Re: [Audacity-devel] Strange behavior with Scarlet Solo USB i/o

[Richard A. <ri...@au...>]

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They will likely want to know whether you are using Pulseaudio or not,
and whether Audacity is the Ubuntu package or one you have built
yourself.

Richard

On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 21:27:09 -0800
MR ZenWiz <mrz...@gm...> wrote:

> I have a studio system consisting of an old, amazingly reliable HP
> 8740W laptop with a Scarlett Solo USB mixer attached.  It's running
> Xubuntu 20.04.3 LTS with Audacity version 2.3.3 (which, strangely
> enough, I cannot get through an SSH connection because audacity
> insists on connecting to the display even when run from the command
> line for version info only - separate issue).
> 
> The laptop has separate headphone and mic jacks, built-in mic and
> speajers, and works fine with a logitech USB headset (mic and
> headphones).  It also has an HDMI monitor connected to the Display
> Port via an adapter, and Audacity gives me a dizzying array of
> multiple mic and speaker options - way more mics than speakers.
> 
> For quite a while now I had been unable to get either the mixer's mic
> or the mixer's headset to work from within Audacity.
> 
> Tonight the mic started working beautifully, but the headphones get no
> sound at all.  When I set the audacity speakers for the one mixer
> "speakers" option, there is a sound like a jack being plugged in (kind
> of like a 10Hz rumble), but when I click the play button, it makes one
> "click" at the start of the playback and then no further sound comes
> through the headphones, or anywhere I can hear.  If I set it to pulse
> or sysdefault, I get sound through the onboard speakers just fine.
> 
> This is for a voiceover recording studio, so the mixer's mic and
> headphones both need to work properly.  There's a huge difference in
> the sound between the onboard (tinny) speakers and a professional
> headphone set.
> 
> If I use Zoom as a test, both the mixer's mic and headphones work
> just fine.
> 
> What am I missing? Any help or suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Mark Richter, Lead Software Engineer
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