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

[Paul Davis]

Ardour and JACK do nothing to modify the configuration of the hardware
mixer (if any) inside your audio interface.

What you describe sounds more like a problem with the device driver than
anything else - failing to re-initialize the hardware mixer to use the
appropriate input configuration for the VSL.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Cameron Metcalf <podeas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good point.
> The microphone is Shure XLR, by the way...
>
> I can hear it through headphones over VSL, so I know it is picking up room
> noise.
>
> There are two different inputs. I could be using on the sound card VSL
> box: I have changed it between 1 and 2.
>
> As stated, the very first time I use Ardour, it has no problem seeing the
> box and recording from the microphone, all input levels are sensitive and
> can be adjusted. On reboot, it apparently still sees the box (from all the
> other points I've discussed), but the input levels are dead, the microphone
> is capturing room noise, but Ardour is not showing any input level at all.
>
> Cameron
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We need to get a few things clear.
>>
>> A microphone is a device that plugs into your VSL. The computer doesn't
>> see the microphone, it sees the VSL. You could have nothing, or the mic, or
>> an instrument plugged into the VSL .. the computer does not care.
>>
>> Thus ... I am really unclear on what you mean by "cannot detect the
>> microphone".
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Cameron Metcalf <podeas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul,
>>> Thanks for specifying where to type in the device name.
>>> I had selected the option "hw: VSL" from this dropdown earlier and then
>>> moved the INPUT and OUTPUT selectors to "default". restarted jack, rebooted
>>> the station, etc. But Ardour3 would still not detect the microphone, so I
>>> went back and did re-select the specific INPUT and OUTPUT. I'm going to try
>>> this again, later on today, though and re-enstate defaults for INPUT and
>>> OUTPUT.
>>>
>>> To restate the problem:
>>> On a fresh install of Ubuntu studio, I accept all the defaults when
>>> starting qjack, then Ardour3:
>>> Ardour3 works perfectly and I can record from microphone that is fed
>>> through the presonus external sound card. I can add as many tracks and play
>>> them back no problem.
>>>
>>> However on a system reboot (and subsequent reboots), the microphone is
>>> no longer detected at all, when I add a new audio track and cue record, for
>>> either an existing project or a new project, even though I have not changed
>>> the configuration.  Then I verify that qjack is set to see my soundcard (by
>>> name) as I have previously outlined, but Ardour3 still will not
>>> detect/record from the microphone going through the external sound card.
>>>
>>> Cameron
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Cameron Metcalf <podeas at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You should NOT use the INPUT or OUTPUT selectors. They should never
>>>> have been displayed so prominently. You need the "Interface" selector near
>>>> the upper right of the setup dialog.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, that's correct. So I think you need to restate the problem ....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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