From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lennart Poettering Subject: Re: Verifying mixer dB data/Invalid dB data from USB cards, especially Aureon 5.1 MkII Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:10:13 +0100 Message-ID: <20100219151013.GB25873@tango.0pointer.de> References: <20100216223938.GA23623@sirena.org.uk> <20100216224212.GA1486@tango.0pointer.de> <20100216233825.GB23623@sirena.org.uk> <20100216235658.GA6766@tango.0pointer.de> <4f3252891002171748tdcaa87n4d11d9880c0043e3@mail.gmail.com> <20100218023742.GC23637@tango.0pointer.de> <4f3252891002172215j7b85313ci3626a1bdad5c040c@mail.gmail.com> <20100218181322.GB5606@tango.0pointer.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from tango.0pointer.de (tango.0pointer.de [85.214.72.216]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25451103952 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:10:38 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: James Courtier-Dutton Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Fri, 19.02.10 11:47, James Courtier-Dutton (james.dutton@gmail.com) wrote: > > On 19 February 2010 08:17, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Lennart Poettering wrote: > > > >>> For the Mic Boost +20dB case , how PA handle this +20dB switch in the "Flat > >>> Volume" model if you did not expost the Mic Boost switch to the user in the > >>> mixer control ? > >>> > >>> +20dB is quite significant in with the Capture Volume control > >> > >> We currently don't cover boost switches, simply because tehre is no dB > >> data queriable for them. > >> > >> I'd really prefer if those boost switches would be turned into binary > >> volume elements which carry normal dB information like any other > >> volume element. After all they are just a volume element, with only > >> two steps. > > > > I like this idea. > > > > Seems like a good idea but what should we call it. > If we already have a mic capture gain control, what shall we call the > mic boost gain control so as not to confuse it with each other? > Would keeping its current name be OK? Keeping the current names sounds reasonable to me. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4