audio sampling error

[oladipoacademics]

hi, i tried to run supersid.py on raspberry pi 3 but i keep getting this error. i have install pyalsaaudio but this message would not clear. pls help

From Sampler object instance:
Could not open capture device. Please cError alsaaudio
global name 'alsaaudio_soundcard' is not defined
To debugg: remove the try/except clause to get detail on what exception is triggered.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "supersid.py", line 226, in
sid = SuperSID(config_file=args.config_file, read_file=args.filename)
File "supersid.py", line 100, in init
self.close()
File "supersid.py", line 188, in close
self.sampler.close()
File "/home/pi/Desktop/supersid-master/supersid/sampler.py", line 221, in close
self.capture_device.close()
AttributeError: Sampler instance has no attribute 'capture_device'

[jrhilton]

What soundcard are you using and is it set to be the default one? I've seen similar messages when the built in sound-out-only (HDMI or headphone jack) was the default card still.