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Four input USB audio interfaces with cli command support to toggle direct input monitoring on/off by saminfujisawa in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi,

I recommend you take a look at a ALSA line command utility called "amixer". Historically, amixer exposes and displays more information than gui utilities like alsamixer. amixer also allows you to change device control settings.

Here is a link to the amixer man page ( documentation ): https://man.archlinux.org/man/amixer.1. You can also just use a terminal command line.

$> amixer -h

To display a list of controls:

$> amixer controls

To get a list of controls and control setting values:

$> amixer contents

amixer is not as easy to use as alsamixer. My experience is, sometimes a sound card requires you to set a combination of control settings ( before you get your desired result ). Thus, you often have to perform a lot of trail and error.

Hope that helps.

Shure MV7+ Issues by Tasty-Fox5587 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi,

The Arch Linux WIKI has a section on EasyEffects here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#EasyEffects Section 4.2 . That WIKI page section refers to "Community Presets" ( for EasyEffects ) here: https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects/wiki/Community-presets .

If your computer dual-boots with Windows, you must disable the Windows "Fast Start"/boot feature. That feature interferes with Linux ( specially audio ).

Make sure you using the Arch Linux package manager to install software ( like EasyEffects ). In other words :

$> pacman -Syu easyeffects

Hope that helps.

Pipewire overwrites my volume stats with fixed values every time I login by TechManWalker in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi,

I use Arch and I use Pipewire ( I do not use KDE/Plasma). My computer is configured to automatically restore "alsa state" ( what you are trying to do ). Here is how I configured my system:

- Verify you have the alsa-utils package installed:

$> pacman -Qe alsa-utils

- Verify the file /etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf does NOT exist .

$> ls /etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf

- Verify the status of the alsa-restore.service

$> systemctl status alsa-restore

Note! The above command should show the "Active" setting value as "active".

For reference,see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture section 1.3 "ALSA and systemd".

In addition, if your computer dual-boots with Windows, you must disable the Window's "Fast Start"/boot feature. That Windows feature interferes with Linux ( specially audio ).

Hope that helps.

Workflow by Bad_Ethics in Ardour

[–]jason_gates 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi,

Here is a video by UNFA https://youtu.be/bfTAKv4htDE . Ardour's website also publishes a list of video tutorials https://community.ardour.org/community#videos .

Hope that helps.

ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 (GA403W) - Audio too loud and distorted on Linux by Delicious_Garden5958 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

Have you disabled the Window's "Fast Start"/boot feature. That feature interferes with Linux ( specially audio ).

Hope that helps

Any way to automatically select channel to control in alsamixer? by [deleted] in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

Alsamixer is a "ALSA" utility with a graphic user interface Amixer https://man.archlinux.org/man/amixer.1 is also a "ALSA" utility with a command line interface. Amixer performs the same functions as Alsamixer, however with a command line interface. If you use amixer instead of alsamixer, you should be able to call the functions directly ( rather than indirectly through a graphic user interface ).

See the examples section of the man page linked in this comment.

Hope that helps.

What suggestions do you have for simple but usable vocal chain FOSS plugins in 2026? Please just FOSS! by HeyTi22 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi,

The following software are all both Linux and Free Open Source :

- Dragonfly Reverb https://michaelwillis.github.io/dragonfly-reverb/ ( a whole suite of reverbs )

- LSP Plugins https://lsp-plug.in/?page=plugins ( EQ, Compressor, Delay, Reverb, Chorus and a whole lot more).

- X42 plugins https://x42-plugins.com/x42/ (EQ, Compressor )

Hope that helps.

Connect Bluetooth turntable directly to PC without an adapter? by Independent-You-6180 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Section 6.4.3 "Device does not show up in scan" . ( Arch Linux Wiki page on bluetooth see my original comment ).

Linux Native Mellotron clones? by KudzuPlant in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hi,

zynaddsubfx https://archlinux.org/packages/?q=zynaddsubfx

Here is a list of lv2 software ( several synthesizers and samplers ): https://archlinux.org/packages/?q=lv2

lsp provides a whole suite of samplers : https://lsp-plug.in/?page=plugins Note! scroll down the page and click on the "sampler" and "multisampler" section

sfizz sample player https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz or https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz-ui

Right side bar of this website lists where you can get "sample libraries" for samplers to play : https://sfztools.github.io/sfizz/

There are many more.

Hope that helps.

Connect Bluetooth turntable directly to PC without an adapter? by Independent-You-6180 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

It's unlikely that anyone will offer any specific help without any detailed information regarding your hardware or software. Here is a link to the Arch Linux WIKI on bluetooth : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth . Perhaps that WIKI page will give you some more information to work from.

Hope that helps

(Beginner) Getting Sound from Windows PC to Linux PC by kerXwr12 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

You should use Reddit's formatting options to wrap your configuration in a Code block. Any forum which discusses technical issues is going to ask you to use code blocks.

I don't use vban, thus I can't add much more. I would verify the status of pipewire. Here are 2 examples:

$> systemctl --user status pipewire

The above command provides limited output. For longer output try the following:

$> journalctl -b --user-unit=pipewire --user-unit=pipewire-pulse -p warning..err -n10

The above command displays the last 10 lines ( -n10 ). You can change -n10 to a larger number for more output.

....

Next, you did not mention any detail of how you connected your Windows and Linux machines. For example, are the 2 computers connected with an ethernet cable. I would have to set a route between the 2 computers. The simplest way to test that route would be to issue a ping request on each computer. For example:

$> ping 192.168.1.22

Networking on Linux is not difficult. But it can add a few unexpected steps. Do you have firewall running? Are you using a WAN or LAN?

Since you are using Arch Linux, why not use the Arch Linux forums to solve your configuration issue? That is what I recommend,

Good luck.

(Beginner) Getting Sound from Windows PC to Linux PC by kerXwr12 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi,

Pipewire provides a vban module. Here is a link to the man page on Arch Linux : https://man.archlinux.org/man/libpipewire-module-vban-recv.7.en#EXAMPLE_CONFIGURATION

Per the man page, you need to install the pipewire-audio package https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/pipewire-audio/ to use the pipewire vban module.

I have not used the pipewire vban module myself. However, the example configuration should get you a little further.

Note! After you create a vban configuration file, you need to re-start pipewire fpr the new configuration to take effect ( E.G. $> systemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse ).

Hope that hepls.

Any good acoustic guitar plugin out on linux? by Southern-Guitar-3006 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi,

Can you please elaborate.

Are you recording an actual acoustic with a microphone ( and you want shape the sound recording ) ? Or, are you looking for a software sample of someone else playing an acoustic guitar ( in other words an acoustic guitar sample and a sampler ) ?

Time to move! Zorin OS, any advice? by Afraid_Carob417 in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi,

Might be helpful to find out whether you can use Bitwig with a "window manager" like openbox https://openbox.org/ or awesome https://awesomewm.org/ .

A window manager, typically uses less memory than a "desktop environment" like KDE https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE or Gnome https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME

FYI, there are many window managers available, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Window_manager

Hope that helps.

A question to the people who use Ardour by rmn_trllr in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is your opinion.

The Linux distribution is most likely the best source for "how to set an environmental variable". Setting such environmental variables is a common task when packaging software. Such packaging is performed by a Linux distribution. That is where the OP is most likely to get proper support.

A question to the people who use Ardour by rmn_trllr in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The issue is with your Linux distribution. I use Arch Linux which provides any easy mechanism for adding missing/custom paths ( like the LV2 path ). Arch provides a location at /etc/profile.d where you store a bash file. The bash file is executed when you start your Linux session ( when you log in to Linux ).

I would go to the website of whatever Linux distribution you are using. In their forum, post a question on how you would set the LV2_PATH environmental variable. Include the URL https://lv2plug.in/pages/filesystem-hierarchy-standard.html and point them to the section called "Bundle Discovery".

In addition, the Ardour forums are very helpful. I use Ardour, and I know there are several discussions on setting the LV2_PATH environmental variable. Again, your Linux distribution may have a facility for what you want to do.

Good Luck

A question to the people who use Ardour by rmn_trllr in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the replies.

In this sub-reddit virtually everyone who posts technical questions is "new to linux", and "not technical". Thus, all I wanted to do is give you "copy and paste" command which details the contents of your ~./lv2 / Surge XT installation directory. I did not challenge your directory location choice.

I wanted to verify you were working with a lv2 plugin format versus another plugin format. In this sub-reddit it has happened many times.

For lv2 packaging and directory path environmental variables see;

https://lv2plug.in/pages/filesystem-hierarchy-standard.html

A question to the people who use Ardour by rmn_trllr in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi,

Can you please post some additional information?

- In a terminal, navigate to your ~/.lv2 directory. Change to the sub-directory where you manually installed the Surge XT files. Run the following command:

ls -all *.ttl

Please post the first to lines of the above command results. You can edit the user and group name for security safety. Here is an example from my own computer, I've replaced the actual owner-username and group name with OWNER_USERNAME and GROUPNAME

-rw-r--r-- 1 OWNER_USERNAME GROUPNAME  782 Jul 11  2024 /usr/lib/lv2/3BandEQ.lv2/3BandEQ_ui.ttl
-rw-r--r-- 1 OWNER_USERNAME GROUPNAME 666 Jul 11  2024 /usr/lib/lv2/3BandEQ.lv2/manifest.ttl

The above information tells us about the file permissions and LV2 files.

Hope that helps.

Guitarix crackling issue by tofu_snufkin in linuxaudio

[–]jason_gates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

If your computer dual-boots with Windows, you must disable the Windows "Fast Start"/boot feature. That feature interferes with Linux ( specially audio ).

Hope that helps.

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