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by merlyn
Fri Aug 20, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: External USB microphone stuck at 192000
Replies: 19
Views: 12539

Re: External USB microphone stuck at 192000

If it works, it works. I would think the 1024 buffer is helping, which I would consider very big. I notice the Yakoman is capture only : ALSA: Cannot open PCM device alsa_pcm for playback. Falling back to capture-only mode Add to that a fixed 192 kHz sample rate and there is potential for it going w...
by merlyn
Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:23 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: External USB microphone stuck at 192000
Replies: 19
Views: 12539

Re: External USB microphone stuck at 192000

The received wisdom is that you're doing it the 'wrong' way. :) I can't understand why you want to do it this way -- one interface for input and one for output, but you do so ... If I understand correctly you have a different input and output selected in QjackCtl > Settings > Advanced ? That's only ...
by merlyn
Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:34 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: External USB microphone stuck at 192000
Replies: 19
Views: 12539

Re: External USB microphone stuck at 192000

... Cannot lock down 82280346 byte memory area (Cannot allocate memory) ... Cannot use real-time scheduling (RR/10)(1: Operation not permitted) ... Those messages are a bit of a problem. That would suggest to me your user is not in the audio group, or the limits for the audio group are not configur...
by merlyn
Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:01 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 3rd Gen or a good alternative?
Replies: 16
Views: 18123

Re: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 3rd Gen or a good alternative?

Yes, the evidence suggests a ground loop. Plugging monitors into my phone - no hissing The phone is not grounded, so there is only one path to ground -- through the monitors. There is no hissing whatsoever on the headphones, just the monitors. And this tells you it's not the interface or bus power. ...
by merlyn
Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:51 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 3rd Gen or a good alternative?
Replies: 16
Views: 18123

Re: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 3rd Gen or a good alternative?

That could be a ground loop. Using the laptop on its battery would take ground out of the equation. Even a laptop plugged into its power pack doesn't always have a good path to ground. Macs don't for example. A ground loop happens when there are two or more paths to ground. In your case one path to ...
by merlyn
Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:21 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 3rd Gen or a good alternative?
Replies: 16
Views: 18123

Re: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 3rd Gen or a good alternative?

Now I have the good old 2i2 2nd gen, but it's causing hiss in my studio monitors and I've narrowed down the cause to USB bus power. How did you narrow it down? I don't see how an independent power supply would make any difference. When you say 'hiss' do you mean white noise? Or is it more of a 'hum...
by merlyn
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:01 am
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Motu M4 Linux compatible?
Replies: 18
Views: 18134

Re: Motu M4 Linux compatible?

hapibeli wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:51 pm BTW, though my current Behringer UMC404Hd does work with Linux, the unit isn't up to snuff, and has caused a certain measure of difficulties due to its quality, so it is being returned.
What was the problem with the Behringer?
by merlyn
Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:19 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Introducing the New RME Fireface UCX II
Replies: 22
Views: 35366

Re: Introducing the New RME Fireface UCX II

Totalmix FX is therefore needed because actually all the actions are controlled through it. With the HDSP 9632 control of the functionality of the card, like whether SPDIF is optical or coaxial, is done through another app -- hdspconf . It's a simple app with radio buttons for features like sync, s...
by merlyn
Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:11 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Introducing the New RME Fireface UCX II
Replies: 22
Views: 35366

Re: Introducing the New RME Fireface UCX II

So they don't want to show the reason for that to their competitors by means of the required opensource kernel module. Does that argument hang together? They could produce a proprietary kernel module, like Nvidia do if I understand correctly. On the RME forum the response from the CEO Matthias Cars...
by merlyn
Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:01 pm
Forum: System Tuning and Configuration
Topic: advice for nvidia card sufferer
Replies: 17
Views: 13970

Re: advice for nvidia card sufferer

The display resolution is all wrong, but usable enough for testing and writing pleas for help. Have you established that this only happens with the RT kernel? Does Nvidia proprietary drivers + low latency kernel result in the correct resolution? I had an Nvidia card and I remember that after instal...
by merlyn
Tue Jul 13, 2021 11:56 am
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: Transcribing/Rhythm course or software
Replies: 8
Views: 10655

Re: Transcribing/Rhythm course or software

I tried teoria and found it good. At first I wondered why the developer had chosen the sound he had, then I realised it needs to be a sustained sound so that you can hear rests. Syncopation is an option. Before you get to that though I would aim for 100% on the simpler exercises, then move on. I hav...
by merlyn
Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:35 am
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: Transcribing/Rhythm course or software
Replies: 8
Views: 10655

Re: Transcribing/Rhythm course or software

I searched 'rhythmic dictation' and came up with this : https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/rd4.php I haven't tried it but it looks like the sort of thing you're after. What is it you're finding difficult writing down? I would guess it's syncopation. Syncopated 16th notes can be challenging to write...
by merlyn
Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:54 pm
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: Libre Music Challenge #11 : Happy Birthday Edition !
Replies: 43
Views: 31773

Re: Libre Music Challenge #11 : Happy Birthday Edition !

Thanks guys. It's great that you liked my submission and I appreciate the positive feedback. I didn't use the dog toy sample though, so I'm not due the 15% bonus. Taking this into account MyLoFy came first and I came second, which is fine with me as your kind comments are what I appreciate. We all w...
by merlyn
Tue Jul 06, 2021 3:41 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: chord showcasing swiss-knife songs?
Replies: 26
Views: 25726

Re: chord showcasing swiss-knife songs?

I'm glad to hear that you've recovered from the surgery you had. If I remember correctly you were puzzled by the viidim chord. You've noticed that there are few (no) songs that use it. This might help, but if it confuses things further, ignore it and come back to it later : It's called functional ha...
by merlyn
Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:05 pm
Forum: Backstage
Topic: LNXMuSCNS video meetings on Saturday / 6pm GMT / 8pm CEST / 14.00 EDT
Replies: 188
Views: 2404586

Re: LNXMuSCNS video meetings on Saturday / 6pm GMT / 8pm CEST / 14.00 EDT

One thing that came up was that I thought there was a bug in Ardour 6.7. I left Ardour open overnight and in the morning the DSP load was 100%, there were tons of xruns reported, and my computer locked up. This has been fixed in Ardour 6.8. In the release notes there is a mention of a memory leak be...