On 14 June 2010 10:54, Raymond Yau <superquad.vortex2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2010/6/14 James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@xxxxxxxxx> >> If you use "alsamixer", dB values are shown so it is easy to find the >> 0dB "sweet spot". >> I think it is pulse audio that hides this information when it combines >> two alsa mixer controls into one pulseaudio control. >> > > > The base volume seem to be the software 0dB point , (no software > gain/atten), but the user want the hardware 0dB point (no hardware > gain/atten if the hardware can provide hardware gain > > This hardware 0dB point is extremely important when you want to record using > line in and line out alsamixer gives the hardware 0dB point. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
