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.) > > You would think so, but unfortunately, some chips actually wrap the sound, that sounds a whole lot worse that clipping. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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