Ubuntu 10.10 USB audio driver

[EFH]

I am trying to record audio arriving on a USB port on a Ubuntu 10.10 laptop. The audio is being sent by a Mackie ProFX12 mixing console.
In Audacity Edit->Preferences my choices for recoding devices are:

- HDA ATI SB: ALC268 Analog (hw:0,0)
- pulse
- default

None of these appear to be seeing or processing the incoming audio on the USB port. I see that some people are using USB microphones, so I assume it is possible to capture audio arriving on a USB port. Am I missing a driver or package of some sort? Or is this a configuration problem?

[waxcylinder]

Have you got the USB device plugged in before firing up Audacity? Yop need to do that.

See this page in the manual for further help: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Reco ... turntables
althogh it's nominally about USB TTs the information applies to other USB audio devices too.

WC

[steve]

In Audacity Edit->Preferences my choices for recoding devices are:

- HDA ATI SB: ALC268 Analog (hw:0,0)
- pulse
- default

There should also be an option for the USB device, assuming that it is supported by ALSA.

Open a Terminal window and enter the text:

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arecord -l

This should list all audio devices that are connected to your system.