At Sat, 15 May 2004 12:28:55 -0500, Casey J Heshler wrote: > > Ok, I admit I am running ALSA at v0.9 something, what came installed with > Debian Unstable, but, ever since getting ALSA running, all I ever heard was > "Don't set your volume settings above 75%" - Why?
in most cases, it's ok up to 100%, since most chips define the highest attenuation level as 0dB. but some ac97 codecs allow overloads (often above ca 75% volume), and this results in the distorted sounds. so, the answer is -- quite depends on the hardware. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
