New to linux unable to get audio into ardour

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I don’t know if this is the right place for this or the Ardour forums but…
I cannot seem to get any audio into Ardour. I can hear my synths and drums. I appear to have no inputs in Ardour.

When I start Ardour selecting ALSA works as you would expect but obviously I hear nothing but Ardour. Pulseaudio seems to have no inputs at all. Jack tells me “could not reconnect to audio/midi engine” and I don’t have the option to select pipewire in Ardour.

How do I actually make Ardour use pipewire?
If you need any other information let me know.

System:
  Host: Workstation Kernel: 6.6.26-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=2eb574ac-2aa1-4efa-9f14-df9ed9320f33 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    splash udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.11 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
    v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: MSI product: MS-7816 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: MSI model: Z87-G43 (MS-7816) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.11 date: 05/09/2015
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270
    serial: 47-5d-b1-05 charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
    gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1187 high: 3900 min/max: 800/3900 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3900 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 54431
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
    STIBP: conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
    vendor: ASUSTeK DUAL-GTX1060-O6G driver: nvidia v: 550.67
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of
    2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
    built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1440 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 1237x393mm (48.70x15.47")
    s-diag: 1298mm (51.1")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,top-left res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    size: 698x392mm (27.48x15.43") diag: 801mm (31.52") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: bottom-r res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 141
    size: 345x195mm (13.58x7.68") diag: 396mm (15.6") modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.67 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 5.86 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce GTX 1060 6GB driver: nvidia v: 550.67 device-ID: 10de:1c03
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI 8 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK DUAL-GTX1060-O6G driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-7:7 chip-ID: 08bb:2902 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.26-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off with: nsmd status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: 44:8a:5b:2b:69:63
  Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC driver: rtw_8821cu type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 0bda:c811
    class-ID: 0000 serial: 123456
  IF: wlp0s20u3 state: up mac: 00:13:25:af:3d:29
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.51 TiB used: 45.42 GiB (2.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A120G
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: 50026B774701E7CA fw-rev: BBF0 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A120G
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: 50026B774701E752 fw-rev: BBF0 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD10EZRX-00L4HB0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: WD-WCC4JPRCFULC
    fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: 50026B7782BFE8FE fw-rev: B1D1 scheme: MBR
  ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A240G
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: 50026B724C05DA55 fw-rev: BBF0 scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide
    size: 57.3 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0
    spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: 03020126120823004030
    fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 223.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 41.82 GiB (18.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 223.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 41.82 GiB (18.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 223.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 41.82 GiB (18.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 50 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.56 GiB used: 5.03 GiB (32.3%)
  Processes: 276 Power: uptime: 14h 56m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.21 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1578 pm: pacman pkgs: 1563 libs: 387 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 15 Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 alt: 12 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
    default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.34
2

Please post pacmd list-sinks on console.

3

pacmd list -sinks = command not found
In case of typo I also tried,
pacman list -sinks = invalid option ‘-s’

4

loose the space / get rid of the space in between list and -sinks

just copy / paste:

5

still get command not found

6

no, you don’t
try again

I just missed the last character while I myself copy/pasted … and remedied it while you objected …

pacmd list-sinks

7

2024-04-24_17-08

8

if neither
pacmd
nor
pacmd list-sinks
is known to your shell
then you have some other quite serious problems

which pacmd
/usr/bin/pacmd

Either your $PATH is set incorrectly, so that the binary can’t be found
or the program is not installed / present in the first place
which should not be the case.

9

I don’t have that. I checked my snapshot just after install didn’t work their either.

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10

No pictures, please!

post text - terminal output is easy to copy/paste …

pacmd
or, more precisely:
/usr/bin/pacmd

is part of the pulseaudio package

If you don’t have that command available, you don’t have pulseaudio installed.

Why?

11

I don’t know why. That’s probably why I’m here. As far as I am aware, I installed Manjaro with Plasma, figured out some graphics issues then installed Ardour and yes other things like GIMP Krita Blender. and keep in mind Ardour lets me choose pulseaudio and I can hear ardour so…
I don’t know what would have changed that from the base install. I can clean install on a separate drive and see what happens with clean Manjaro.

12

The only thing I do know is:
in a standard unaltered KDE installation
the command pacmd is available

I’m not a musician and do not know anything about ardour
but I can’t imagine why it would suddenly lead to pacmd (or, by extension, pulseaudio) not be there anymore

For possibly educational purposes I will now install ardour in this KDE / Plasma VM …

and after this (10 minutes later)
pacmd …
still works

13

I just installed on new drive
pacmd command not found

System:
  Host: cleaninstall-ms7816 Kernel: 6.6.25-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=bd4fefae-1cb8-4f8e-901e-4ed5ac5313e6 rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.11 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
    v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: MSI product: MS-7816 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: MSI model: Z87-G43 (MS-7816) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1.11 date: 05/09/2015
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270
    serial: 47-5d-b1-05 charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
    gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2268 high: 3900 min/max: 800/3900 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3900 2: 3500 3: 3758
    4: 800 5: 3786 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 54417
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
    vendor: ASUSTeK DUAL-GTX1060-O6G driver: nvidia v: 550.67
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of
    2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
    built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.5
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1440 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 1237x393mm (48.70x15.47")
    s-diag: 1298mm (51.1") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
  Monitor-1: Unknown-1 size-res: N/A modes: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.67 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 5.86 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce GTX 1060 6GB driver: nvidia v: 550.67 device-ID: 10de:1c03
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI 8 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK DUAL-GTX1060-O6G driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-7:7 chip-ID: 08bb:2902 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.25-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: 44:8a:5b:2b:69:63
  Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC driver: rtw_8821cu type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 0bda:c811
    class-ID: 0000 serial: 123456
  IF: wlp0s20u3 state: up mac: 00:13:25:af:3d:29
  Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.51 TiB used: 8.76 GiB (0.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A120G
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: 50026B774701E7CA fw-rev: BBF0 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A120G
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: 50026B774701E752 fw-rev: BBF0 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD10EZRX-00L4HB0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: WD-WCC4JPRCFULC
    fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: 50026B7782BFE8FE fw-rev: B1D1 scheme: MBR
  ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A240G
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: 50026B724C05DA55 fw-rev: BBF0 scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide
    size: 57.3 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0
    spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: 03020132120823004046
    fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 109.47 GiB (97.93%) used: 8.76 GiB (8.0%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 52 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.57 GiB used: 2.29 GiB (14.7%)
  Processes: 246 Power: uptime: 3m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.21 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1119 libs: 327 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
    Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
    v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33

I’m going to try installing ardour on this clean install and see what happens.

ALSO one major difference I just noticed the first inxi output had
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
I don’t know what that is but the clean install does not. don’t know if it matters.

14

I don’t know how my install of Manjaro is somehow different.
From downloading it from the Manjaro website, I click Get Manjaro, x86-64, Plasma - Full, torrent download I used Rufus on windows to make the USB, plugged into the live environment, connect to wifi, go through the install choosing keyboard timezone drive, reboot, check pacmd, command not found.
I don’t know why I would or wouldn’t have it. I understand not having it means I don’t have pulseaudio, but also everything tells me it’s what I’m currently using ardour says pulseaudio and inxi says pipewire-pulse. not to even mention when I try to use JACK with Ardour it sayscould not reconnect to audio/midi engine
I’m just very confused as to why fresh installs of everything doesn’t work.
Maybe this is more of a pipewire issue?
I don’t know enough to really do much other snapshot and poke around if something changes I’ll report back.

15

I don’t know either - mine is a about half a year (kept current) KDE installation from a minimal image
in a VM
Same result is in a Xfce4 installation in a VM.
… as well as in a System on actual hardware - currently Linux Mint (not the current version)

So:
I don’t know …

16

well I don’t know about Linux or Manjaro but I can tell you I’m back to my normal install and tested Audacity. It picks up pipewire just fine can record and listen to playback while still being able to hear firefox.
Whatever differences between and new download or your updated VM are now kind of beside the point. Pipewire is working.
I will now move to the Ardour forums and see if anyone there can help.
Thanks for trying and sorry if I confused you with all of this. If I find a solution I will come back and post it so it is here for future reference.

17

Somehow, you are running pipewire.

Continue this way…

18

I figured it out. I tried out Reaper as well and like Ardour couldn’t get audio in. While Audacity worked just fine.

Short answer:
pamac install pipewire-jack

Long answer:
Current stock Manjaro Plasma doesn’t use pulseaudio it uses manjaro-pipewire which, by default, comes with pipewire-alsa and pipewire-pulse which are intended to connect to any software using those standards.
Audacity works because it uses portaudio as it’s audio API which supports pipewire
Both Reaper and Ardour do not and therefor must rely on either pipewire-pulse or pipewire-jack The latter being the solution in my case.

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