Steve Harris wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:47:40 +0100, wouter buytaert wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>for some reason, my sound input is redirected directly to the output >>instead of being captured by alsa/jack/ardour. > > > Its probably a bad mixer setting, try muting any capture channels and see > if you get get the output to stop reading the input, if you can do that > you should be able to work out what needs to be set to capture to record > the input but not send it to the output. > > - Steve > with most cards, when you want to record from, say, line, the line fader controls how much is sent to the output. only the "capture" flag (<space> in alsamixer) is relevant for recording, so you can have the fader all the way down and still record. record gain is controlled by another fader, often called "capture". -- "I never use EQ, never, never, never. I previously used to use mic positioning but I've even given up on that too." - Jezar on http://www.audiomelody.com J?rn Nettingsmeier Kurf?rstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server) http://www.linuxaudiodev.org (Linux Audio Developers)
