDPOINT_SYNC_SYNC,
+					.maxpacksize = 392,
+					.rates = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_44100 |
+						 SNDRV_PCM_RATE_48000,
+					.rate_min = 44100,
+					.rate_max = 48000,
+					.nr_rates = 2,
+					.rate_table = (unsigned int[]) {
+						44100, 48000
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			{
+				QUIRK_DATA_AUDIOFORMAT(0) {
+					/* capture */
+					.formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S24_3LE,
+					.channels = 2,
+					.iface = 0,
+					.altsetting = 1,
+					.altset_idx = 1,
+					.attributes = UAC_EP_CS_ATTR_SAMPLE_RATE,
+					.endpoint = 0x82,
+					.ep_idx = 1,
+					.ep_attr = USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_ISOC,
+					.maxpacksize = 294,
+					.rates = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_44100 |
+						 SNDRV_PCM_RATE_48000,
+					.rate_min = 44100,
+					.rate_max = 48000,
+					.nr_rates = 2,
+					.rate_table = (unsigned int[]) {
+						44100, 48000
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			{ QUIRK_DATA_RAW_BYTES(1) },
+			QUIRK_COMPOSITE_END
+		}
+	}
+},
 {
 	USB_DEVICE(0x1235, 0x001e),
 	QUIRK_DRIVER_INFO {
-- 
2.56.0

Re: [PATCH v2] ALSA: usb-audio: add quirk for Novation UltraNova (1235:0011)

[Takashi Iwai]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:25:11 +0200,
rainey.shawn+kaudio@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> From: Shawn Rainey <rainey.shawn+kaudio@gmail.com>
> 
> The device reports vendor-specific class on all interfaces, so the
> standard parser rejects it and no card is created.  Add a composite
> quirk with fixed audio and raw-MIDI layouts.  The id table entry
> matches interface 0 only so that the vendor control interfaces (2/3)
> are left unbound for userspace access.
> 
> The endpoints advertise no synchronization and the device provides no
> feedback; both streams are locked to the USB SOF.  The playback entry
> is marked USB_ENDPOINT_SYNC_SYNC so that generic sync-EP detection
> does not pair the capture data endpoint (0x82) as implicit feedback
> for the output stream; the capture entry needs no override, as its
> .ep_idx = 1 already keeps it out of sync-EP detection.
> 
> Verified on hardware: audio duplex at both supported rates, raw MIDI
> in/out, and complete patch dumps as SysEx on the MIDI endpoints.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Rainey <rainey.shawn+kaudio@gmail.com>

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi