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Old 02-22-2021, 02:34 AM   #1
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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.
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Old 02-22-2021, 10:31 AM   #2
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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/
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Good luck

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Old 02-22-2021, 10:44 AM   #3
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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.
 
Old 02-22-2021, 11:53 AM   #4
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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
Quote:
> sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 https://brave-browser-apt-beta.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Ign:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyana InRelease
Hit:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyana Release
Hit:4 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [101 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main i386 Packages [428 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages [815 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages [745 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe i386 Packages [553 kB]
Fetched 2,755 kB in 3s (799 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rokytnji View Post
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/
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Good luck
 
Old 02-22-2021, 02:06 PM   #5
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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.
 
Old 02-22-2021, 06:36 PM   #6
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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.
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.
 
Old 02-22-2021, 07:14 PM   #7
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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.
 
Old 02-22-2021, 08:48 PM   #8
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You might take a look at jack for rerouting audio.
 
Old 02-23-2021, 09:11 PM   #9
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You might take a look at jack for rerouting audio.
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.
 
Old 02-23-2021, 09:58 PM   #10
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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.
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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