On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 10:28 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Kenneth Jacker<khj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I want to ask the "experts" on this mailing list a question I've had > > for years. It involves "best practices" for the multiple volume > > settings available on most computer systems ... > > > > Say I am playing an audio stream from 'last.fm'. > > > > The way I see it, there are *four* different possible volume settings: > > "line" (e.g., PCM) volume, application (e.g., Rhythmbox, TVTime, ...) > > volume, mixer "master" volume, and speaker volume. > > > > I would guess that the last (speaker) volume should be set (dynamically > > when needed) to whatever is currently most appropriate for the listener. > > > > But what about the other three? Should they all be set at 50%? > > If not, what other values should be used? > > > > Can anyone give some guidelines? > > > > > > Thanks for your comments! > > -- > > Prof Kenneth H Jacker khj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Computer Science Dept www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj > > Appalachian State Univ > > Boone, NC 28608 USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > > One of my pet peeves (and i'm sure for many of you as well) is the "loudness wars", that is the setting of levels close to digital 0 in the recording studio. If i set my pcm and other volumes to 100% in the alsa mixer am i in fact doing the same thing at home? Bearcat M. Sandor _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
