On 16-04-08 17:19, Rene Herman wrote: For now last time that I reply to myself (promise): > On 16-04-08 16:29, Rene Herman wrote: > >> On 15-04-08 16:33, Rene Herman wrote: >> On that note, I just acquired an Audigy 2 (SB0240) that I'm testing >> with and now that I'm paying attention to it due to this thread -- its >> 0 dB setting is very significantly louder (with everything behind the >> line-out constant ofcourse) than the 0 dB setting on my TerraTec DMX. >> >> James, I believe you are the emu10k1 person? Data: >> >> TerraTec DMX = ESS Canyon3D (ES1970MS-3D) + Sigmatel STAC9704T >> >> Creative Audigy 2 (SB0240) = Creative CA0102-ICT + Sigmatel STAC9721T >> (+ Crystal CS4382-KQ which seems to provide digital attenuation as well) >> >> At 0 dB master the Audigy 2 is much louder than the DMX is and audibly >> distorts. Judging by hearing, keeping the master at -16 dB (60 in the >> integer scale) gets things about the same. Was that scale provided by >> datasheet or just guessed? Especially the distortion would seem to >> indicate that something is actually doing analogue amplification at >> the 0 dB ALSA setting... > > Expanding, with the 'Line' control at 0 dB (74 integer) and 'Analog Mix' > at 0 dB (100 integer) everything does sound right with both 'Master > Capture' and 'Master' at full, and too faint with 'Master' at -16 dB. I > guess this indicates that it's something at the DSP side only? (sort of > loosing my way in this bewildering array of controls so if I need to be > guided to possibly say sensible things -- please do) When I do actually capture, -16 dB master is again the correct setting when playing back (with everything else still set to 0 dB as described above). It's then equally load as when directly monitored during recording. I expect then the Master dB scale needs to be adjusted down? If yes, I'll try to make very, very sure that -16 dB now is the correct new 0 dB. Rene. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel