On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Orion wrote: > > Hi > > Thanks for your response. > > I'm wasn't referring to the recording volume through the mic though, > but the actual system output volume. The Mic input seems to be fine. Ah. Sorry. Misunderstood (not sure why rereading your post) Look at the output sliders then. Make sure that all are at maximum. The key ones usually are the PCM and the master sliders. Also make sure they are not muted. Also use a sound test file with a high volume ( the sox test gives an amplitude about about .2) It could be that there is a bug in the alsa driver for that card ( or more likely that the manufacturer refused to tell the alsa developers what the various things about the card were all about, and they had to discover them themselves by guessing and reverse engineering.) > > Regards, > > Orion > > On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:23:36 -0800 (PST) > Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Orion wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi everybody >>> >>> I recently upgraded to an Asus Xonar DS sound card from my old Creative >>> Labs Audigy 2 Value card (which worked very well until it developed a >>> mic problem which resulted in heavy interference on the input channel). >>> I haven't had as much luck with the Xonar, it doesn't sound as good in >>> general, but the biggest issue I have at the moment is with the volume. >>> It's extremely low and I have to turn up my speakers much, much higher >>> than I did on my old one. >>> >>> I have tested the card in Windows and the volume appears normal, so it >>> seems to be an Alsa/Linux issue. I tried using softvol to increase it, >>> but that resulted in heavy distortion so isn't really an option. >>> >>> Has anybody encountered this issue and know how to solve it? I'm using >>> Linux kernel 2.6.39 and thus Alsa 1.0.24. >>> >> >> Try the following. Make sure that your input slider is up to its highest >> (alsamixer, then tab to get to the input channels, then use the arrow keys to >> select the mic, and up arrow to get the input volume up high. If it was low, >> then this may have been your problem) >> Then run the arecord your speaking to a .wav file and run sox on the resultant .wav file >> to see what the recorded volume is. >> sox <filename.wav> -t wav /dev/null stat >> >> If possible compare to your old card. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
