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[SOLVED] USB Microphone not working
Post by Shonity » Fri May 06, 2022 6:20 am
I noticed that none of my USB Microphones are working.
Highest priority for me is my Senheiser GSP350 Headset Microphone.
The headset itself is working on the output side but doesn’t detect any input (Neither does my Blue Yeti USB Microphone)
I already looked through some forum posts and even if they had similar issues I wasn’t able to fix it yet.
I did install pulseaudio and tried setting the right input volume to 0 but nothing changed.
I am on Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon
below the output for pacmd list-sources
pacmd list-sources 5 source(s) available. index: 0 name: driver: flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: RUNNING suspend cause: (none) priority: 1030 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0,00 ms max rewind: 6 KiB sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 1 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 371,52 ms monitor_of: 0 card: 0 module: 7 properties: device.description = "Monitor of GP104 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)" device.class = "monitor" alsa.card = "3" alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xdf080000 irq 17" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card3" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "10de" device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation" device.product.id = "10f0" device.product.name = "GP104 High Definition Audio Controller" device.string = "3" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" index: 5 name: driver: flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: RUNNING suspend cause: (none) priority: 1030 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0,00 ms max rewind: 6 KiB sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 1 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 371,52 ms monitor_of: 3 card: 4 module: 11 properties: device.description = "Monitor of Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (IEC958)" device.class = "monitor" alsa.card = "2" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xdfb30000 irq 49" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card2" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "8ca0" device.product.name = "9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "2" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" index: 18 name: driver: flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: RUNNING suspend cause: (none) priority: 9049 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 0 / 0% / -inf dB balance -1,00 base volume: 29274 / 45% / -21,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 1528554,57 ms max rewind: 0 KiB sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 1 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 2000,00 ms card: 2 module: 9 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "USB Audio" alsa.id = "USB Audio" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "1" alsa.card_name = "Blue Microphones" alsa.long_card_name = "Generic Blue Microphones at usb-0000:00:14.0-5, high speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:5:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-5/3-5:1.0/sound/card1" udev.id = "usb-Generic_Blue_Microphones_201701110001-00" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "046d" device.vendor.name = "Logitech, Inc." device.product.id = "0ab7" device.product.name = "Blue Microphones" device.serial = "Generic_Blue_Microphones_201701110001" device.form_factor = "microphone" device.string = "front:1" device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800" device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "Blue Microphones Analog Stereo" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone-usb" ports: analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" active port: index: 29 name: driver: flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: RUNNING suspend cause: (none) priority: 1040 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0,00 ms max rewind: 6 KiB sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 1 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 2000,00 ms monitor_of: 9 card: 5 module: 31 properties: device.description = "Monitor of Sennheiser Main Audio Analog Stereo" device.class = "monitor" alsa.card = "4" alsa.card_name = "Sennheiser Main Audio" alsa.long_card_name = "Conexant Sennheiser Main Audio at usb-0000:00:14.0-8, full speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:8:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/sound/card4" udev.id = "usb-Conexant_Sennheiser_Main_Audio_00000000-00" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "1395" device.vendor.name = "Sennheiser Communications" device.product.id = "005d" device.product.name = "Sennheiser Main Audio" device.serial = "Conexant_Sennheiser_Main_Audio_00000000" device.string = "4" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" * index: 30 name: driver: flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: RUNNING suspend cause: (none) priority: 9049 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 54094 / 83% / -5,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0,15 ms max rewind: 0 KiB sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 2 linked by: 2 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 2000,00 ms card: 5 module: 31 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "USB Audio" alsa.id = "USB Audio" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "4" alsa.card_name = "Sennheiser Main Audio" alsa.long_card_name = "Conexant Sennheiser Main Audio at usb-0000:00:14.0-8, full speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:8:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/sound/card4" udev.id = "usb-Conexant_Sennheiser_Main_Audio_00000000-00" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "1395" device.vendor.name = "Sennheiser Communications" device.product.id = "005d" device.product.name = "Sennheiser Main Audio" device.serial = "Conexant_Sennheiser_Main_Audio_00000000" device.string = "front:4" device.buffering.buffer_size = "384000" device.buffering.fragment_size = "192000" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "Sennheiser Main Audio Analog Stereo" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" ports: analog-input-headset-mic: Headset Microphone (priority 8800, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" active port:
Thank you so much in advance !
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