At Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:47:43 +0100, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 09:09:05AM +0000, Alan Horstmann wrote: > > > Also, lets not confuse the controls the alsa driver provides with how a GUI > > mixer such as envy24control presents those to a user. It seems (Takashi > > please confirm) that this change is removing the separate controls from the > > AK4524 driver code, meaning that no alsa-driver using AK4524 can provide them > > separately. With a single control the driver has no way to dictate labelling > > of '0dB' level (or any other useful notes) when used in a mixer. > > I missed the start of this thread, but if the idea is to combine analog and > digital gain controls into one, that would be _a very bad idea_ and make a > card useless for any pro or semi-pro use. Actually, the combination of attenuation and IPGA _is_ the very design of this chip. The driver is implemented as it is. > If users don't understand the difference, they should be informed. If they > still don't want to understand it, they should be encouraged to switch to > some other form of entertainment. That's a role of the mixer application - or a usability problem. In the earlier version, the driver gave two individual controls and this messed up because they aren't individually controlled at all in reality. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
