Help with Audacity on Kubuntu 8.04

[Rick Knight]

Rick Knight wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
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>> On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 19:42 -0700, Rick Knight wrote:
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>>> Ric Moore wrote:
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>>>> Did you get the message "device /dev/snd missing"?  Ric
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>>> No, I did not get that message. Also, as I said in a previous post I 
>>> have been able to get the ALSA drivers to work. But I still cannot get 
>>> the USB input to work, with Audacity or in general. In fact, my USB 
>>> device does not show up in Alsamixer. It shows up in Kmix, but only as 
>>> an input device and just as a microphone. No sound from the USB at all. 
>>> Is there additional configuration required for a USB device with ALSA?
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>> If you have the terminal command "lsusb" handy, that will tell you what
>> the system sees attached to usb. It's been ages since I had to use it to
>> set up a webcam, but getting the device's numbers may be of use to you,
>> if it shows up. If your device doesn't show up, then it's another can of
>> worms. 
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>> Have you goggled on your USB device to see if others have a similar
>> problem?? If so, you may just have to forgo using it as a USB device and
>> do the patch cord thing that you said did work. I really wish I or
>> another could be of more help. Maybe getting a 3 foot or so stereo cable
>> extension would prevent you from having to dink with the backside of
>> your system. :) Ric
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> Got the USB audio working. All it took was a restart with the USB 
> turntable plugged in, so probably just restarting the soundserver would 
> do the same.
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> Thanks,
> Rick
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I still have one problem with the USB turntable. I can record through 
the USB device, but I can't just play a record through my sound card. I 
can only hear the audio when I play back the recorded audio. Is there 
any way to get the USB device to play through my sound card?

Thanks,
Rick