[LAU] problem with zita-bridge to use two recording interfaces

[soffioalcuore at posteo.net]

hi,

still concerned with the issue that zita-a2j doesn't work properly on
my computers (I’ve also tried it with another machine, both run arch
linux) I enabled zita-a2j in verbose mode which tells me:

playback : not enabled
capture  :
  nchan  : 2
  fsamp  : 48000
  fsize  : 256
  nfrag  : 2
  format : S16_LE

whilst "playback" is indicated to be disabled, "capture" lacks a state,
at all.

could this be a useful hint for solving the problem?

I have uninstalled zita-ajbridge, restartet and reinstalled, but the
problem persists.

by the way, I tried also if playback works (zita-j2a), but in the same
manner it doesn't, i. e. zita-j2a shows up in jack’s graph and in the
daw, but there is no signal.

thanks in advance for any suggestion.

christoph


Am Montag, den 16.12.2019, 19:28 +0100 schrieb
soffioalcuore at posteo.net:
> dear Len, thanks for replying!
> 
> Am Montag, den 16.12.2019, 08:18 -0800 schrieb Len Ovens:
> > On Mon, 16 Dec 2019, soffioalcuore at posteo.net wrote:
> > 
> > > #zita-a2j -d hw:H4 -r 48000 -p 512 -n 2
> > 
> > does the # mean you are running things as root? Jack and zita
> > should
> > only 
> > ever be run as a regular user and never as root/system.
> 
> no, # was just to identify the following as code/terminal output.
> sorry
> for the confusion, now I'm aware I should better use $ for that.
> 
> > > and I can see the zita-bridge both in the graph window of
> > > qjackctl
> > > and
> > > in my daw (reaper).
> > > the problem is that I don't get any signal from the device
> > > connected by
> > > the zita-bridge. I have also tried to change both devices -
> > > without
> > > success. furthermore, I've  tried to leave some of the parameters
> > > (-p
> > > and -n) out.
> > 
> > By no signal you mean there is a mic on the input but the audio
> > does
> > not 
> > show up? (The meters on the device itself show level?)
> 
> exactly, that there's a signal (physically) incoming is indicated in
> the 2nd device (and also in the 1st, as usual) but not in the daw, i.
> e. its meters (but in the 1st). if I record from both devices, only
> 1st/master device's tracks have the signals/content, but the tracks
> of
> the 2nd/slave device are empty.
> 
> > Does the signal ever show up on each device A) when not running
> > jack?
> > B) 
> > as the sole jack master?
> 
> a) yes, they normally do.
> b) yes.
> 
> > Is the device you are using as jack master also the device you are
> > using 
> > for monitoring? (output to speakers/heagphones?)
> 
> yes, by now, the master device is, as usual, the monitoring device.
> for
> the moment I'm just focussing on the inputs.
> 
> > --
> > Len Ovens
> > www.ovenwerks.net
> 
> I hope that helps. thanks again!
> christoph
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