# Respeaker which array is the BEST? **URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/respeaker-which-array-is-the-best/4929 **Category:** Picroft **Created:** [October 26, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/respeaker-which-array-is-the-best/4929 "2018-10-26T12:25:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![dodrian](https://community.openconversational.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dodrian](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/dodrian) #### Post date: [November 29, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/respeaker-which-array-is-the-best/4929/6 "2018-11-29T14:05:14Z")
@shivasiddharth I have been trying to get my respeaker 2-mic phat to work, with some success. It required installing the drivers from the [seeed github](https://github.com/respeaker/seeed-voicecard), editing the mycroft.conf file to use the correct card in aplay and mpg123, and setting the default soundcards in `/etc/asound.conf`. Then for some reason after the pi boots I need to run `~/mycroft-core/start-mycroft.sh voice` and reconnect to `mycroft-cli-client` before mycroft will listen for the wake word. I haven’t yet figured out why the last step is necessary. More info on this thread: > [@Mic doesn't work on startup - only after running mycroft-mic-test](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mic-doesnt-work-on-startup-only-after-running-mycroft-mic-test/5236/2): > > OK, I’ve figured out how to get audio to work properly: First I edited /etc/mycroft/mycroft.conf: "play\_wav\_cmdline": "aplay -Dhw:1 %1", "play\_mp3\_cmdline": "mpg123 -a hw:1 %1", "enclosure": { "platform": "picroft" }, "tts": { "mimic": { "path": "/home/pi/mycroft-core/mimic/bin/mimic" } }, "ipc\_path": "/ramdisk/mycroft/ipc/" For some reason thing fixed the “sing me a song” skill, but not regular talking. Then I followed the instructions from th… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/respeaker-which-array-is-the-best/4929)._