JACK turns off other sound

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I have a midi keyboard connected to qSynth through jack, which works fine. But when I try to play other sound(from chrome, vlc, etc.) it is completely silent. How do I fix this?

Possible duplicate of [JACK breaks audio. How do I fix it?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/729990/jack-breaks-audio-how-do-i-fix-it) — Ian Mackinnon, Mar 05 '16 at 14:27

kraxor · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-21T22:48:24.077

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JACK takes exclusive control over your sound card. If you want to use an application that does not support JACK natively, you can use PulseAudio as an intermediate layer. See this guide or the Community Wiki for details.

edited Jun 21 '14 at 22:48

answered Jun 21 '14 at 22:25

kraxor

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Thanks this makes sense, but I am having trouble finding my asound.conf or asoundrc. Create one? – clarkep Jun 21 '14 at 22:32
Yes, create `/etc/asound.conf` for system-wide settings, or `~/.asoundrc` for the current user. – kraxor Jun 21 '14 at 22:45
You might also want to take a look at [this guide](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ProAudioIntro/1204#The_Pulse_Audio_to_Jack_Bridge_-_using_both_at_once) at the Community Wiki. – kraxor Jun 21 '14 at 22:47
I got this to work but the sound is quite a bit quieter now. Any ideas? – clarkep Jun 21 '14 at 23:21
Did you check the volume controls for PulseAudio? – kraxor Jun 21 '14 at 23:25
yeah they're all at 100% – clarkep Jun 21 '14 at 23:27
Well, my last idea is `alsamixer`. – kraxor Jun 21 '14 at 23:30
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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, [it would be preferable](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/8259) to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Anonymous Penguin Jun 22 '14 at 00:58

JACK turns off other sound

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