Hi No problem. I've long since checked the volume sliders on Alsamixer and unfortunately they are all turned on full. I would normally turn them up to their highest levels (that caused no distortion) and then just use the amplifier controls to set the actual volume anyway. I suspect there might be a bug in the driver too, but I just wondered if there was anything I might be missing inside Alsa itself. Thanks Regards, Orion. On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:36:15 -0800 (PST) Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
