Sound Problems after installing MuseScore
by Phil_J from LinuxQuestions.org on (#52M6X)
Hi all
I've been using a music producing app for about 6 years. I used it successfully before I binned Windows and, most of the time, it has worked on Ubuntu (19.10). However, I've just updated the software to it's latest version and I'm having sound problems. The sound is very crackly. I put the line "aplay -L" into the terminal, expecting to get a list of sound devices, and got 4 pages. There is a total of 47 entries if I've counted them correctly. I've only got 2 soundcards. There is an onboard NVidia card and a PCI Soundblaster Audigy card. The NVidia has about 16 entries, then there is my ASB webcam, and then the rest of the entries are the SB Audigy. My question is, should there be that many? If the NVidia onboard sound card is disabled why is it there and why does it keep appearing as a choice of sound cards?
Is there any way I can 'clean' and, maybe, 'streamline' my system, or is it OK, and, if it is OK, why the awful crackling noises. I'm pretty sure I'm using the correct driver for the SB sound card.
Be gentle with me, though, I'm not too Jargon friendly.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Phil J.
I've been using a music producing app for about 6 years. I used it successfully before I binned Windows and, most of the time, it has worked on Ubuntu (19.10). However, I've just updated the software to it's latest version and I'm having sound problems. The sound is very crackly. I put the line "aplay -L" into the terminal, expecting to get a list of sound devices, and got 4 pages. There is a total of 47 entries if I've counted them correctly. I've only got 2 soundcards. There is an onboard NVidia card and a PCI Soundblaster Audigy card. The NVidia has about 16 entries, then there is my ASB webcam, and then the rest of the entries are the SB Audigy. My question is, should there be that many? If the NVidia onboard sound card is disabled why is it there and why does it keep appearing as a choice of sound cards?
Is there any way I can 'clean' and, maybe, 'streamline' my system, or is it OK, and, if it is OK, why the awful crackling noises. I'm pretty sure I'm using the correct driver for the SB sound card.
Be gentle with me, though, I'm not too Jargon friendly.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Phil J.