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geoffreybennett / scarlett-gen2

Linux kernel source tree with additional Focusrite Scarlett and Clarett support ("Scarlett2 USB Protocol Mixer Driver")
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Robotic/odd audio with scarlett solo 3rd gen #28

Closed SriRamanujam closed 2 weeks ago

SriRamanujam commented 3 weeks ago

Hi,

I'm encountering a consistently odd problem. Any audio recorded through my mic sounds robotic/oddly sampled, almost as if all of the default settings were completely incorrect. I'm not really sure how to troubleshoot this.

Misc notes:

I've uploaded a representative audio sample. This is all just me talking normally into the mic, but the recordings are consistently messed up. It's a flac, you'll need to ungzip it because Github doesn't let you upload raw audio files.

Recording 14.flac.gz

geoffreybennett commented 3 weeks ago

Hi @SriRamanujam,

Yeah, that's really messed up!

Screenshot from 2024-11-05 22-55-22

I don't what the problem is, but it is unrelated to the scarlett-gen2 driver, which has nothing to do with the actual recording/playback of audio (please see https://github.com/geoffreybennett/alsa-scarlett-gui/blob/master/FAQ.md), but let's see if we can figure it out...

Can you provide more details about your setup please? I only use Fedora as my desktop, and I can't reproduce your issue. I brought home my work laptop this evening to test, as the audio config on there would be closer to Fedora defaults. It was running Fedora 40, and it can record no problems from my 3rd Gen Solo. I upgraded it to Fedora 41, kernel 6.11.5 same as you, still no problems recording.

How are you recording? Have you made any sound-related configuration changes? Can you reproduce the problem using a Fedora Live CD?

Thanks, Geoffrey.

SriRamanujam commented 2 weeks ago

So, some good/bad news - I thought I'd give the gui a try, and it immediately prompted for a firmware update. So I took it, and that fixed the issue!

Failing firmware: 1535 Working firmware: 1605

I guess it was just that easy, huh. I'll close this out. Thanks for taking a look!

geoffreybennett commented 2 weeks ago

Wow, thanks for letting me know! I'll keep that one in mind; I didn't realise this could be an issue.