[LAU] Ardour session with plain ALSA, without JACK

[Len Ovens]

On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> if I chose "Audio System: JACK" I can start a new session, but if I
> chose "Audio System: ALSA", I get "Failed to open audio device".

Normally means something else already has the device, like jackd, jackdbus 
or pulse (which I don't think you have)

cd /tmp && wget http://jackaudio.org/downloads/adevices.sh && bash ./adevices.sh

Gives a really nice overview of who might own the interface you are trying 
to use.


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