[Ardour-Users] trouble with retaining microphone connectivity over multiple sessions in Ardou

[Cameron Metcalf]

Paul,
I re-traced my steps. I had definitely read through:
http://jackaudio.org/faq/device_naming.html
a few times this past week and tried out (and have just RE-tried) the
following (after each change below, I re-run qjack and boot up Ardour to
see if the mic can be found)...

I run: cat /proc/asound/cards

and get:
1 [VSL            ]: USB-Audio - AudioBox 22 VSL
                      PreSonus AudioBox 22 VSL at usb-0000:00:1d.7-3, high
speed

--

The conclusion of the FAQ page informs: "You can type it into the device
name selector in the upper left of qjacktl's setup dialog."

I do not see anyplace in qjacktl where I can literally type in a device
name selector. (I uninstalled an reinstalled qjacktl to try and look for
this again in case anything had been botched from other things I'd changed).

After I click "setup" from qjacktl there is no place to type in a device
name selector. However, in the "Settings" tab, there are two dropdown boxes
for INPUT and OUTPU.  Both literally have "> hw:VSL" selected already.

Out of desperation and just to see what would happen, I ran: jackd -d alsa
-d hw:VSL
from the command line. This did not resolve the problem.

I also looked at the config file: $HOME/.config/rncbc.org/QjackCtl.conf
mentioned at:
http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net/qjackctl-index.html#Configuration

Am I still missing something in the FAQ?

Cameron




On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Cameron Metcalf <podeas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> Thanks for reiterating.  I'll take another look.
>
> I'm trying to use a single external presonus VSL card and have deactivated
> the on board internal card.
>
> Cameron
> On Jun 23, 2015 7:12 PM, "Paul Davis" <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
>
>> You have looked in all the wrong places. Did you not read the JACK FAQ?
>> You don't need to know anything about ordering, or obscure ALSA
>> configuration files.
>>
>> Please re-read the JACK FAQ entry I pointed out at, try its advice. If
>> that doesn't work, tell us why.
>>
>> But it also sounds as if you are attempting to use more than one audio
>> interface. If so, please read the other JACK FAQ entry on this also.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Cameron Metcalf <podeas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Despite some enlightening advice from a bunch of you, I'm still unable
>>> to resolve this so am sending out an inquiry one last time..
>>>
>>> I disabled the internal soundcard in the bios and stuck with the qjack
>>> interface to ensure that the external soundcard was being declared by
>>> "name" not number. I've tried various settings in qjack, diligently
>>> re-starting each time (sometimes rebooting) without success.
>>>
>>> I've also looked at the
>>> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file.
>>>
>>> I found that the external soundcard via USB was relegated to -2 (in
>>> order, I think, to prevent it from ever loading first). I changed this to
>>> 0, and then 1. THis didn't work.
>>>
>>> For my specific installation, I did not see a line "# ALSA module
>>> ordering". From the documentation I could not tell where/if I should really
>>> add this in.
>>>
>>> Lastly I was looking at:
>>> http://libremusicproduction.com/articles/demystifying-jack
>>> -%E2%80%93-beginners-guide-getting-started-jack and have followed those
>>> directions to the letter, but the microphone will not work.
>>>
>>> So I'm stuck with the same problem, I know if I were to re-install
>>> Ubuntu Studio, the microphone would work that very first time (even with
>>> the internal soundcard enabled), but it would not find  or allow it to
>>> record on subsequent sessions.
>>>
>>> Lastly, I've run: $ aplay -l
>>> command at the prompt. It sees my external card (just as jack does), but
>>> not the internal soundcard indicating to me, that the PreSonux 22VSL audio
>>> box is recognized by linux / jack, while the onboard sound card is proberly
>>> disabled.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions are appreciated. I'm giving myself a few more days
>>> before eliminating this distro and perhaps the hardware and linux
>>> altogether for music recording in this case.
>>>
>>> A sincere thanks to those of you who have already taken the time to
>>> respond last week.
>>>
>>> Cameron
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://jackaudio.org/faq/device_naming.html
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Cameron Metcalf <podeas at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> I'm having trouble getting Ardour to receive audio signal from my mic.
>>>>>
>>>>> The microphone is going through a presonus AudioBox 22VSL.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've set up a fresh instance of Ubuntu Studio 14.04 on a 5 year-old
>>>>> Dell optiplex work station.
>>>>>
>>>>> Following the initial installation, I am able to start up Jack, then
>>>>> check the settings and ensure that the Presonus AudioBox is selected for
>>>>> both inputs and outputs.
>>>>>
>>>>> I open Ardour3 and start a new session: I add a stereo track. Right
>>>>> away, I can see that the meters are responding. I can record a short sound
>>>>> and play it back clearly.
>>>>>
>>>>> I close Ardour, I close Jack. I shut down the machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I reboot and open Jack (start it) then open Ardour but it will NOT
>>>>> acknowledge the microphone and I cannot resume working on the file. I've
>>>>> tried installing ardour on different distros, different versions of ardour
>>>>> but I am unable to resolve this.  I've checked forums looking at how to
>>>>> connect the microphone on linux and know that I am successful as I outlined
>>>>> above. However I'm unable to retain a usable connection after the system
>>>>> has been shutdown.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought maybe it had something to do with updates, so I started
>>>>> declining those, but the problem still persists.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if there is something obvious I can do to resolve
>>>>> this. I have done my fair share of research to see if I could resolve this
>>>>> problem on my own but have had no luck.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions on this topic would be appreaciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cameron
>>>>>
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