On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Stefan Nagy wrote: > Hi! > > I use an external Creative SoundBlaster Extigy as second sound card on > Ubuntu Dapper Drake. For more than one and a half year now I have a > problem with the sound card - even though I changed the hole > configuration of my system several times. > > In general, the sound card workes fine - but in the beginning of every > sound there is a cracking noise. Sometimes it's louder, sometimes it's > more quiet. The sound in general is good, there's just that noise in the > beginning... > > Meanwhile I'm really interested in the reason why there's that noise in > the beginning of each sound. I have a HP Compaq Business Notebook nx7000 > and I wanted to see, if there is the same noise on another nx7000 (my > friend has the same notebook) running Ubuntu - the answer is yes. I had > the same problem with Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog and Breezy Badger. I also > tested the soundcard several times with Windows - and there's no strange > noise in the beginning of every sound. > > I'm a newbie, I don't know what the problem could be. Maybe it has > something to do with the voltage of the USB port? > > Even if I turn down the volume to 5%, so that I can't hear no sound at > all, there is the noise in the beginning (as loud as always). If it > would help I could record that noise with my mobile. Why don't you run an cable from the output to the input and record the noise arecord -fCD >/tmp/noise & aplay name-of-a.wav killall arecord Then you can look at it and try to see what it is. > > I hope someone can help me. Thanks! > > Regards, > Stefan. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user