Asus X515JA Microphone not working
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Hi Axios here is the output of those cmd's
Pacmd
SOF ERRORS
https://controlc.com/d5682229
Dmesg
bigrammy@asus ~ $ dmesg | grep snd
[ 2.450013] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100
[ 2.450019] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: Digital mics found on Skylake+ platform, using SOF driver
[ 3.166582] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
dmesg | grep -i sof
https://controlc.com/34d54200
So Gentoo a user has had almost the same issues and it seems to be Kernel Config related from what I can gather. Just google this for full details "Unable to load sound firmware file, no soundcard detected"
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Top listing appears alright to me.
Not really sure I think the dmseg is incomplete.
It kinda like it didnt configure it or something (Looking at mine.) or 1/2 configure it.
I think the driver is installed maybe. (its a digital mic so maybe thats the issue)
I dont have an answer
Seems we kinda came up with same answer I was reading and editing my post looking at your old long post and thinking then refreshed screen..lol
Just clicked on your sof errors all makes sense now (guess we got you an answer)
Do you have the sof-firmware package installed?
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Try to install sudo eopkg it sof-firmware I was a minute late. 
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pomon
Hi, I installed the sof-firmware package last nigh just before I went to sleep 
After two power off's & power on again the Mic still refuses to detect any sound.
The SOF errors are gone now so I guess the sof-firmware package fixed that but I am now back to square one with a none working Mic.
I may need to buy a plugin Mic until this gets resolved, I am sure it will be resolved because this is a good spec super cheap laptop so I am sure Asus will sell lot's and lot's hopefully a good few get flipped to Linux as I have done.
Thanks to All for the help.
bigrammy@asus ~ $ dmesg | grep -i sof
[ 0.530519] PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
[ 0.530520] software IO TLB: mapped [mem 0x0000000063774000-0x0000000067774000] (64MB)
[ 3.929796] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: Digital mics found on Skylake+ platform, using SOF driver
[ 3.972458] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100
[ 3.972466] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: Digital mics found on Skylake+ platform, using SOF driver
[ 3.972481] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 3.972733] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if 0x040100
[ 3.974503] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 3.981167] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: use msi interrupt mode
[ 3.994255] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: hda codecs found, mask 4
[ 3.994260] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: using HDA machine driver skl_hda_dsp_generic now
[ 3.994264] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: DMICs detected in NHLT tables: 2
[ 3.995803] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware info: version 2:2:0-57864
[ 3.995809] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware: ABI 3:22:1 Kernel ABI 3:18:0
[ 3.995812] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: warn: FW ABI is more recent than kernel
[ 3.995817] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: unknown sof_ext_man header type 3 size 0x30
[ 4.093000] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware info: version 2:2:0-57864
[ 4.093009] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware: ABI 3:22:1 Kernel ABI 3:18:0
[ 4.093013] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: warn: FW ABI is more recent than kernel
[ 4.100705] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: Topology: ABI 3:22:1 Kernel ABI 3:18:0
[ 4.100713] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: warn: topology ABI is more recent than kernel
[ 4.111676] sof-audio-pci-intel-icl 0000:00:1f.3: ASoC: Parent card not yet available, widget card binding deferred
[ 4.134463] input: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=1 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card1/input11
[ 4.134547] input: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=2 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card1/input12
[ 4.134645] input: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card1/input13
I'm going to enable some additional sound modules in our kernel so hopefully this is resolved in the next kernel.
Seems be common issue with this type of setup from what I see online
not pertaining just to solus.
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ReillyBrogan Hopefully it can be resolved 
but as Axios says it seems not to be exclusive to solus.
SOF seems to have issues with some other Mic's
https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/issues/4033
Axios I Totally Agree.
I have to admit it's all a bit above my pay grade anyway so I will just wait on the Pro's to work out the problem's. I am very happy with everything else and the Mic's not a deal breaker for me in fact some would say it's a blessing they don't have to listen to anymore 
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@ReillyBrogan Hi I just updated but the Mic still isn't working.
I grabbed some dmesg and view other logs which people seem to be ask for.
I you need anything in specific then please just let me know.
Thanks. PS is there a [Hide]A[/Hide] or [Spoiler]A[/Spoiler] bbcode thing to hide the large outputs to save peoples mouse wheels with all the scrolling
Does it work if you use Pipewire as your audio server?
ReillyBrogan Hi, I just tried to use Pipewire and that didn't work well at all. I had no audio output or input and the Audio Settings just froze everything when trying to select a device 
Anyway I managed to revert back to PulseAudio and the Sound is working again except the Mic of course.
bigrammy That shouldn't be the case. What steps did you take to enable PipeWire?
ReillyBrogan Hi I followed some search instruction and used the cmd "systemctl --user --now enable pipewire pipewire-pulse" rebooted & when I checked it said pipewire was running.
If that's wrong let me know the correct way please.
On a side note I run the alsa-info script as suggested by SOF project so hopefully it may be more concise & helpful (Link Below)
Thanks for Helping I can't imagine how difficult this is trying to diagnose something like this remotely.
http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=3ed9b62c37583efae1c7c8188c8426c94e7d01aa
bigrammy You also need to install wireplumber. The full command is systemctl --user --now enable pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber. You need to log out and log back in to get it working.
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ReillyBrogan Hi I run the full command and the sound output works now using PipeWire but the Microphone still shows no signs of life. : (
I have messed with all the configs in the PulseAudio Volume Control but still no luck.
I have done a full reboot also but still the same result no Mic.
EDIT: I Messed around and now Audacity is capturing my voice from these Mic's
So now I have some sign of life how can I use device 7 (a stereo mic) as the system default mic ? Nothing else system side see's these two Mics well by that I mean PulseAudio Volume Control doesn't.
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 6: DMIC () []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 7: DMIC16kHz () []
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ReillyBrogan Hi it's all working as it should Now and here is the thing I have no idea what actually fixed it.
I struggled with Pipewire and wireplumer to get any settings to stick regarding the Dmic also cheese would crash and freeze soon after starting to record video with the webcam.
So I systemctl --user --now disable pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber and rebooted the laptop.
I then started Audacity and the sof-hda-dsp: (hw:0,6) was still available and working as a stereo Mic.
When I opened PulseAudio Volume Control I had the Ice Lake-P Audio Controller showing as a Input.
I selected it as the default and all is now working beautifully !!!
PS: Thanks for the help and If you need any commands running just let me know.