Hey, I think that did it -- I can increase the capture volume, and the AC97 playback volume is 0, but the AC97 capture is 100%. Thanks very much -- this about drove me ... Shawn Kirkpatrick <shawn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello. Depending on which emu-based card you have the controls you > need to set can be a little different. > If the card is an sb live (emu10k1) then these steps should work: > Set the capture source to Mic: > amixer cset name='Capture Source' Mic > Turn up the AC97 capture volume: > amixer set AC97 capture 100 > This should enable you to record sound from the Mic without hearing it > from the speakers. If the sound is too low then you will have to turn > on the mic boost: > amixer set 'Mic Boost (+20db)' on > If you want to hear the sound being captured then turn up the AC97 > playback volume: > amixer set AC97 playback 100 > If your source is set to Mic then you'll most likely get feedback as > the mic hears itself. Turning up this volume can be useful to hear > other sources like line or cd as they're being captured. > To get any playback out of the card you'll have to turn up the Master > and PCM controls. > If the card is an Audigy (emu10k2) then the setup is a bit different, > you usually just have to enable capture on the source you want. > When using amixer to get and set controls you have to watch the case > and spacing in the control names. You can also use alsamixer if you > want to adjust these controls in real time to see what effect they're > having. > When you get things working as you'd like you might want to run > alsactl store to save your settings so they're restored at system > boot. > Hope this helps. > > > On Mon, 1 Jun 2015, covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hi. Since upgrading to kernel 3.13, I am having some strange also > > config problems. What I would like to do is have the Microphone be able > > to record a file, or otherwise be used by an application, and at the > > same time have the rear jack which seemsto be controlled by Master, to > > hear a file being played or other application. Now what is happening is > > that if I turn up the capture volume sufficiently, I get feedback, if I > > turn Master playback off, no feedback, but Master hears nothing. The > > volume on the Mic does nothing at all itself. I have an old emu10k1 > > sound card. So, how do I get the Mic to work at some decent level, but > > not going through the line out jack which eventually goes to speakers? > > > > Thanks in advance for any ideas. > > > > -- > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > How do > > you spend it? > > > > John Covici > > covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
