Alsa backend shutdown

#1

I am trying to get this to work with Deepin OS. I finally have a good computer i5 8gb ram.

I have this problem alsa backend drops out on startup of ardour

I’m pretty sure this is a “Deepin only” problem… but it is based on Debian stable (recent stable whatever that is).

ulimit is fine

bhante@subhutu:~/Downloads$ ulimit -l -r
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) unlimited
real-time priority              (-r) 95

Message board is this:

WARNING]: AlsaAudioBackend: adjusted output channel count to match device.
[WARNING]: AlsaAudioBackend: adjusted input channel count to match device.
[INFO]: Loading bindings from /opt/Ardour-5.12.0/etc/ardour.keys
harvid version: 802
[INFO]: Loading menus from /opt/Ardour-5.12.0/etc/ardour.menus
[INFO]: Loading 88 MIDI patches from /opt/Ardour-5.12.0/share/patchfiles
[INFO]: Loading history from /media/bhante/Data/Session/test5/test5.history
[INFO]: test5: no history file "/media/bhante/Data/Session/test5/test5.history" for this session.
[ERROR]: AlsaAudioBackend: Audio Process Terminated after 345 consecutive x-runs.

Using latest from download of ardour site 5.12.0 (by invoice id)

apt version doe not work either.

#2

Wow, there are continuous dropouts! Your system isn’t fast enough to process audio.

What buffesize do you use?

In the Audio/MIDI setup dialog. try “Buffersize: 1024” (or larger, Sample-rate 48kHz, with USB soundcard, prefer “Periods: 3”.

Another possibility is that you use too many effects and overload your system.

#3

Looks like it is my computer.
I loaded “old trusty” (Ubuntu Mate) and still had the problem. Seems as though all applications stop working with the input microphone. This is a bummer. I was able to have it work in ubuntu because I used my $5 usb card and did not realize it was a hardware conflict for acer swift computer.
Using Intel Sound Array
It is a bummer because my new laptop was supposed to solve my microphone problem (which was physically broken). It works in windows… but that is a bummer. Luckily, I have the $5 sound card and will hold on to it.

Deepin is still respectable even though I have a triple boot.

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