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I had used Roland QUAD-CAPTURE on Ubuntu 16.04.1 without any problems. But it can't play audio suddenly since some days ago. I tried to fix this problem by un-muting devices, upgrading kernel, changing USB cable, but it still can't play anything.

Issues

  • Can't play audio with Roland QUAD-CAPTURE on Ubuntu 16.04.1.
    • Before, it can play audio without any problems.
    • In another device, NVIDIA HDMI can play audio.
    • It works on Windows. (it may not be physical device issue.)

some debug informations

aplay -l

 # aplay -l
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 card 1: QUADCAPTURE [QUAD-CAPTURE], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
   Subdevices: 0/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

aplay -vv /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

aplay stuck in following state.

 # aplay -vv /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav 
 Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
 ALSA <-> PulseAudio PCM I/O Plugin
 Its setup is:
   stream       : PLAYBACK
   access       : RW_INTERLEAVED
   format       : S16_LE
   subformat    : STD
   channels     : 1
   rate         : 48000
   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
   msbits       : 16
   buffer_size  : 24000
   period_size  : 6000
   period_time  : 125000
   tstamp_mode  : NONE
   tstamp_type  : GETTIMEOFDAY
   period_step  : 1
   avail_min    : 6000
   period_event : 0
   start_threshold  : 24000
   stop_threshold   : 24000
   silence_threshold: 0
   silence_size : 0
   boundary     : 6755399441055744000
 ######            +                                | 34%
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  • How is PulseAudio configured? – CL. Aug 27 '16 at 6:40
  • @CL. completely default, except volume settings. – Melvin A. Tirado Aug 27 '16 at 7:03
  • So PA is configured to play to some HDMI output? – CL. Aug 27 '16 at 7:13
  • No. In testing, I changed output device to use QUAD-CAPTURE. – Melvin A. Tirado Aug 27 '16 at 7:16
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I found the way to fix this problem. This problem may be caused by mismatching of sampling rate?

Requirement

  • Environment running Windows or OS X
  • QUAD-CAPTURE Driver (To fix, need software control panel)

How to fix?

  1. Open software control panel
    • Windows: Open in control panel
    • OS X: There may be in /Applications/Roland*
  2. Reset configuration in "Device" menu
  3. Change sample rate to 44.1 kHz

Memo

alsa-capabilities

 4) USB Audio Class Digital alsa audio output interface `hw:1,0'
 - device name       = QUAD-CAPTURE                                                
 - interface name    = USB Audio                                                   
 - usb audio class   = 2 - isochronous asynchronous                                
 - character device  = /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p                                           
 - rates per format  = S32_LE:              44100Hz                                
 - monitor file      = /proc/asound/card1/stream0
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