Bill Unruh wrote: > On Sat, 4 Feb 2012, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >> Abby Cedar wrote: >>> Is the 0-100% scale linear from -60 dB to 0dB? >> >> Before alsamixer 1.0.24, it was. Since then, the slider position is >> proportional with the cubic root of the peak amplitude. > > Why the cube root? Why not the log, which is what dB is? Because this is the best approximation of the perceived volume. <http://www.robotplanet.dk/audio/audio_gui_design/> Regards, Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
