Okay. I'm afraid I can't really help you. The error indicates that you might be able to work around it by using the plughw layer instead of the hw layer, I'm not sure of how to do this though, it might be possible by tweaking alsa configuration files.
Here is a link I found, perhaps it can be helpful: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=USB_turntables Also, if somebody else will tackle this problem, they'll probably ask you for * alsa-info output, see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems * output of audacity -> help -> audio device info -- Monitoring in Audacity skips and/or stops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411749 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs