On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: >> No, it's not. Master is the main output volume control. PCM controls >> the level of sound output from applications (as opposed to mic/line in, >> cd, etc). Windows calls it "Wave". > > OK, why, if it's turn up too loud, does it produce crappy sound? If it > was just clipping the sound, it would become harsher but I'm also > getting a lot of static. I'm trying to figure out why it would do this. > (Actually I'm trying to figure out the best value to set for it.) Because many sound cards are crappy, and begin distorting if the PCM is turned up. Ie, hardware problems. > > > -- 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
