Model 24 acting strange using Linux. Made some changes and it's working a little bit better. (Running Linux)

[MarsDrums]

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.

 

[Mark Richards]

Is Linux a supported OS for the Model 24/16/12 mixers?

 

[Max Relic]

 

[MarsDrums]

I don't think it is but up until yesterday, it was working perfectly.

I did make some adjustments today and it appears to be working fine again with this setup now with the exception of the TEAC Identification in the USB devices.

I've thought about putting Windows 7 on that machine. I refuse to use Windows 10. Windows 10 is not an OS I desire to use. I'd much rather make Windows 7 work and leave it at that. I wouldn't even need to do an update on it if all I'm doing is recording with it. Now, streaming might be a different thing. Going out online with it probably isn't a great idea but with everything I have already, if I needed to, I could just reinstall everything from scratch. Kind of a PITA but this is how much I DON'T want to use Windows 10. I have it, but I refuse to use it on any of my computers now. It was a waste of money back then and to me it just seems like a waste now after hearing all the bad things about it. Heh, I REALLY don't want to use it on an everyday computer!

 

[Max Relic]

Agree about the Windows lineage, I still have a virtual machine with Windows XP on my iMac because of the many little applications unavailable on other OS' but I run it rarely and only for a few minutes. That said, Tascam Models are Class Compliant audio interfaces so they should be recognized and handled by most OS' without installing dedicated drivers. What I often read from Windows users is that ASIO driver is warmly advised/required when latency is noticeable, but I can't speak out of personal experience on this.
@Mark Richards I guess the Model 24 would work on a Linux system because of USB Class compliance even it is not listed among officially supported OS (i.e. Tascam didn't release Linux dedicated drivers).

 

[-mjk-]

it just seems like a waste now after hearing all the bad things about it

Hearing bad things about it? Did you experience bad things using it? I'm not a fan of Win 11 by any means. My studio PC runs 10 and it's very stable. I use a tweaker to turn off the telemetry and I've made adjustments as suggested in this document. Works well for heavy DAW processing and also DaVinci Resolve Studio.

 

[MarsDrums]

Did you experience bad things using it?

I had a terrible experience trying to install Windows 10 on an older machine (around 8 years old at the time) that ran Windows 7 quite well in fact. It was at that point that I got sick and tired of having to spend money on building a new computer after every other Windows update. It just seemed silly to me. So I put Linux on it and it ran for 4 more years flawlessly. It was pretty nice actually using a computer until it couldn't be used because of hardware failure and not because a newer OS wouldn't run on it. I believe that was the first PC I ran until it died. It outlived Windows 7... And XP for that matter. I think I built it specifically for XP and when I put Windows 7 on it, I think all I did was buy a bigger hard drive and doubled the RAM on it.

But regardless, The stuff I've been hearing about Windows 10 and it's AI BS... I'm glad I never used it.

Saying all this, I am putting Windows 7 on a laptop so I can truly see if it's a Linux thing or not. If it works fine under Windows, I may just put Windows 7 on that computer in there that's SUPPOSED to connect to the TASCAM. I hate to do that but it is what it is. I'm hoping it's just a temporary glitch. As I said, it ran fine up until this weekend.

Well, after installing Windows 7 on that laptop, I found that the software I'm trying to use for recording, does not work on Windows 7... I don't experience these issues with Linux. In fact, this is the first time I've experienced this with any software. But I know, it's an old OS. So I guess I'll try and put Windows 10 on it later.