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Re: alsa, jack output issue



On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:02:01PM +0100, dAgeCKo wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am currently facing a strange problem with ALSA and Jack. I play
> electric guitar sometimes and I use my computer as a medium to
> output the sound. For this, I use jack, with alsa as the driver.
> Half of the time, everything is just fine, the audio output of my
> guitar is just what it should be.
> However, sometimes, the sound is completely low, distorted and with
> a lot of cracklings and looks to have been produced by an awful and
> very old synthesizer.

Could it be that you are experiencing xruns?  (This is jackd's term for
a buffer over- or under-run in your sound card).  xruns typically make a
popping or crackling sound.  Qjackctl should show xruns in red in its
main interface.

-Rob


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