On 08/30/2009 04:37 AM, peter clarke wrote: > My mic recording level in Ubuntu+Gnome is frustratingly low. I have > (I think) wound up all the levels to maximum in the mixer, but I still > get only -20dB even with shouting into the mic. It's the same for all > hardware (2 internal and 2 USB soundcards, different mics), 2 > different computers, 2 different versions of Ubuntu (Heron on my > desktop and Ibex on my laptop) and whatever recording software I use > (arecord, audacity, kwave, ecasound). Also the same with Jack and if > I kill pulseaudio. > > This started a few months ago (originally, when everything was first > installed, it was fine) so I'm pretty confident it's an ALSA-related > software issue. > > Seems like ALSA (or something) is being told to attenuate the signal > somewhere. Any clues where to look? > > Have you looked at alsamixer from the terminal? I t may show more available level controls than you are seeing with your mixer app. Cheers. Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd > Peter Clarke > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
