> On Monday 14 April 2008 23:07:22 James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > The aim of the dB values in the ALSA mixer is this. > > > > For Playback: > > Set all the mixer controls to 0dB. > > Send a sample digital signal from the CPU to the sound card. > > The measured analog signal on the line-out should be the same for ALL > > sound cards. The dB setting in a mixer refers to gain, not level. Expecting the same absolute level from pro and consumer sound cards at the same gain setting is a little ridiculous. If I set a control at 0dB I want just that: 0dB gain. John _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel