Hey everyone,
I’m having trouble with the mic output of my Behringer Xenyx 302usb audio mixer (shows up as “USB Audio CODEC”). I’ve been using it for years with Windows paired with a HyperX Cloud headset (the 1st gen analog one) and it works flawlessly.
However on Linux (had the same issue with Ubuntu) the microphone output level is unusably low. I’ve tried different settings in the pavucontrol tool with no success so far.
I hope someone can point me the right way. For now I’ll run the mic through onboard audio.
Here’s some system information for good measure:
~ >>> inxi -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 5.8.16-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
root=UUID=25674c6a-7406-416e-a08d-f2217dcdef8e rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME 3.36.6 tk: GTK 3.24.23 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.36.3
Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B350-PLUS v: Rev X.0x
serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4023 date: 08/20/2018
CPU:
Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen
family: 17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001137
L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
bogomips: 95850
Speed: 2392 MHz min/max: 1550/3000 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1556 2: 1964 3: 1422 4: 1419 5: 3203 6: 3193 7: 1277 8: 1278 9: 3178
10: 2830 11: 1420 12: 1423 13: 2334 14: 1894 15: 3193 16: 3193
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 08:00.0
chip ID: 1002:67df
Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.9 compositor: gnome-shell driver: amdgpu
note: display driver n/a - try sudo/root display ID: 0
resolution: <xdpyinfo missing>
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 480 Graphics (POLARIS10 DRM 3.38.0
5.8.16-2-MANJARO LLVM 10.0.1)
v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 08:00.1
chip ID: 1002:aaf0
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 0a:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457
Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 3-1:2 chip ID: 08bb:2902
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.16-2-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 04:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.06 TiB used: 2.81 TiB (55.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
serial: <filter> rev: 2B7QCXE7 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1 size: 931.51 GiB
block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
rev: 023 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion Desk
size: 3.64 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter>
rev: 9401 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
size: 57.62 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter>
scheme: MBR
ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Generic model: Flash Disk size: 1.91 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 8.07
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 180.00 GiB size: 176.17 GiB (97.88%)
used: 17.82 GiB (10.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
Alert: No Swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 26.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 36 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 894
Info:
Processes: 377 Uptime: 23m Memory: 31.36 GiB used: 3.17 GiB (10.1%)
Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: 1285 pacman: 1274
lib: 340 flatpak: 11 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: tilix inxi: 3.1.05
~ >>> pacmd list-cards
3 card(s) available.
index: 0
name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_08_00.1>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 6
properties:
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe860000 irq 58"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:08:00.1"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:08:00.1/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "1002"
device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
device.product.id = "aaf0"
device.product.name = "Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]"
device.string = "0"
device.description = "Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
profiles:
output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5900, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5700, available: unknown)
off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <output:hdmi-stereo-extra3>
sinks:
alsa_output.pci-0000_08_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra3/#0: Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] Digital Stereo (HDMI 4)
sources:
alsa_output.pci-0000_08_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra3.monitor/#0: Monitor of Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] Digital Stereo (HDMI 4)
ports:
hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
device.product.name = "W2261"
index: 1
name: <alsa_card.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 7
properties:
alsa.card = "2"
alsa.card_name = "USB Audio CODEC"
alsa.long_card_name = "Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC at usb-0000:09:00.3-1, full speed"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:09:00.3-usb-0:1:1.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1/0000:09:00.3/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/sound/card2"
udev.id = "usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00"
device.bus = "usb"
device.vendor.id = "08bb"
device.vendor.name = "Texas Instruments"
device.product.id = "2902"
device.product.name = "PCM2902 Audio Codec"
device.serial = "Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC"
device.string = "2"
device.description = "PCM2902 Audio Codec"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
profiles:
input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 65, available: unknown)
input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (priority 55, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6500, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6565, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Stereo Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (priority 6555, available: unknown)
output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (priority 5500, available: unknown)
output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5565, available: unknown)
output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958) (priority 5555, available: unknown)
off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo>
sinks:
alsa_output.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00.iec958-stereo/#3: PCM2902 Audio Codec Digital Stereo (IEC958)
sources:
alsa_output.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00.iec958-stereo.monitor/#4: Monitor of PCM2902 Audio Codec Digital Stereo (IEC958)
alsa_input.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00.iec958-stereo/#5: PCM2902 Audio Codec Digital Stereo (IEC958)
ports:
analog-input: Analog Input (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
iec958-stereo-input: Digital Input (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
index: 2
name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_0a_00.3>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 8
properties:
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe700000 irq 60"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0a:00.3"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0a:00.3/sound/card1"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "1022"
device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
device.product.id = "1457"
device.product.name = "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller"
device.string = "1"
device.description = "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
profiles:
input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 65, available: no)
output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6500, available: no)
output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6565, available: no)
output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (priority 5500, available: unknown)
output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5565, available: no)
off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <output:iec958-stereo>
sinks:
alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.3.iec958-stereo/#2: Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958)
sources:
alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.3.iec958-stereo.monitor/#2: Monitor of Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958)
ports:
analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (priority 8500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (priority 8200, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties: