From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benny Sjostrand Subject: Re: cs46xx sound quality and CD volume Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 22:01:03 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3DA72DFF.20302@cucumelo.org> References: <20021011032322.GC4014@draal.physics.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Bob McElrath Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org > > >However, one small buglet. When recording from line1 (aux in the >current driver), the sound sometimes sounds very tinny and scratchy. I >can fix this by muting/unmuting the CD and adjusting the CD volume. >Yes, the CD slider in alsamixer. Not the Aux one or the Capture one or >the DAC one. The CD one. Weird, huh? I've tried playing with all the >other sliders and they do not affect the recording quality. > > This is a known problem (at least forme). When you unmute the CD volume the soundcard amplifier is turned off, and at least for the Hercules Game Theater XP card this makes no good. This thing could be easily fixed. Now, is there any other cs46xx based soundcard that for some reason relies on this behaviour ?? /Benny ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf