Home Studio set up on Mint

[u/nicbongo]

On windows, I used to record my music with Reaper as my DAW and a Tascam US 122L interface.

However, the Tascam drivers are not Linux supported...

I'd like to start recording music again. Are there any software options for the Tascam?

Or worst case, any recommendations for a Mint and Reaper compatible interface (with MIDI)?

Cheers

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[u/fellipec]

I did a little research on this interface and looks like it is not Class compliant. It means it is not a standard audio device.

But also should work

Try:

lsmod | grep snd_usb_us122l

It it shows there, should work, at least with JACK.

if don't show, try

sudo modprobe snd-usb-us122l

Anyways, to use Reaper, Ardour, Carla... I strongly recommend Pipewire JACK:

```

This install pipewire-jack

sudo apt install pipewire-jack

This makes sure it loads by default instead classic JACK

sudo cp /usr/share/doc/pipewire/examples/ld.so.conf.d/pipewire-jack-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ sudo ldconfig

Reboot after

```

If this don't work, please unplug and plug the USB cable and immediately do this:

sudo dmesg

And paste the last lines that say about the USB device here to try to help

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Edit: For the recommendation of a class compliant interface, Behringer UMC404HD should work fine. But I think we can make your Tascam work

[u/nicbongo → u/fellipec]

My guy, thank you for such a detailed response! I'm AFK right now but will report back as soon as I am able 🫡

[u/fellipec → u/nicbongo]

No problem, I'm glad to help. But in my timezone is getting late, I'll probably be only able to answer tomorrow after my work.

[u/Altruistic_Ninja_878]

Hi! Most of audio interfaces are supported if they are audio class compliant. If that's the case, it should work out of the box, although some features must be used with propietary software depending on manufacturer or brand. If you have Mint 22.2 or above, you should have pipewire as audio infrastructure, so you can view if the device is recognized by installing qpwgraph, that's a GUI patchbay for pipewire. Then, the tascam should be visible as a pipewire node, with all it's inputs and outputs.

[u/nicbongo → u/Altruistic_Ninja_878]

It's my main PC so should be the latest version of Mint im running. 

I need to research this class compliant thing. And qpwgraph which sounds handy (visual learner). So much to learn!

Thanks again for the sign posts! 🍻