Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-26 Thread Roman Katzer
On 23/10/06, Mr. Shawn H. Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, why, if it's turn up too loud, does it produce crappy sound? If it > was just clipping the sound, it would become harsher but I'm also > getting a lot of static. I'm trying to figure out why it would do this. > (Actually I'm trying to

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-25 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:19:44 -0400, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > > Bill Unruh wrote: > >> 2. What is DRC? What is DRC Range? > > > > Which sound card? That is sound card specific. > > I have a Mac PowerBook G4 (RISC) running Ubuntu 6.06LTS. The sound card > (as near as I can determine) is a Power

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: >> No, it's not. Master is the main output volume control. PCM controls >> the level of sound output from applications (as opposed to mic/line in, >> cd, etc). Windows calls it "Wave". > > OK, why, if it's turn up too loud, does it produce crappy so

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Unruh
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Lee Revell wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 13:22 -0400, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: >> Lee Revell wrote: >>> No, it's not. Master is the main output volume control. PCM controls >>> the level of sound output from applications (as opposed to mic/line in, >>> cd, etc). Windows c

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Unruh
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: >> No, it's not. Master is the main output volume control. PCM controls >> the level of sound output from applications (as opposed to mic/line in, >> cd, etc). Windows calls it "Wave". > > OK, why, if it's turn up too loud, does

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread Lee Revell
On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 13:22 -0400, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > No, it's not. Master is the main output volume control. PCM controls > > the level of sound output from applications (as opposed to mic/line in, > > cd, etc). Windows calls it "Wave". > > OK, why, if it's turn

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
Lee Revell wrote: > No, it's not. Master is the main output volume control. PCM controls > the level of sound output from applications (as opposed to mic/line in, > cd, etc). Windows calls it "Wave". OK, why, if it's turn up too loud, does it produce crappy sound? If it was just clipping the so

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
Bill Unruh wrote: >> 2. What is DRC? What is DRC Range? > > Which sound card? That is sound card specific. I have a Mac PowerBook G4 (RISC) running Ubuntu 6.06LTS. The sound card (as near as I can determine) is a PowerMac Snapper. What does DRC actually stand for? -- __END__ Just my 0.00

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread Lee Revell
On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 09:34 -0700, Bill Unruh wrote: > On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have been playing around with ALSA Mixer (actually alsamixergui) and > > could someone explain some things to me? > > > > 1. Why does PCM have a volume control? > > That, desp

Re: [Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Unruh
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > Hi, > > I have been playing around with ALSA Mixer (actually alsamixergui) and > could someone explain some things to me? > > 1. Why does PCM have a volume control? That, despite its name is teh main output volume control. > > 2. What is DRC? What

[Alsa-user] Understanding ALSA Mixer

2006-10-23 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
Hi, I have been playing around with ALSA Mixer (actually alsamixergui) and could someone explain some things to me? 1. Why does PCM have a volume control? 2. What is DRC? What is DRC Range? -- __END__ Just my 0.0002 million dollars worth, Shawn "For the things we have to learn befo