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

[Peter S. <pet...@gm...>]

On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 2:26 PM Richard Ash <ri...@au...>
wrote:

> This mailing list doesn't seem to be used any more. You may have more
> luck on the forum at https://forum.audacityteam.org/


Muse seem to prefer to use GitHub Issues:
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues

You do need a (free) GitHub account to post there

Or the Audacity Discord channel can be used

Peter.



>
> 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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