[LAU] Audigy soundcard silent after upgrade to Ubuntu Studio

[frank pirrone]

David Morrell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried Frank's suggestion re muting / un-muting the Audigy Digital 
> Output in alsamixer. It started muted before toggling.
>
> I still could not play any audio, but there was a slight pop when I 
> toggled it. It sounded like an amplifier turning on. When I turned the 
> speaker amp gain flat out, I could just hear a bit of pinkish noise from 
> the amp. Toggled the other way, silence.
>
> I'll try Patrick's suggestion i.e. post to the developer list.
>
> I've also found the ALSA Project page for the relevant driver at 
> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-emu10k1. It 
> leads one through installing ALSA and drivers from source. I have 
> nothing to lose, so I guess I'll give that a try if I can't get anything 
> back from the developer list. I don't want to mess up the system yet, 
> though, in case someone wants debugging information.
>
> Thanks for your help. Anyone else got ideas?
>
>   
David,

I assume you looked over all the other channels in the alsamixer for the 
Audigy - it's a complex soundcard, and checked not only the master but 
also the gain settings for the sound sources you were trying.

Frank