USB sound card not recognized by alsa, is there a way to route/assign it manually?
by manueter from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5DY3X)
Hi!
Im using an HP Pavilion, Ubuntu 20.04.
uname -r
5.8.0-41-generic
Everything works fine, however my external sound card M-AUDIO M-TRACK QUAD is not recognized as a sound card.
It is connected by usb, and previously working when I had windows.
This sound card doesn't have drivers for Ubuntu, just for windows or mac.
When on terminal I enter "lsusb":
Code:Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:57c4 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HP Truevision HD
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0763:4002 M-Audio
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
It is recognized "Device 006: ID 0763:4002 M-Audio"
But when on terminal I enter "aplay -l":
Code:**** Lista de PLAYBACK dispositivos hardware ****
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], dispositivo 0: ALC3241 Analog [ALC3241 Analog]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
The device from M-Audio is not recognized by alsa as a soundcard.
I tried with many possible solutions but nothing seems to work.
I had followed the steps on this github page: https://github.com/l3ku/ubuntu-fast-track-pro
I accept any kind of ideas because I dont know what else to do.
Ive considered installing windows on another partition but I dont have a copy.
Hopefully there is a solution. Thanks for the reading!


Im using an HP Pavilion, Ubuntu 20.04.
uname -r
5.8.0-41-generic
Everything works fine, however my external sound card M-AUDIO M-TRACK QUAD is not recognized as a sound card.
It is connected by usb, and previously working when I had windows.
This sound card doesn't have drivers for Ubuntu, just for windows or mac.
When on terminal I enter "lsusb":
Code:Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:57c4 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HP Truevision HD
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0763:4002 M-Audio
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
It is recognized "Device 006: ID 0763:4002 M-Audio"
But when on terminal I enter "aplay -l":
Code:**** Lista de PLAYBACK dispositivos hardware ****
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], dispositivo 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
tarjeta 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], dispositivo 0: ALC3241 Analog [ALC3241 Analog]
Subdispositivos: 1/1
Subdispositivo #0: subdevice #0
The device from M-Audio is not recognized by alsa as a soundcard.
I tried with many possible solutions but nothing seems to work.
I had followed the steps on this github page: https://github.com/l3ku/ubuntu-fast-track-pro
I accept any kind of ideas because I dont know what else to do.
Ive considered installing windows on another partition but I dont have a copy.
Hopefully there is a solution. Thanks for the reading!