[pulseaudio-discuss] Need help resolving audio recording/playback issues

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2022, Sean Greenslade wrote:

> On the Scarlett USB interfaces, the green/red LED ring around the input
> gain knob is driven directly by the hardware. Pulseaudio has no
> influence over this.  So if you're not seeing any signal there, the
> issue is in hardware. Make sure:
> - The XLR cable is OK and fully seated into the plugs on both ends.
> - The switch on the side of the mic is on. It needs to be on to feed
>  output to the XLR jack.
> - The preamp gain knob on the Scarlett is set high enough. Dynamic mics
>  can have pretty weak signals. On mine, I need to pretty much max out
>  the preamp to get signals strong enough to light up the green ring.

Sean,

Thanks very much. I probably had the gain too low.

Stay well,

Rich