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I don’t disagree with your reply.
Audio for some has been a real problem on 24.04.

Again I agree and from 23.10 to Plucky 25.04 I bring most of my “/etc” along for the ride up.
Dang I wish I could have been more helpful. :frowning: (

I forgot to add this link to help Debug Audio.

EDIT: This has more to do with Easy Effects as of Today 12-27-2024.
On Plucky (25.04) Today I got an update for
Details

  • Start-Date: 2024-12-27 06:21:10
  • Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade
  • Requested-By: me (1000)
  • Upgrade: libjack-jackd2-0:amd64 (1.9.22~dfsg-3, 1.9.22~dfsg-4)

Now Easy Effects works:

 wpctl status | grep -e easyeffects -e Strawberry
       148. easyeffects                         [1.2.7, me@Pluck-ZFS, pid:83628]
       260. Strawberry                          [1.2.7, me@Pluck-ZFS, pid:121702]
       261. Strawberry device finder            [1.2.7, me@Pluck-ZFS, pid:121702]
 │     152. output.combined_easyeffects_sink                             [Stream/Output/Audio]
 │     151. output.combined_easyeffects_sink                             [Stream/Output/Audio]
       258. Strawberry                                                  
         0. Audio/Sink    easyeffects_sink

More Details:

  • JACK is a low-latency sound server, allowing multiple applications to connect to one audio device, and to share audio between themselves.

I have not checked in 24.04 Noble yet.
The Change to Pipewire/Wireplumber has been a challenge.