He's just trying to play audio files (ogg, flac, etc) through the card as line level outputs to his home stereo system. Brett McCoy wrote: > That's it, the master monitor level, it's what is used for the digital > mix (which is what is used for being able to monitor what is being > recorded while listening to audio that has been recorded. What is he's > trying to do? For applications that only use stereo out, channel 1 and > channel 2 would be used as the volume for the application (although > typically the application would have its own volume control, which is > usually controls what 2 outs you have mapped to the card). > > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 7:17 PM, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> And my friend tried envy24control and reported this: >> >> "I installed alsa-tools-gui, and the envy24control tool was impressive, >> but had no master volume control, whether in digital mixer mode, or not. >> It has a master monitor mode, but no master volume." >> >> Ideas? >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: Master volume control for M-Audio 2496? >> Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 12:12:59 -1000 >> From: david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Reply-To: gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Organization: Alias J&J >> To: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> References: <481CD6DC.10505@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <e754e90805031435k4c1c280bgcc49b67cfa2878b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Thanks, Rick and Brett! I sent the info on over to him. >> >> R Dicaire wrote: >> > envy24control is the m-audio mixer, have him check his distros >> > repository for it, it might be part of a package called alsa-tools-gui >> > (debian, and possibly ubuntu). >> > >> > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:19 PM, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> A friend of mine, who is an audiophile but doesn't make music, is using >> >> one with his Linux server (among other things, it serves audio into >> >> their stereo system). He tells me there's no master volume control for >> >> the card. He's tried KMix (no use whatever) and is now using alsamixer >> >> (but no master volume control). Anyway to get a master volume control >> >> for that card? >> >> Brett McCoy wrote: >> > Use the envy24control tool (it's designed specifically for the M-Audio >> > Audiophile and Delta interfaces), it has volume controls for all of >> > the channels plus a master volume if you are in digital mixer mode. >> >> -- >> David >> gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> authenticity, honesty, community >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > > > -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
