BackupBand / Discussion / General Discussion: stuck "Loading audio/midi devices"

skier - 2021-11-20

I placed directories Styles and Instruments in the same folder as the executable, BackupBand. I started Jack using qJackctl, then BackupBand. BB hangs, showing "Please Wait", and "Loading audio/midi devices" Hints, please. Thank you, Dave

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skier - 2021-11-20

I also see a message, "DBus exception: org.jackaudio.Error.Generic: Failed to open server" in the terminal window I used to start BackupBand...

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clueless - 2022-09-03

Hi I have an XPS 15 running Ubuntu 20.04. I can't seem to get the audio working despite fidgeting between the JACK and Intel audio card options, and the various audio frequencies. This is apparent when I try to play the sample sounds and nothing plays. Can anyone provide some advice on how to properly set up JACK audio for even getting some sound from the app?

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jeff - 2024-09-23

If you have trouble using Jack, I'd suggest that you first set BackupBand to directly use your audio output card. Set sample rate to either 44 or 48 KHz. Then make sure jack is stopped. If you get audio to work directly, then the problem is with jack. Jack is very complicated to setup (plus it has been hacked so much, including having its own libraries replaced by Pipewire, that it's a nightmare to troubleshoot). I make jack output available in BackupBand to try, but I don't recommend jack, and I leave any troubleshooting required to those users who really want to use it.

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stuck "Loading audio/midi devices"