topic title: Select default sound card (SOLVED)
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rmcellig
Joined: 04 Mar 2014
#1
I'm thinking of installing either Antix 16 or MX-15 on my laptop. i have an edirol USB audio capture device. Is there an easy way to set this device as the default audio device in antix 16 and MX-15?
Last edited by rmcellig on 01 Dec 2016, 10:07, edited 1 time in total.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
There is a select sound card utility in the control.center of.both 15 and.16.
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rmcellig
Joined: 04 Mar 2014
#3
Great! The only distro I have found that works for me regarding my issues is Tahr Puppy 6.0.5. I hope that either Antix or MX-15 will work for me.
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rmcellig
Joined: 04 Mar 2014
#4
I now have MX-15 installed with all the updates on my Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop.

I'm using an edirol UA3 USB -Audio Capture device.

I went into MX Select Sound And selected my USB device. When i tested the sound it was coming from the laptop and not from the speakers attached to the Edirol. I selected the Apply button and then clicked close. When i reopened MX Select Sound again it showed the default sound card instead of my Edirol. Am I doing something wrong? any tests I can do and post back the results?

When I go into the pulse audio mixer input devices I can see my USB device and also that the input is working fine. The audio display bar is moving. Audacity is fine as well. I can record from the Edirol no problem.

I tried this code in my crontab and it did not record from the edirol but instead from the internal card in the 1520.

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30 16 * * 3 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000  /usr/bin/arecord -t wav -f cd -d 68 $HOME/30.wav
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#5
With pulse audio you will want to select the profile to use in pavucontrol.
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rmcellig
Joined: 04 Mar 2014
#6
OK. Under the configuration tab I turned off Buil in audio but am not sure which setting to choose under UA-3 USB Audio Device
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rmcellig
Joined: 04 Mar 2014
#7
I tried what you suggested and I think it worked but a strange thing is happening. Multiple files of 44 bytes are being created and the only way I know how to stop it is to reboot the computer. Which code should I be using?

This

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25 19 * * 3   /usr/bin/arecord -t wav -f cd -d 10 $HOME/1.wav
or this

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27 19 * * 3 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000  /usr/bin/arecord -t wav -f cd -d 10 $HOME/11.wav
I was told that with pulseaudio i need to include XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 in the path.
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rmcellig
Joined: 04 Mar 2014
#8
I just did a new install of MX-15 on my Dell 1520 laptop. Ran all the updates and am still having the multiple wav file issue. I will have to reboot with Tahr pup tomorrow when I will be doing my weekly recordings if I can't resolve this issue. I remember having the same issue with Manjaro a while back. Looking forward to a possible solution maybe before tomorrow? __{{emoticon}}__
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skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#9
Hmmmmmm, 44 bytes is the size of a RIFF header.

maybe the suggestion here (downgrade alsa-utils to an older version) will fix it

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rmcellig
Joined: 04 Mar 2014
#10
This suggestion worked. Had to downgrade to an older version of alsa-utils.