Hi chuck, try this command. amixer sset Mic 100% mute capture this will bump the microphone volume up to it's max setting, mute the output so as to prevent feedback through the speakers and of course tell your mixer that you want to record it. hth On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi Buddy - > I recently upgraded my alsa drivers to 0.9.0beta7 and the amixer utility > no longer has an input gain control that I can find. Instead each of the > input sources has its own volume setting and there is a 'Master' setting > as well. When I was using 0.5.10 the indivodia; devoces jad mp vp;i,e > settings, but there was an 'input gain' to mess with. > > I wish I knew where to find documentation on amixer that was more > informative than the man page. > > Chuck > > > On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, > Buddy Brannan wrote: > > > Try pumpin up your input gain as well. > > > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Shaun Oliver. "We realize we have a problem with communication. However, we're not going to discuss it with our staff." email: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435