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I'm borrowing an Mbox2 Mini and want to play around with this in Ubuntu 15.10 with gnome.

In with jack, I can see it as a MIDI device:

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However, I can not see it as an audio input device:

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My Question: Can my system see this as an audio input channel that can be routed via Jack or Patchage (into Qtractor)? What steps might I be missing? In QJackCtl I'm expecting to see the MBox as an audio channel. Am I on the wrong path?

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My system sees the device as:

$ lsusb  | grep Mbox
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0dba:3000 Digidesign Mbox 2

And aplay:

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: CX20585 Analog [CX20585 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: M2 [Mbox 2], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

arecord output:

$ arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: CX20585 Analog [CX20585 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: M2 [Mbox 2], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Extra information to try:

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Looks like the driver should already be with the kernel, but Yeah go ahead and give it a try and tell us what happens – heypaleblue May 25 '15 at 3:55
    
aplay -l lists only playback devices, what does arecord -l say about capture devices? – LiveWireBT Nov 11 '15 at 18:42
    
I've updated the question with arecord -l's output. It seems to see it okay. – Richard Nov 12 '15 at 4:41
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After some research, I was able to successfully use audio with qtractor. This is what I did with Qjackctl:Qjackctl1 Qjackctl2

And this is what I did inside of Qtractor. In the title bar you will see the word "track". Left click on this, then click on "Add Track". From here pick "audio", then click OK. Qtractor3

Now click on the R on the left hand side of the screen. Qtractor4 After doing this, a circle should have turned red. This is the record button. Qtractor5

Click on that and then click on the play button just to the left of it. Qtractor6

Start talking into your microphone, it should be working. To stop it, press the play button again. I hope this helps.

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A good lead. I'll try this back at home. Though I'm specifically looking to route the audio input (mic/line 1 and 2). Would this method work as well? An upvote for introducing me to a new tool! – Richard Nov 12 '15 at 13:45
    
Not sure to be honest but I will look into it on youtube. I usually use Audacity for audio. But I don't see why it wouldn't. – BJsgoodlife Nov 12 '15 at 16:57

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