Problems with cadence-jack ALSA: Cannot open PCM device alsa_pcm for playback

im having problems with cadence... i already set de audio priorities and everithing; but when i try to use the program i get the following text.

Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: Starting jack server...
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 99
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: self-connect-mode is "Don't restrict self connect requests"
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: Acquired audio card Audio0
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|48000|1|1|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: ERROR: ALSA: Cannot open PCM device alsa_pcm for playback. Falling back to capture-only mode
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: Released audio card Audio0
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: ERROR: Cannot initialize driver
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: ERROR: JackServer::Open failed with -1
Wed Apr 28 03:00:23 2021: ERROR: Failed to open server

plzz iff u have some references that would be great

We need more details.
Problem after install or update?
As always post inxi like in wiki "Reporting bugs"

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If you're using PipeWire, did you also install pipewire-jack ?

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Worth reading: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PipeWire#JACK_clients

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no. i had no trouble in the installation this time, the sistem is running with no trouble iff not for this.