[LAU] PulseAudio and Alsa

[Stephen Doonan]

Cory K. wrote:
> Stephen Doonan wrote:
>> Audacity uses PortAudio, not PulseAudio, right? Two different things, 
>> which only adds to the confusion (in my mind). :-)
> 
> I think it depends on your distro or how you've compiled it. In Ubuntu,
> it uses the PulseAudio output by default.
> -Cory K.


But Audacity uses PortAudio for input (right?) and that is where 
PulseAudio was causing problems. Disabling PulseAudio in Ubuntu, in both 
System-->Preferences-->Sound and System-->Preferences-->Sessions, solved 
the problems I was having.

-Steve