control capable of adjusting "capture volume" (cvolume) and that is the "Digital" control. Both the "Internal Mic" and "Docking Mic" are showing up as pvolume (playback volume) and thus PA is not using them for adjusting the capture volume. David, have I interpreted this right? Is this just a problem at the alsa level? Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mageia Contributor [http://www.mageia.org/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]