On 2015-02-10 00:37, Christian Kreibich wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using a pair of Sennheiser CX 275 S earbuds. They have a built-in > microphone that sounds great when using my phone and tablets, but on my > Fedora 21 laptop suffers from so much static that I basically can't use > them for calls. Therefore I'm trying to understand whether I can > convince PulseAudio to better filter out the static. Could somebody > please describe my options? Are you sure that the problem is with the mic and not with the laptop? > I've found scattered mentioning of the module-echo-cancel module on the > web but can't seem to add it to my config without triggering the > "between a sink and its monitor" error. I'm not even sure whether an > echo cancellation module is the right choice for noise reduction, but > some sources suggested it. > > So, please advise... PulseAudio does not currently have any noise reduction to filter out static. And I wonder if that's the problem - I'd rather investigate the laptop input itself. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. https://launchpad.net/~diwic