Re: [RFC] Add dB scale information to AK4xxx codec

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At Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:27:41 +0100,
Jochen Voss wrote:
> 
> Hi Takashi,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:28:32PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > OK, maybe the problem is its naming.
> I ignored this for the moment.  Once we are sure how many controls
> there are, we can think about the naming.
> 
> > 	% amixer set "PCM Gain" 2
> > 	% amixer set "PCM Gain" 0
> > 	% amixer set "Capture" 0
> > 	% amixer set "Capture" 80%
> > 	recording...
> > 
> > 	% amixer set "PCM Gain" 0
> > 	% amixer set "PCM Gain" 2
> > 	% amixer set "Capture" 0
> > 	% amixer set "Capture" 80%
> > 	recording...
> > 
> > If the volumes of two cases are same, the IPGA isn't independent and
> > both controls should be merged to a single control.
> 
> I read the AK4524 data sheet and I see now what you mean.  The
> descriptions there are almost identical.
> 
> I tried the following.  My amixer output is at the end of the mail for
> reference.  first I created two shell scripts:
> 
> -- s1.sh -------------------------------------------------------------
> #! /bin/sh
> amixer set "PCM Capture Gain" 2
> amixer set "PCM Capture Gain" 0
> amixer set "PCM" 0
> amixer set "PCM" 80%
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> -- s2.sh -------------------------------------------------------------
> #! /bin/sh
> amixer set "PCM Capture Gain" 0
> amixer set "PCM Capture Gain" 2
> amixer set "PCM" 0
> amixer set "PCM" 80%
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> and then I run the following command on the shell
> 
>     while true; do ./s1.sh; sleep 1; ./s2.sh; sleep 1; done
> 
> While this was running I recorded a wav file with arecord.  The volume
> of the recorded file was extremely low (is this normal?) so I
> normalised it with audacity.  I looked at the wave form in audacity
> and I played the normalised file with alsamixer.

In s2.sh, use a higher value for "PCM Capture Gain", such as 20.
If the volume is still low, then IPGA is not independent.

> 1) I cannot hear or see the difference between the settings from s1.sh
> and s2.sh.
> 
> 2) As a test I tried the following: I can hear (and maybe just see)
> the difference between 80% (value 102) and 82% (value 104).  I cannot
> notice any difference between 80% (value 102) and 81% (value 103).

This doesn't matter.  The ATT volume is corrected slightly to be
linear to dB.


Takashi

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