On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > why are you running JACK with a PortAudio backend? or ... why are you > running Audacity with PortAudio trying to talk to JACK via ALSA? > I have no idea. My jack command is jackd -d alsa -d hw:CARD=USB & and aplay -L shows: bob$ aplay -L default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server sysdefault:CARD=SB HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output dmix:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=SB,DEV=1 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Digital Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=SB,DEV=1 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Digital Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=SB,DEV=1 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Digital Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Analog Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=SB,DEV=1 HDA ATI SB, ALC883 Digital Hardware device with all software conversions sysdefault:CARD=USB AudioBox USB, USB Audio Default Audio Device front:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio Front speakers surround40:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output dmix:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=USB,DEV=0 AudioBox USB, USB Audio Hardware device with all software conversions Should I use a different "-d"? I do have pulse running, but the usb device is set to "off" in the pavucontrol. So, I'm assuming that this should not be the problem ? -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user