On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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! To remove any variables due to malfunctioning xfce4-mixer, I tried alsamixer Here is the list of sliders that are under playback and under capture Note the misspellings and repeats are because I dont know how to see the name at the bottom in full so I am just showing what I see Capture has Front Mic Boos Line Boost Capture Capture 1 Digital Input Source (but no slider) Input Source 1 (no slider) Rear Mic boost Playback has Master Headphon PCM Front Front Mi Front Mi Surround Center LFE Line Line Boo Beep Channel (no slider) Rear Mic Rear Mic _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user