Getting UMM-6 mic to work on Ubuntu Linux laptop

ameucci8

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I'm trying to get my Dayton UMM-6 working properly with REW on Ubuntu (REW 5.40 beta 104) but running into several issues.
Main problem - device selection error: When I try to select the UMM-6 as input device, I get: "UMM6 [plughw:3,0] does not have any lines supporting PCM_signed 48000 Hz, 16 bit, stereo, 4 bytes/frame, little endian. Try a different sample rate." I'm already at 48kHz and tried other sample rates - same error. I ended up creating an ALSA virtual mono device as a workaround since the UMM-6 seems to require stereo at the driver level on Linux.
Calibration file issue: When I load the calibration file (2580168.txt), I get: "The cal file has a Sens Factor entry but the input is not a recognized USB mic. The Sens Factor entry will not be used."
System info:
Ubuntu Linux, REW 5.40 beta 104
lsusb shows: ID 0d8c:0147 C-Media Electronics, Inc. UMM-6

Side note: Even without calibration files, the same room gives wildly different readings - Windows shows ~22 dB, Ubuntu shows ~55 dB. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong here.
Everything works fine on Windows. Has anyone successfully gotten the UMM-6 working on Linux? Any tips or workarounds?
Thanks!
 
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