2010/6/14 James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@xxxxxxxxx> > On 14 June 2010 15:17, Colin Guthrie <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I've made this change on my system and while previously my UI had no > > "Base Volume" displayed (because all my "h/w" (I include softvol in > > that) controls had their dB value >0. > > > > Now that this change is live, I have a base volume present in my GUI (at > > around the 64% mark with the cubic scale we've already discussed). When > > I set my volume ot the base volume, the h/w controls are all set to 0dB > > which is exactly as expected. > > > > I fail to see the point here? The base volume is clearly exposed to the > > as the recommended point on the scale at which no clipping occurs. > > > > I really don't get where your complaint is. > > > alsamixer -D pulse does not show that sweet spot to the user > > Well, if you can define "Volume" in a way that lets you understand > this then fine. > For me, all these controls are not adjusting "Volume", they are > adjusting "Gain", so why are they even called "Base Volume". > If you play music using aplay or mplayer with modified front device , you should notice that the playback signal after passing the softvol plugin is already clipped when you set the softvol to 12dB (software gain is the cause of this clipping ) _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
