Record audio with jack
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I'm trying to record sound from my piano which only has 'headphones' audio output (as well as loudspeakers), so there is no USB for things like MIDI. Thus I connect the piano to my computer using a double jack cable.
I tried to record with Audacity, but I'm not able to get any sound to my computer through the jack cable : at first I only had pulse (and default) as input sources.
I installed pulseaudio-module-jack but that didn't help. Then I installed Ardour5 (that doesn't work at all, but that's not the point of this question) which automatically installed qjackctl, but the only way I found to launch JACK was to change the default configuration : I had to change the Input and Output devices from (default) to hw:PCH.
So now I can select JACK Audio Connection Kit instead of ALSA in Audacity, but the input sources either are system, which gives nothing else than the built-in microphone output, or PulseAudio JACK Sink, which doesn't work at all (Audacity only shows a flat line).
Is there something wrong with how I configured qjackctl ? Or is there any other tool to record audio from the jack ?
Notes :
- I tried this, but without success ;
- I'm talking here about inputs shown in Audacity, but I checked the Input section under Settings > Sound, as well as PulseAudio Volume Control, there were no other sources.
sound pulseaudio audio-jack
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I'm trying to record sound from my piano which only has 'headphones' audio output (as well as loudspeakers), so there is no USB for things like MIDI. Thus I connect the piano to my computer using a double jack cable.
I tried to record with Audacity, but I'm not able to get any sound to my computer through the jack cable : at first I only had pulse (and default) as input sources.
I installed pulseaudio-module-jack but that didn't help. Then I installed Ardour5 (that doesn't work at all, but that's not the point of this question) which automatically installed qjackctl, but the only way I found to launch JACK was to change the default configuration : I had to change the Input and Output devices from (default) to hw:PCH.
So now I can select JACK Audio Connection Kit instead of ALSA in Audacity, but the input sources either are system, which gives nothing else than the built-in microphone output, or PulseAudio JACK Sink, which doesn't work at all (Audacity only shows a flat line).
Is there something wrong with how I configured qjackctl ? Or is there any other tool to record audio from the jack ?
Notes :
- I tried this, but without success ;
- I'm talking here about inputs shown in Audacity, but I checked the Input section under Settings > Sound, as well as PulseAudio Volume Control, there were no other sources.
sound pulseaudio audio-jack
asked Mar 18 at 16:22
N. Cornet
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To be honest, if you are doing recording, it is best to use a specialized distro. I use kxstudio - kxstudio.linuxaudio.org . you can try ubuntu studio as an alternate. Audacity never worked well for what you are doing, use Ardour
– Panther
Mar 18 at 16:29
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Does your laptop have a dedicated "Microphone" connector ? - you need to go from piano to that, as simply connecting two heaphone outputs won't work. If your laptop doesn't have a microphone input, you'll need to get a TRRS adapter like this one (mono only, may give bad sound quality), or a USB sound card (better).
– JonasCz
Mar 18 at 16:35
@Panther I'll try a specific distro, thanks for the advice. It might be that Audacity isn't the best thing to do that, but it's not the issue here (I updated the question explaining that I checked the Input sources in the Settings as well)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:43
@JonasCz My laptop has a combined microphone/headphones jack (female) connector. (There is a logo of both headphones and microphone under the connector, and when I connect a headset with microphone, the headset microphone works)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:48
After my experience with audio recording I would not try to debug or tune a standard Ubuntu install for what you are doing. The AV specific distros have all the tuning out of the box, including jack so kxstudio may solve your problem .
– Panther
Mar 18 at 17:07
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I'm trying to record sound from my piano which only has 'headphones' audio output (as well as loudspeakers), so there is no USB for things like MIDI. Thus I connect the piano to my computer using a double jack cable.
I tried to record with Audacity, but I'm not able to get any sound to my computer through the jack cable : at first I only had pulse (and default) as input sources.
I installed pulseaudio-module-jack but that didn't help. Then I installed Ardour5 (that doesn't work at all, but that's not the point of this question) which automatically installed qjackctl, but the only way I found to launch JACK was to change the default configuration : I had to change the Input and Output devices from (default) to hw:PCH.
So now I can select JACK Audio Connection Kit instead of ALSA in Audacity, but the input sources either are system, which gives nothing else than the built-in microphone output, or PulseAudio JACK Sink, which doesn't work at all (Audacity only shows a flat line).
Is there something wrong with how I configured qjackctl ? Or is there any other tool to record audio from the jack ?
Notes :
- I tried this, but without success ;
- I'm talking here about inputs shown in Audacity, but I checked the Input section under Settings > Sound, as well as PulseAudio Volume Control, there were no other sources.
sound pulseaudio audio-jack
asked Mar 18 at 16:22
N. Cornet
162214
I'm trying to record sound from my piano which only has 'headphones' audio output (as well as loudspeakers), so there is no USB for things like MIDI. Thus I connect the piano to my computer using a double jack cable.
I tried to record with Audacity, but I'm not able to get any sound to my computer through the jack cable : at first I only had pulse (and default) as input sources.
I installed pulseaudio-module-jack but that didn't help. Then I installed Ardour5 (that doesn't work at all, but that's not the point of this question) which automatically installed qjackctl, but the only way I found to launch JACK was to change the default configuration : I had to change the Input and Output devices from (default) to hw:PCH.
So now I can select JACK Audio Connection Kit instead of ALSA in Audacity, but the input sources either are system, which gives nothing else than the built-in microphone output, or PulseAudio JACK Sink, which doesn't work at all (Audacity only shows a flat line).
Is there something wrong with how I configured qjackctl ? Or is there any other tool to record audio from the jack ?
Notes :
- I tried this, but without success ;
- I'm talking here about inputs shown in Audacity, but I checked the Input section under Settings > Sound, as well as PulseAudio Volume Control, there were no other sources.
sound pulseaudio audio-jack
sound pulseaudio audio-jack
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asked Mar 18 at 16:22
N. Cornet
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edited Mar 18 at 16:40
asked Mar 18 at 16:22
N. Cornet
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asked Mar 18 at 16:22
N. Cornet
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asked Mar 18 at 16:22
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To be honest, if you are doing recording, it is best to use a specialized distro. I use kxstudio - kxstudio.linuxaudio.org . you can try ubuntu studio as an alternate. Audacity never worked well for what you are doing, use Ardour
– Panther
Mar 18 at 16:29
1
Does your laptop have a dedicated "Microphone" connector ? - you need to go from piano to that, as simply connecting two heaphone outputs won't work. If your laptop doesn't have a microphone input, you'll need to get a TRRS adapter like this one (mono only, may give bad sound quality), or a USB sound card (better).
– JonasCz
Mar 18 at 16:35
@Panther I'll try a specific distro, thanks for the advice. It might be that Audacity isn't the best thing to do that, but it's not the issue here (I updated the question explaining that I checked the Input sources in the Settings as well)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:43
@JonasCz My laptop has a combined microphone/headphones jack (female) connector. (There is a logo of both headphones and microphone under the connector, and when I connect a headset with microphone, the headset microphone works)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:48
After my experience with audio recording I would not try to debug or tune a standard Ubuntu install for what you are doing. The AV specific distros have all the tuning out of the box, including jack so kxstudio may solve your problem .
– Panther
Mar 18 at 17:07
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show 2 more comments
To be honest, if you are doing recording, it is best to use a specialized distro. I use kxstudio - kxstudio.linuxaudio.org . you can try ubuntu studio as an alternate. Audacity never worked well for what you are doing, use Ardour
– Panther
Mar 18 at 16:29
1
Does your laptop have a dedicated "Microphone" connector ? - you need to go from piano to that, as simply connecting two heaphone outputs won't work. If your laptop doesn't have a microphone input, you'll need to get a TRRS adapter like this one (mono only, may give bad sound quality), or a USB sound card (better).
– JonasCz
Mar 18 at 16:35
@Panther I'll try a specific distro, thanks for the advice. It might be that Audacity isn't the best thing to do that, but it's not the issue here (I updated the question explaining that I checked the Input sources in the Settings as well)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:43
@JonasCz My laptop has a combined microphone/headphones jack (female) connector. (There is a logo of both headphones and microphone under the connector, and when I connect a headset with microphone, the headset microphone works)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:48
After my experience with audio recording I would not try to debug or tune a standard Ubuntu install for what you are doing. The AV specific distros have all the tuning out of the box, including jack so kxstudio may solve your problem .
– Panther
Mar 18 at 17:07
To be honest, if you are doing recording, it is best to use a specialized distro. I use kxstudio - kxstudio.linuxaudio.org . you can try ubuntu studio as an alternate. Audacity never worked well for what you are doing, use Ardour
– Panther
Mar 18 at 16:29
To be honest, if you are doing recording, it is best to use a specialized distro. I use kxstudio - kxstudio.linuxaudio.org . you can try ubuntu studio as an alternate. Audacity never worked well for what you are doing, use Ardour
– Panther
Mar 18 at 16:29
1
1
Does your laptop have a dedicated "Microphone" connector ? - you need to go from piano to that, as simply connecting two heaphone outputs won't work. If your laptop doesn't have a microphone input, you'll need to get a TRRS adapter like this one (mono only, may give bad sound quality), or a USB sound card (better).
– JonasCz
Mar 18 at 16:35
Does your laptop have a dedicated "Microphone" connector ? - you need to go from piano to that, as simply connecting two heaphone outputs won't work. If your laptop doesn't have a microphone input, you'll need to get a TRRS adapter like this one (mono only, may give bad sound quality), or a USB sound card (better).
– JonasCz
Mar 18 at 16:35
@Panther I'll try a specific distro, thanks for the advice. It might be that Audacity isn't the best thing to do that, but it's not the issue here (I updated the question explaining that I checked the Input sources in the Settings as well)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:43
@Panther I'll try a specific distro, thanks for the advice. It might be that Audacity isn't the best thing to do that, but it's not the issue here (I updated the question explaining that I checked the Input sources in the Settings as well)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:43
@JonasCz My laptop has a combined microphone/headphones jack (female) connector. (There is a logo of both headphones and microphone under the connector, and when I connect a headset with microphone, the headset microphone works)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:48
@JonasCz My laptop has a combined microphone/headphones jack (female) connector. (There is a logo of both headphones and microphone under the connector, and when I connect a headset with microphone, the headset microphone works)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:48
After my experience with audio recording I would not try to debug or tune a standard Ubuntu install for what you are doing. The AV specific distros have all the tuning out of the box, including jack so kxstudio may solve your problem .
– Panther
Mar 18 at 17:07
After my experience with audio recording I would not try to debug or tune a standard Ubuntu install for what you are doing. The AV specific distros have all the tuning out of the box, including jack so kxstudio may solve your problem .
– Panther
Mar 18 at 17:07
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To be honest, if you are doing recording, it is best to use a specialized distro. I use kxstudio - kxstudio.linuxaudio.org . you can try ubuntu studio as an alternate. Audacity never worked well for what you are doing, use Ardour
– Panther
Mar 18 at 16:29
1
Does your laptop have a dedicated "Microphone" connector ? - you need to go from piano to that, as simply connecting two heaphone outputs won't work. If your laptop doesn't have a microphone input, you'll need to get a TRRS adapter like this one (mono only, may give bad sound quality), or a USB sound card (better).
– JonasCz
Mar 18 at 16:35
@Panther I'll try a specific distro, thanks for the advice. It might be that Audacity isn't the best thing to do that, but it's not the issue here (I updated the question explaining that I checked the Input sources in the Settings as well)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:43
@JonasCz My laptop has a combined microphone/headphones jack (female) connector. (There is a logo of both headphones and microphone under the connector, and when I connect a headset with microphone, the headset microphone works)
– N. Cornet
Mar 18 at 16:48
After my experience with audio recording I would not try to debug or tune a standard Ubuntu install for what you are doing. The AV specific distros have all the tuning out of the box, including jack so kxstudio may solve your problem .
– Panther
Mar 18 at 17:07