On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 00:50 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hallo, > Ryan Gallagher hat gesagt: // Ryan Gallagher wrote: > > > So when I run good old alsamixer -c 1 or gnome-alsamixer... I only get > > one PCM fader and one MIC fader. Now this card has 2 ins and 6 outs. > > Also if I raise the PCM fader to 100% I get no sound... bring it back > > down to 50% and I get full volume. > > > > But here's the real question: > > > > Is there a mixer that I can use to control all ins and outs of this > > card? > > Many USB soundcards have no or crippled mixers onboard. What you see > in alsamixer very likely is all there is. From two USB cards I own, > the Quattro has no mixer at all, and the Terratec Aureon USB only has > one strip for its 2 input rsp. 6 output channels. Maybe your hardware > manual has some more info on what to expect from your card? > > Not having mixer controls actually is not that big a deal. Every > decent audio software has software mixing, and personally I don't like > it, if something like xmms will destroy my fine tuned mixer settings > when changing mp3 volume. Thanks for that reply. The issue of setting the mixer above 50% = silence aside, I've come the conclusion that a sw mixer isn't really important to me (however I guess I could just plug the damn thing into a mac and see what the "official" drivers provide). -ry > Ciao -- Ryan Gallagher <ruinaudio@xxxxxxxxxxx>
