[LAU] New Debian install and usb device

[Will Godfrey]

On Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:01:41 +0200
Edgar Aichinger <edogawa at aon.at> wrote:

>Am Mittwoch, 2. September 2020, 14:43:18 CEST schrieb Mac:
>> I have installed a fresh Debian 10 and I have Qjackctl installed.
>> 
>> Qjackctl shows the ZEDi8 (though lsusb does not see it as a ZED, I think is
>> does on Ubuntu...)
>> 
>> But, I can't seem to get the config to actually get audio from the ZED, it
>> appears to be using the onboard sound.
>> 
>> My web searches have not provided any help...
>>   
>
>I don't know the ZEDi8, but I own an older and bigger ZED18 mixer, which also provides a 2x2 USB interface. This never gave me any problem in any OS or linux distro. It's hotpluggable/always detected by ALSA's USB Audio Driver, and registers as hw:CODEC. lsusb shows it as some sort of Texas Instrument audio interface, IIRC.
>
>The data sheet for the ZEDi8 tells that the interface is USB 2.0 compliant, so in theory it should just work without additional drivers.
>
>Hope that helps...
>

FWIW I've had a number of occasions where USB2 compliant units behave strangely
when plugged into a USB3 socket - even though the unit shows up in lsusb on a
USB2 hub

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