On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 14/03/2014 14:46, Rustom Mody wrote: > [...] > >> For now, I checked with xfce4-mixer. >> If I turn down master or front-mic the hiss reduces > > > Is the machine a laptop? In that case the 'front-mic' could be the inbuilt > one? No its a desktop > Anyhow, mute all mic-related controls it in the _Playback_ tab of the mixer. Strange thing is in xfce4-mixer there is only a playback tab no record/capture tab -- weird! > You only want the microphone(s) enabled in the Capture section, unless you > explicitly want to 'monitor' them. > Also check that any 'mic boost' or similar is turned off/down, still in the > Playback section. If I turn these off my playback stops _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user