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2tefan

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Registered: 2020-01-20

Posts: 3

Microphone doesn't work (correctly) after starting Audacity

When I use my microphone it other applications it works, but after I start Audacity the sound from my microphone becomes very distorted. And it stays like that, even after I close Audacity and try to restart PulseAudio. The input only gets normal again, after I restart my PC.

Here is the output of pactl list sources, but it is the same before and after I start Audacity.

When recording:

Source #2
	State: RUNNING
	Name: alsa_input.pci-0000_0b_00.3.analog-stereo
	Description: Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Owner Module: 8
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 12750 /  19% / -42.66 dB,   front-right: 12750 /  19% / -42.66 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 6554 /  10% / -60.00 dB
	Monitor of Sink: n/a
	Latency: 732 usec, configured 100136 usec
	Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Properties:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "ALC1220 Analog"
		alsa.id = "ALC1220 Analog"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "0"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xf6800000 irq 57"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0b:00.3"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0b: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 = "front:1"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "17664"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "2944"
		device.access_mode = "mmap"
		device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
		device.description = "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo"
		alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC1220"
		alsa.components = "HDA:10ec1168,10438733,00100003"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Ports:
		analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (priority: 8500, not available)
		analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (priority: 8200, available)
		analog-input-linein: Line In (priority: 8100, not available)
	Active Port: analog-input-rear-mic
	Formats:
		pcm

When idling:

Source #2
	State: SUSPENDED
	Name: alsa_input.pci-0000_0b_00.3.analog-stereo
	Description: Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Owner Module: 8
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 12750 /  19% / -42.66 dB,   front-right: 12750 /  19% / -42.66 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 6554 /  10% / -60.00 dB
	Monitor of Sink: n/a
	Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
	Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Properties:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "ALC1220 Analog"
		alsa.id = "ALC1220 Analog"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "0"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xf6800000 irq 57"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0b:00.3"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0b: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 = "front:1"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "17664"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "2944"
		device.access_mode = "mmap"
		device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
		device.description = "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo"
		alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC1220"
		alsa.components = "HDA:10ec1168,10438733,00100003"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Ports:
		analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (priority: 8500, not available)
		analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (priority: 8200, available)
		analog-input-linein: Line In (priority: 8100, not available)
	Active Port: analog-input-rear-mic
	Formats:
		pcm

I already tried to change the settings in Audacity to match my microphone input (44100Hz 16 Bit) but it doesn't help. After a few days of frustration, I tried to use Audacity in Windows and it worked. I also tried using Audacity in Manjaro, but it didn't work there either. I had never had problems with Arch and Audacity on other systems. So I hope it is right to post my problem here and not on some Audacity Forum, if I am wrong, please correct me.