System:
Pop_OS (Ubuntu) 20.04
Audacity 2.3.3 (from Debian → Ubuntu → Pop_OS)
17:25:22: Audacity 2.3.3
17:25:22: Retrieving FFmpeg library version numbers:
17:25:22: AVCodec version 0x3a3664 - 58.54.100 (built against 0x3a3664 - 58.54.100)
17:25:22: AVFormat version 0x3a1d64 - 58.29.100 (built against 0x3a1d64 - 58.29.100)
17:25:22: AVUtil version 0x381f64 - 56.31.100 (built against 0x381f64 - 56.31.100)
Behrengir Xenyx Q802
As far as I can tell microphone and inputs are working: I can see the meters moving when I talk into the mic.
Here is what I’m doing:
- I generate a short rhythm track
- I press shift-R to start recording the instrumental track.
The primary behaviour I’m seeing is that the record button does not remain depressed, instead the stop and play buttons flash briefly and nothing else happens: no recording, the rhythm track doesn’t play. This happens whether I start with shift-R or select the new track and just hit R.
Occasionally, the rhythm track will start playing and the recording head will move, but there will be no recording. If I hit stop, Audacity will freeze and need to be externally killed.
This looks similar to https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/can-record-one-track-cannot-record-another-one/58484/1 but that person was using a different setup and the suggested remedy seems to be specific to the input device. (I did try setting the sampling rate to 48000, but that did not change the behaviour).
The problem is of relatively recent origin, as I previously was able to use multitrack recording with the same hardware setup (I’ve applied patches to the OS as they come our through the normal 20.04 channels).
Is there anything I should be doing to try and get more information on why this is happening?
Thanks,
–Russell
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