Solved No more sound from interface after installing Mint, but audio signals and interface are still detected.

[BarBryzze]

Hi, noob here. As the title says. Everything looks ok. It detects my hardware, it seems to be working, but no sound is coming through.

I tried this https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=377183 but no luck.
It lead me to this https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=322259 yet also a dead end.
Installed pavucontrol and a signal is being detected going in and out, both internal and external (youtube and analog inputs). The only noise coming from my monitors or headphones is the crackling of a dusty potmeter. Onboard audio does work, I can plug my headphones in just fine into the computer, select output, done.
This is the output of my terminal now. What am I missing? I don't need jack for this to work right? The ISO is an official Linux mint distro, installation was flawless and updated immediatly. TIA.


barbryzze@PC:~$ inxi -Axxx
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
Device-4: KORG electribe2 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-10:7
chip-ID: 0944:012d class-ID: 0103
Device-5: Arturia KeyStep type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-3.2:8
chip-ID: 1c75:0288 class-ID: 0103 serial: 00000000001A
Device-6: YGTek Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-3.4:10 chip-ID: 1d6c:1278 class-ID: 0102
serial: YG_U700.2020.1224.1830
Device-7: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 8i6 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 1235:8002 class-ID: fe01 serial: 00000C22
Device-8: KORG electribe2 sampler type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 3-9:5 chip-ID: 0944:012e class-ID: 0103
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-89-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
barbryzze@PC:~$ aplay -l
** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: USB [Scarlett 8i6 USB], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: HDMI_1 [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: HDMI_1 [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: HDMI_1 [HDA ATI HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: HDMI_1 [HDA ATI HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: HDMI_1 [HDA ATI HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: HDMI_1 [HDA ATI HDMI], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
barbryzze@PC:~$ pulseaudio --kill
barbryzze@PC:~$ pulseaudio --start
barbryzze@PC:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-89-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H87M-E v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2201 date: 06/18/2015
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-4770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3125 high: 3405 min/max: 800/3900 cores: 1: 2401
2: 2400 3: 3184 4: 3401 5: 3402 6: 3405 7: 3402 8: 3405 bogomips: 54404
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0
Device-3: YGTek Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-3.4:10
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,ati,modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu,i915
resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz 3: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (polaris10 LLVM 15.0.7 DRM
3.42 5.15.0-89-generic)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Device-3: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Device-4: KORG electribe2 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-10:7
Device-5: Arturia KeyStep type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-3.2:8
Device-6: YGTek Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-3.4:10
Device-7: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 8i6 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 3-4:4
Device-8: KORG electribe2 sampler type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 3-9:5
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-89-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK H81M-C driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.26 TiB used: 43.26 GiB (1.9%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARX-00PASB0
size: 1.82 TiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BX480G4 size: 447.13 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 438.55 GiB used: 21.63 GiB (4.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 196.9 MiB used: 6 MiB (3.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 512 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 47.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 795
Info:
Processes: 302 Uptime: 25m Memory: 15.49 GiB used: 2.58 GiB (16.7%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 Packages: 2181 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.13
barbryzze@PC:~$ alsamixer
barbryzze@PC:~$ alsamixer
barbryzze@PC:~$ pacmd list-sinks
3 sink(s) available.
index: 0
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo-extra2>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9030
volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max request: 0 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 0
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1999.82 ms
card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_03.0>
module: 8
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "HDMI 2"
alsa.id = "HDMI 2"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "8"
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf7f14000 irq 35"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:03.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "0c0c"
device.product.name = "Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "hdmi:0,2"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "hdmi-stereo-extra2"
device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI 3)"
device.description = "Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI 3)"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
ports:
hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
device.product.name = "FHD-PDP"
active port: <hdmi-output-2>
* index: 1
name: <alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_00000C22-00.multichannel-output>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: RUNNING
suspend cause: (none)
priority: 9040
volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, rear-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, rear-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-center: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, lfe: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, side-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, side-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, aux0: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, aux1: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, aux2: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, aux3: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 75.03 ms
max request: 155 KiB
max rewind: 155 KiB
monitor source: 2
sample spec: s32le 12ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe,side-left,side-right,aux0,aux1,aux2,aux3
used by: 1
linked by: 1
configured latency: 75.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
card: 3 <alsa_card.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_00000C22-00>
module: 12
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "32"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "USB Audio"
alsa.id = "USB Audio"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "Scarlett 8i6 USB"
alsa.long_card_name = "Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 USB at usb-0000:00:14.0-4, high speed"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:4:1.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-4/3-4:1.0/sound/card1"
udev.id = "usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_00000C22-00"
device.bus = "usb"
device.vendor.id = "1235"
device.vendor.name = "Focusrite-Novation"
device.product.id = "8002"
device.product.name = "Scarlett 8i6"
device.serial = "Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_00000C22"
device.string = "hw:1"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "4233600"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "2116800"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "multichannel-output"
device.profile.description = "Multichannel"
device.description = "Scarlett 8i6 Multichannel"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
index: 2
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9039
volume: front-left: 30419 / 46% / -20.00 dB, front-right: 30419 / 46% / -20.00 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max request: 0 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 4
sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1837.50 ms
card: 4 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0>
module: 14
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "ALC887-VD Analog"
alsa.id = "ALC887-VD Analog"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.card = "2"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7f10000 irq 36"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card2"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "8c20"
device.product.name = "8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "front:2"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
ports:
analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:

analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
active port: <analog-output-headphones>

 

[BarBryzze]

Make that two interfaces. Only this time I could hear it playing very faint with the volume all the way up. So there's output, but for some reason I can only get a clear signal using the headphone jack of the pc. There's a line-out on the back that also doesn't work.
It does in Linux, I can see a signal coming in and going out, everything I plug in and out is detected right away, but can't hear anything. I spend two days trying to get it working, I hope someone knows what I'm talking about and can point me in the right direction. I'm now thinking it could be an issue with the audio via usb configuration, but it's weird the second onboard jack output also doesn't work...
There's an issue with my screens too, I have two monitors connected to the graphics card, one doesn't get a signal after rebooting and I have to plug the hdmi cable out and back in to get it back on. It also shows up as an audio output when I do that. I use the onboard hdmi output for my TV, which always works but doesn't show up as an audio device. If these are related then I assume it's a BIOS thing?
Please send help.

 

[osprey]

A few observations from the output:

The pipewire sound server looks to be largely installed, so it's best to keep that and displace pulseaudio.
It's not necessary to have both pipewire and pulseaudio sound servers running.
The package: pipewire-pulse, does not appear to be installed. It's best installed to replace the pulseaudio daemon.
There appears to be no wireplumber to manage the pipewire sound server, so install the package: wireplumber.

Ensure that you have at least these packages installed as well (maybe different version nos):
libpipewire-0.3-0
libpipewire-0.3-common
libpipewire-0.3-modules
pipewire-alsa
pipewire-audio
pipewire-bin
pipewire-pulse
pipewire


If you make those modifications, reboot and check the following:

systemctl --user status pipewire.service
systemctl --user status pulseaudio.service
lsof /dev/snd/*

The pipewire service should show as active, the pulseaudio not, and the /dev/snd/* devices should be controlled by pipewire and wireplumber.
Other than that, the Focusrite unit depends on the driver: snd-usb-audio, which I can't help with.

 

[BarBryzze]

I was unable to install pipewire-alsa and pipewire-audio. Package not found. No pipewire-jack either. I tried getting them installed manually via github but messed up but had to reinstall Linux, because I somehow shut down cinnamon and it was faster than figuring out how to fix my mistake. Anyway, nothing has changed, my interface still doesn't work, and only theheadphone jack on the pc works but pulse is off an pipewire is on.
Is there a gui or mixer for pipewire like puvacontrol? I'm also unable to install qpwgraph or helvum but I'd like some visual feedback of wether sound is going in or out. Cranking up the volume to 11 trying to hear something isn't a good idea just like staring down the barrel of a gun to check if it's loaded isn't a good idea.
Also, I noticed that some packages were for arch linux so maybe that's why it didn't work, but I could be wrong, I don't know what it meant. Thank you for replying!

barbryzze@barbryzze-All-Series:~$ lsof /dev/snd/*
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
pipewire 1291 barbryzze mem CHR 116,24 1065 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c
pipewire 1291 barbryzze 49u CHR 116,1 0t0 608 /dev/snd/seq
pipewire 1291 barbryzze 50u CHR 116,1 0t0 608 /dev/snd/seq
pipewire 1291 barbryzze 87u CHR 116,24 0t0 1065 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c
wireplumb 1292 barbryzze 27u CHR 116,36 0t0 1083 /dev/snd/controlC7
wireplumb 1292 barbryzze 28u CHR 116,26 0t0 1069 /dev/snd/controlC1
wireplumb 1292 barbryzze 29u CHR 116,21 0t0 805 /dev/snd/controlC3
wireplumb 1292 barbryzze 30u CHR 116,15 0t0 792 /dev/snd/controlC0
wireplumb 1292 barbryzze 31u CHR 116,22 0t0 814 /dev/snd/controlC2


barbryzze@barbryzze-All-Series:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-89-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H87M-E v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2201 date: 06/18/2015
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-4770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3366 high: 3401 min/max: 800/3900 cores: 1: 3315
2: 3395 3: 3400 4: 3307 5: 3401 6: 3401 7: 3400 8: 3316 bogomips: 54396
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0
Device-3: YGTek Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-3.4:10
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,ati,modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu,i915
resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz 3: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (polaris10 LLVM 15.0.7 DRM
3.42 5.15.0-89-generic)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Device-3: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Device-4: KORG electribe2 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-10:8
Device-5: Arturia KeyStep type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-3.2:7
Device-6: YGTek Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-3.4:10
Device-7: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 8i6 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 3-4:4
Device-8: KORG electribe2 sampler type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 3-9:6
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-89-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK H81M-C driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.26 TiB used: 12.02 GiB (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARX-00PASB0
size: 1.82 TiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BX480G4 size: 447.13 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 438.55 GiB used: 12.02 GiB (2.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 196.9 MiB used: 6 MiB (3.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 786
Info:
Processes: 283 Uptime: 9m Memory: 15.49 GiB used: 1.86 GiB (12.0%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 Packages: 2168 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.13

 

[osprey]

On looking at the available files in the release of linuxmint's "Victoria" distro here:

http://mirror.xnet.co.nz/pub/linuxmint/packages/dists/victoria/Contents-amd64.gz

pipewire does not appear, only pulseaudio. However, there are some options for pipewire mentioned here in this thread:

How do I enable multiple simultaneous audio outputs on PipeWire? - Linux Mint Forums

It's clear how this is very frustrating. I guess it's possible to simply revert totally to pulseaudio, about which I'm not well informed.

I wonder what the output of alsamixer says. Perhaps run in terminal:

alsamixer

hit the F5 key to see all controls, unmute anything that's muted, and raise all volume bars to maximum if they are not already raised. Select the default output and see if that makes any difference.

 

[BarBryzze]

Ok, I don't know how I didn't notice it before, I'm pretty sure this wasn't the case on the previous install (it likely was) but 3 master channels were muted. It works now. I'll take a snapshot before doing anything else. There's still a lot of noisebleed on the signal from the computer (popping and crackling from the cpu/gpu) I didn't have on windows, at least a lot less, but that's because there's only one electrical circuit in this room and everything is plugged into that. Anyway thanks for the tip, it worked!

 

[wizardfromoz]

Once you are satisfied it still works OK, be sure to take a Timeshift snapshot.

If you have any questions on Timeshift, ask me over at https://www.linux.org/threads/timeshift-similar-solutions-safeguard-recover-your-linux.15241/page-18

Cheers

Wizard