Where Am I Going Wrong? Audio interface? DAW? Jack/ALSA? No sound...
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:42 pm
Hi there,
I am still fairly new to Linux music/audio (Using KXStudio). I have been a Linux desktop user (Mainly Mint KDE) for nearly ten years, but am new to using a full AV distro.
Here is my problem:
I am struggling to find full AUDIO connectivity in KXStudio applications. (I have successfully recorded direct audio from a microphone and electric guitar inputs via the M-Audio unit into Audacity only)
However, I cannot get any direct audio into any other application. I am trying to use Sooper Looper, but cannot feed any sound into it.
JACK:
Jack is running, and is set to Alsa-Loop-Jack
I can see Alsa2Jack and Jack2Alsa in Catia Patchbay, but however I try to connect things I cannot get sound into the software on the laptop, (apart from Audacity, which doesn't appear in Catia!)
I have tried altering some settings in Jack and individually assigning input and output sources. Still no sound.
If I use the monitor headphones on the unit I can hear all the audio inputs coming into the M-Audio device fine.
(Although I still don't know what I'm doing, I can get the Midi to work via LMMS. I will return to Midi stuff later!)
At the moment I am trying to create live loops on the fly.
M-Audio Pro:
I have seen some vague mentions that this device may have Linux issue regarding Duplex mode?
DAWs:
I am also struggling to find a DAW to use. I can use Audacity to grab audio but I can't get Audacity to talk to anything else.
QUESTION:
1 - Is the M-Audio Pro causing me a fundamental problem in the chain? Is there a nicely supported audio interface device for Linux?
2 - Should I be using a DAW to act like a mixer to bring in JACK/ALSA sources . I have seen that DAWs can have different connectivity protocols?? For instance it indicates that Audacity is not JACK enabled, which is presumably why it wont appear in Catia Patch Bay?
Background:
I've been playing electric guitar (with pedals and a small amp) for a couple of years, and I used to play with midi keyboards/synth many many many many years ago back in the 80s when I was a young teen!
My main object is for live performance. Particularly live looping. And to combine the audio from the electric guitar and synths into loops.
I have a physical looper unit, which I am using with the keyboards to produce my own keyboard layers. I would then like to send the loop into the laptop. This all has to be on the fly for live stage performance.
I would like to mix the use of physical module units along with software facilities from the laptop via KXStudio for live stage use.
Later on I'll try to introduce a sampler/sequencer and start MIDIing the things up. I'l also be looking at studio recording, but for now it's all about live stage work.
I am still fairly new to Linux music/audio (Using KXStudio). I have been a Linux desktop user (Mainly Mint KDE) for nearly ten years, but am new to using a full AV distro.
Here is my problem:
I am struggling to find full AUDIO connectivity in KXStudio applications. (I have successfully recorded direct audio from a microphone and electric guitar inputs via the M-Audio unit into Audacity only)
However, I cannot get any direct audio into any other application. I am trying to use Sooper Looper, but cannot feed any sound into it.
JACK:
Jack is running, and is set to Alsa-Loop-Jack
I can see Alsa2Jack and Jack2Alsa in Catia Patchbay, but however I try to connect things I cannot get sound into the software on the laptop, (apart from Audacity, which doesn't appear in Catia!)
I have tried altering some settings in Jack and individually assigning input and output sources. Still no sound.
If I use the monitor headphones on the unit I can hear all the audio inputs coming into the M-Audio device fine.
(Although I still don't know what I'm doing, I can get the Midi to work via LMMS. I will return to Midi stuff later!)
At the moment I am trying to create live loops on the fly.
M-Audio Pro:
I have seen some vague mentions that this device may have Linux issue regarding Duplex mode?
DAWs:
I am also struggling to find a DAW to use. I can use Audacity to grab audio but I can't get Audacity to talk to anything else.
QUESTION:
1 - Is the M-Audio Pro causing me a fundamental problem in the chain? Is there a nicely supported audio interface device for Linux?
2 - Should I be using a DAW to act like a mixer to bring in JACK/ALSA sources . I have seen that DAWs can have different connectivity protocols?? For instance it indicates that Audacity is not JACK enabled, which is presumably why it wont appear in Catia Patch Bay?
Background:
I've been playing electric guitar (with pedals and a small amp) for a couple of years, and I used to play with midi keyboards/synth many many many many years ago back in the 80s when I was a young teen!
My main object is for live performance. Particularly live looping. And to combine the audio from the electric guitar and synths into loops.
I have a physical looper unit, which I am using with the keyboards to produce my own keyboard layers. I would then like to send the loop into the laptop. This all has to be on the fly for live stage performance.
I would like to mix the use of physical module units along with software facilities from the laptop via KXStudio for live stage use.
Later on I'll try to introduce a sampler/sequencer and start MIDIing the things up. I'l also be looking at studio recording, but for now it's all about live stage work.