From: James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@gmail.com>
To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Subject: Re: Verifying mixer dB data/Invalid dB data from USB cards, especially Aureon 5.1 MkII
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:17:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ad2655cb1002170817i6cf90f6bh90ffe778390adada@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100217143540.GA404@tango.0pointer.de>
On 17 February 2010 14:35, Lennart Poettering <mznyfn@0pointer.de> wrote:
>
>> This is a good aim, but I still think getting the correct 0dB points
>> is more important to ensure the best audio quality.
>> I personally think that PA should just set the hardware ALSA controls
>> to 0dB and do all the volume control in software within PA.
>> The 0dB points in hardware should result in the best sound quality.
>
> I don't think this would be a good idea. In a lot of hardware you
> definitely want to make as much use of the built-in volume adjustment
> capabilities as you can. For example, on my integrated USB speakers
> you may control the built-in amplifier with the alsa mixer, and that's
> definitely much better than attenuating the 16bit PCM stream and
> having the USB speakers amplifier constantly configured to a very high
> volume level.
>
I was thinking more specifically of the line-out and line-in where
knowing the 0dB gain points is very useful and what most people need,
with maybe a new dBv or dBu
Mic and Speaker amp levels is a whole other kettle of fish.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-17 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-15 19:24 Verifying mixer dB data/Invalid dB data from USB cards, especially Aureon 5.1 MkII Lennart Poettering
2010-02-16 8:08 ` Clemens Ladisch
2010-02-16 8:24 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-16 14:32 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-16 14:40 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-16 15:40 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-16 15:49 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-16 16:29 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-16 21:07 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-16 22:39 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-16 22:42 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-16 23:38 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-16 23:56 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-17 11:17 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-17 13:01 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-17 13:15 ` Mads Kiilerich
2010-02-17 11:55 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2010-02-17 13:06 ` Mark Brown
2010-03-20 7:58 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-18 1:48 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-18 2:37 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-18 6:15 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-18 10:11 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2010-02-18 18:13 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-19 8:17 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-19 9:40 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-19 10:57 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-19 15:13 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-21 3:49 ` Raymond Yau
[not found] ` <20100221193933.GA31800@tango.0pointer.de>
2010-02-23 4:47 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-23 22:20 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-24 1:52 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-28 7:32 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-23 5:12 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-23 8:43 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-21 4:01 ` Raymond Yau
[not found] ` <20100221192951.GD30380@tango.0pointer.de>
2010-02-23 10:08 ` Clemens Ladisch
2010-02-23 12:46 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-23 22:32 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-24 0:57 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-24 9:00 ` Clemens Ladisch
2010-02-24 11:49 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-24 12:07 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-24 1:12 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-24 3:49 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-20 8:38 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-25 3:34 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-19 11:47 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2010-02-19 15:10 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-20 8:41 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-24 7:30 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-25 13:14 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-25 3:51 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-26 3:17 ` Raymond Yau
2010-03-01 4:21 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-16 23:47 ` Eliot Blennerhassett
2010-02-17 0:10 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-17 0:43 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-17 0:52 ` Eliot Blennerhassett
2010-02-17 11:50 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-17 9:04 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-17 12:06 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-17 13:15 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-17 13:32 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-17 13:06 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-17 13:55 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2010-02-17 14:12 ` Mark Brown
2010-02-17 14:35 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-17 16:17 ` James Courtier-Dutton [this message]
2010-02-26 9:38 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-17 7:37 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-18 2:11 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-26 0:45 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-20 7:24 ` Raymond Yau
2010-03-26 4:26 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-16 21:48 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2010-02-17 8:08 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-06-14 3:30 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-16 16:09 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-16 14:26 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-17 3:30 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-17 15:19 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-03-08 9:06 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-16 8:32 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-16 10:36 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2010-02-17 3:44 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-17 12:54 ` Lennart Poettering
2010-02-26 5:18 ` Raymond Yau
2010-02-27 1:07 ` Raymond Yau
2010-03-01 0:51 ` Raymond Yau
2010-06-24 22:51 ` Raymond Yau
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