As the title states, my Model 24 started acting strange earlier Sunday. I was no longer able to record because the mixer was not picking up any audio even though I could hear everything. But it was working fine the other day before I updated the software on the computer it's connected to and shut it off when I was done with it. Also, when I would do a lsusb at a command terminal, I wasn't seeing the normal TASCAM Model 24 like I usually saw. I was seeing TEAC Corp. Model 24. But I wasn't able to record with it and occasionally, the audio would just go silent for no reason right during a song. It did that to me a couple times. Once shortly after starting a song and another time in the middle of one.
I was running Arch until about 11PM Sunday. I had switched to Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition. Now that I've switched, I'm able to record with it now but it still shows up as TEAC ... in he terminal. But at least I can record with it for now.
I posted this on Reddit and someone mentioned that if there's an SD card in it, it may be dying on me (the SD Card, not the unit itself). I was out at the time I read that but when I got home, I double checked and made sure there wasn't an SD Card in the SD Slot. There wasn't. I don't record to an SD card. I record direct to a computer.
I've swapped USB cables and with the old OS it didn't do anything. I still wasn't getting audio to the computer using OBS. Something wasn't right.
So, I did a quick test with a laptop that was running Linux Mint on it. I plugged the mixer in there, opened OBS and it was working. lsusb was still showing TEAC even on the laptop but at least it was working again.
So, that's when I decided to just put Linux Mint Cinnamon on the recording PC. And it's running the same way as the Laptop was. I still see TEAC... when I type lsusb. So, I don't know if something in Arch changed the internals of the unit itself. I doubt it but I suppose it is possible. I'm wondering if there's a way to do a factory reset on this thing. I'll look through the manual and see if I can reset the device and hope that it shows TASCAM Model 24 when I do a lsusb. I'll probably try that in the morning but I'm just happy it's back up and operational again t some extent.
I was running Arch until about 11PM Sunday. I had switched to Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition. Now that I've switched, I'm able to record with it now but it still shows up as TEAC ... in he terminal. But at least I can record with it for now.
I posted this on Reddit and someone mentioned that if there's an SD card in it, it may be dying on me (the SD Card, not the unit itself). I was out at the time I read that but when I got home, I double checked and made sure there wasn't an SD Card in the SD Slot. There wasn't. I don't record to an SD card. I record direct to a computer.
I've swapped USB cables and with the old OS it didn't do anything. I still wasn't getting audio to the computer using OBS. Something wasn't right.
So, I did a quick test with a laptop that was running Linux Mint on it. I plugged the mixer in there, opened OBS and it was working. lsusb was still showing TEAC even on the laptop but at least it was working again.
So, that's when I decided to just put Linux Mint Cinnamon on the recording PC. And it's running the same way as the Laptop was. I still see TEAC... when I type lsusb. So, I don't know if something in Arch changed the internals of the unit itself. I doubt it but I suppose it is possible. I'm wondering if there's a way to do a factory reset on this thing. I'll look through the manual and see if I can reset the device and hope that it shows TASCAM Model 24 when I do a lsusb. I'll probably try that in the morning but I'm just happy it's back up and operational again t some extent.
