2010/3/29 Soeren D. Schulze <soeren.d.schulze@xxxxxx> > Clemens Ladisch wrote: > >> The bad thing about it is that 31,31 is a really bad setting for my > >> poorly engineered sound card. It distorts a lot. > > > > If the card cannot handle any loud output, then all outputs from any > > source must be restricted, so the logical place for lower volume would > > be the "Master" or "PCM" controls. > > The problem is rather that it cannot handle loud *input*. With loud > input from digital plus the respective DXS lever on high volume, it > apparently overdrives at a very early stage in the sound card. Master > and PCM do not help anything any more. > > The other workaround would probably be using softvol for reducing the > volume before it enters analog, but lowering the DXS levers is still > better IMHO. > > > Thank you > > Sören > > did you set those per voice volume control to 0dB ? try to play a sine wave of full amplitude and record using analog loopback of ac97 codec and audacity to find out whether the sine wave is clipped _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
