ESI U22XT and DAW no sound

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majoballs
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ESI U22XT and DAW no sound

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[Hello.
I recently acquired an ESI U22XT USB interface. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble configuring it correctly on my system. While system sound and multimedia work properly and flawlessly through this card, I have a problem with DAW programs (Reaper, Ardor, etc.).

For example, Reaper does not report any errors, you can freely set ALSA, hw:USB, unfortunately only input works and there is no sound in headphones connected to the interface (I don't have speakers).

Ardor, on the other hand, is more talkative and capricious. When trying to run on a USB card, it displays the following message:

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The audio/MIDI engine has stopped running unexpectedly.
Something is probably wrong with your audio/MIDI device settings.

Once closed, the program also closes.

An attempt to start the JACK server also fails. When trying to run from hw:USB, it throws this message and does not start.

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19:47:04.935 Statistics reset.
19:47:04.941 ALSA connection change.
19:47:04.961 JACK is starting...
19:47:04.961 /usr/bin/jackd -dalsa -dhw:USB -r48000 -p128 -n3
Cannot connect to server socket err = Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
Cannot connect to server socket err = Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
19:47:04.971 ALSA connection graph change.
19:47:04.977 JACK was started with PID=3358.
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
no message buffer overruns
no message buffer overruns
no message buffer overruns
jackdmp 1.9.21
Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
Copyright 2004-2016 Grame.
Copyright 2016-2022 Filipe Coelho.
jackdmp comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10
self-connect-mode is "Don't restrict self connect requests"
audio_reservation_init
Acquire audio card Audio3
creating alsa driver ... hw:USB|hw:USB|128|3|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
configuring for 48000Hz, period = 128 frames (2.7 ms), buffer = 3 periods
ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 24bit little-endian in 3bytes format
ALSA: use 3 periods for capture
ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 24bit little-endian in 3bytes format
ALSA: use 3 periods for playback
ALSA: could not start playback (Broken pipe)
Cannot start driver
JackServer::Start() failed with -1
Failed to start server
Released audio card Audio3
audio_reservation_finish
19:47:05.138 JACK was stopped
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
19:47:07.181 Could not connect to JACK server as client. - Overall operation failed. - Unable to connect to server. Please check the messages window for more info.
Cannot connect to server socket err = Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2

My system

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System operacyjny: Debian GNU/Linux 12
Wersja Plazmy KDE: 5.27.5
Wersja Szkieletów KDE: 5.103.0
Wersja Qt: 5.15.8
Wersja jądra: 6.1.0-17-amd64 (64-bity)
Platforma graficzna: X11
Procesory: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Pamięć: 7,7 GiB RAM-u
Procesor graficzny: AMD CAICOS
Wytwórca: Dell Inc.
Nazwa produktu: OptiPlex 390
Wersja systemu: 01

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I also noticed this message when starting the computer:

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majoballs@Optiplex390:~$ sudo dmesg
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[    2.157177] hid-generic 0003:2573:0005.0002: No inputs registered, leaving
[    2.157238] hid-generic 0003:2573:0005.0002: hidraw1: USB HID v1.00 Device [ESI Audiotechnik GmbH U22 XT USB] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.4/input0
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Re: ESI U22XT and DAW no sound

Post by icdopping »

Hi majoballs,
Did you check JACK Configuration? Ensure that the server is configured correctly.

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Re: ESI U22XT and DAW no sound

Post by autostatic »

Found this: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/trying ... ed/60990/3
Maybe it also applies to your situation?

And could you post the output of cat /proc/asound/cards and lsusb with the device attached?

majoballs
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Re: ESI U22XT and DAW no sound

Post by majoballs »

That's not it, I changed my computer and everything works. Apparently the old PC can't handle everything properly anymore.

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