No sound at all

[Mister Mixter]

Hello all,

I'm using Mixbus for the first time, but I get no sound, neither from audio or midi tracks, although their meters and also the master meter show signal. Can you help me?

Cheers

[jabney]

Hello all,

I'm using Mixbus for the first time, but I get no sound, neither from audio or midi tracks, although their meters and also the master meter show signal. Can you help me?

Cheers

What Operating System are you running? What is the name/type of your sound card?

[Mister Mixter]

I'm running AV Linux, and the name of my soundcard is M Audiophile 24/96. Apart from Mixbus there is sound okay.

[jabney]

Are you starting-up an instance of JACK (on the right side of the left group on the strip)? Once you get JACK running, you may want to run your M Audiophile mixer (Soundcard Utilities).

[Mister Mixter]

Oh yes, I forgot to start JACK first. Now I've closed Mixbus, started Qjackctl, and then restarted Mixbus, but still there's no sound. In the M Audiophile mixer I had already turned up the "Analog volume" sliders. I get sound okay with the DAW Ardour.

[jabney]

Besides re-booting, maybe toggle the Outs (change Out1: Out1/Out2 to Out1: Out3/Out4 then back to Out1: Out1/Out2) if possible. Good luck.

[madmaxmiller]

Oh yes, I forgot to start JACK first. Now I've closed Mixbus, started Qjackctl, and then restarted Mixbus, but still there's no sound. In the M Audiophile mixer I had already turned up the "Analog volume" sliders. I get sound okay with the DAW Ardour.

In qjackctl - check if the Mixbus Master out is connected to your system. Or in Mixbus click on the bottom of the master section to see what it is connected to. Third possibility: do you use the monitor section? In this case the connection has to be master -> monitor -> out 1+2.

HTH MMM

[Frank]

You are on AVL good

start Carla

she shows all connection made

or Patchage

or Catia

They autmagically show all connections made between all devices :


I had yesterday something similar
No sound on a hp laptop running ubuntu studio
looks for hours : turned out the laptop has a multimedia keyboard with a mute kay, one cannot see the status in software

regards

[Mister Mixter]

Thanks for your replies.

#6
I have re-booted but it makes no difference. Can you telle me where I switch between Out1/Out2 and Out3/Out4 ?

#7
Here are some pics from qjackctl:

https://imgur.com/a/2WPdw

https://imgur.com/a/zDnor

and from the outputs:

https://imgur.com/a/xSUYa

https://imgur.com/a/oFCTK

https://imgur.com/a/YsKhf

https://imgur.com/a/Qz8XH

By monitor section you mean the top of the strips? Here at the top of the master strip I can toggle between "EQ, comp, fader" and "VCA, Out, Comments". At "Out" it says "1/2", and I can choose between "Disconnect", "Out: 1+2" and "Routing Grid".

#8
I quit Mixbus and Qjackctl, then re-started Mixbus after starting Carla, but I see no connections in Carla, and then suddenly the Carla window disappears. I started it again but soon after it disappeared again. I don't have Patchage or Catia, but will they be much different from Qjackctl and Carla?

https://imgur.com/a/G2vWp

About your laptop, I would have slammed that bloody mute key with a hammer lol

[madmaxmiller]

Here are some pics from qjackctl:

Would have been great if you had expanded the connections on the right hand side, too, that's the interesting part.

and from the outputs:

Seems to be what I thought: you have only 2 outputs while you are talking about 3+4 as well... so I assume you have the onboard sound here and you should be able to hear something when you connect your monitors to the onboard sound.

then re-started Mixbus after starting Carla,

Forget Carla for now, like all women she's way too complex for a beginner to get his head around. Hang out with Jack's qjackctl
Stop Jack --> go to Setup --> Advanced --> Output device / Input device (on the right hand side) --> choose your correct card, start Jack and you should be done. Jack will remember these settings for the next sessions.

Cheers,
MMM