no sound from mic in ardour

[Hakan Koseoglu]

Mikael Backman said the following on 20/11/08 22:06:
> Hi.  I have Ubuntu  studio 8.10  and a simple built_in sound card
> 
> I start jack  with jack ctl and connect capture_1 and capture_2  to 
> Audio_in in Ardour.. But the mic doesn't register  when I try to record 
> a song. 
> I  don't know what to do next. Can't find any pertinent info with google
Some laptops have multiple mics. Make sure that the correct one is enabled on the mixer and the volume is turned up. :)
On my Latitute d600 the on-board microphone and the mic in port are actually two different inputs.
I have a cheap cheap USB interface here plugged into my Inspiron 9400 and it presents three input devices and pile of output devices.
The M-Audio PCI card I used to have had shedloads of inputs, all separately controlled via the mixer.

Finally, it might be a good idea to monitor the inputs using a visual tool, my favourites is the meterbridge package.

Hope it helps.