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02-22-2021, 02:34 AM
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Can't hear microphone through speakers but level indicator show it is active
Running Linux Mint 20
With a microphone or guitar plugged into my audio input I hear nothing from the speakers.
The input level indicator in the sound settings is responsive but I get nothing in the speakers.
I'm assuming this is a default setting somewhere to prevent feedback but that's just a guess. Either way I can't find any settings to make it work.
Any advice or suggestions is welcome.
Thanks to all.
Cheers,
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02-22-2021, 10:31 AM
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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Waaaaay out West Texas
Distribution: antiX 23, MX 23
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Is there a hotkey for sound . You are going to have to google search for that since you did not give laptop specs in your thread.
Operating system specs. Pulse audio or alsa settings.
Sorry I am bombarding you with questions, not solutions. But online support is tough.
https://linuxhint.com/troubleshoot_l...t_20_no_sound/
Shotgun Link
Good luck
Last edited by rokytnji; 02-22-2021 at 10:33 AM.
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02-22-2021, 10:44 AM
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Registered: Jul 2020
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Default audio profile doesn't allow microphone sound in the speakers, you have to select a different profile for that. On KDE open system settings, go to 'hardware-multimedia-audio volume' and change profile to the one that has '+analogue stereo input' in its name. In other desktop environments it should be something similar and if it fails, there is always pactl.
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02-22-2021, 11:53 AM
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No problem with questions. It's a desktop, not a laptop but not sure if that matters. Don't know of a sound hotkey.
Tried every configuration available in the sound settings and the pulse audio control. None worked and some of the settings broke sound completely.
Quote:
> lspci -v | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: PNY GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller
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Thanks,
Quote:
Originally Posted by rokytnji
Is there a hotkey for sound . You are going to have to google search for that since you did not give laptop specs in your thread.
Operating system specs. Pulse audio or alsa settings.
Sorry I am bombarding you with questions, not solutions. But online support is tough.
https://linuxhint.com/troubleshoot_l...t_20_no_sound/
Shotgun Link
Good luck
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02-22-2021, 02:06 PM
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Registered: Aug 2016
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What @lvm_ said.
Unless you intend to listen to feedback you have to be very careful about having both the mic and speakers active at the same time. For this reason, by default, most systems prevent that.
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02-22-2021, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by computersavvy
What @lvm_ said.
Unless you intend to listen to feedback you have to be very careful about having both the mic and speakers active at the same time. For this reason, by default, most systems prevent that.
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Is there a way to change the default? And even with headphones there is nothing audible.
Last edited by sharky; 02-22-2021 at 06:54 PM.
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02-22-2021, 07:14 PM
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It works in a tool call rakarrack. rakarrack is a software that provides signal modification (special FX) for guitar - reverb, drive, echo, etc.
I randomly decided to see what would happen if I started and it works. Nothing else seems to work but that one tool somehow figured it out.
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02-22-2021, 08:48 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,777
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You might take a look at jack for rerouting audio.
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02-23-2021, 09:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frankbell
You might take a look at jack for rerouting audio.
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I've used rack and no connections I make will do the trick.
The rakarrack software that I mentioned earlier shows rack connections in it's preferences. I duplicate those connections with rakarrack and there is nothing. It's bizarre.
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02-23-2021, 09:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sharky
I've used rack and no connections I make will do the trick.
The rakarrack software that I mentioned earlier shows rack connections in it's preferences. I duplicate those connections with rakarrack and there is nothing. It's bizarre.
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I lied. But not intentionally. Finally got things working with jack.
Not sure what I did differently and I'm still not sure I understand things but it's working now.
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