I am trying to connect Skype 1.4.0.99 with my firewire audio interface via jackd. I have been using oss2jack for a while, but as the 1.4 version does not support OSS I have to try it with ALSA. I am using a modified .asoundrc file (see end of post) in order to get the audio into jackd. I am glad that the setup does not crash and does not make the audio completely distorted, but:
While sound output from Skype into the FW interface is excellent, the sound input sounds muffled like having a blanket wrapped around the mike.
Any ideas ? thanks Mark

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave { pcm "jack" }
}

pcm.jack {
type jack
playback_ports {
0 "freebob_pcm:dev1p_MainOut 1+2 left"
1 "freebob_pcm:dev1p_MainOut 1+2 right"
}
capture_ports {
0 "freebob_pcm:dev1c_Mic/InstIn 1+2 left"
1 "freebob_pcm:dev1c_Mic/InstIn 1+2 right"
}
}

Does it record from this capture port properly when using arecord?

Have you tried playing with buffer sizes?

I just upgraded both libfreebob and jackd to the latest SVN versions and changed the Frames/Period setting for jackd from 1024 to 512:
Works like a charm both directly with the Presonus Firebox and with Ardour!
Thanks, Mark