From: Daron Ryan <daron.ryan@gmail.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re:microphone
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:45:51 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46EFDD97.2070506@gmail.com> (raw)
Hello Conway,
I am using audacity to test the microphone. I will check the tab
function on the alsa mixer, I haven't tried that. Thanks for that.
Regards,
Daron.
Conway S. Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:54:32 +0930
> Daron Ryan <daron.ryan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have recently purchased a microphone / headset but can not get the
>> microphone to work. The system is dual boot and the microphone works
>> under windows but not Linux. Here some of the details of the system
>>
>> Distribution: Fedora 64bit
>> Audio card: Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family)
>> ALSA driver version: 1.0.14.
>>
>> I have tried adjusting microphone up to maximum volume using
>> alsamixer (I assume maximum volume means maximum sensitivity). This
>> only causes a hiss when microphone input is played back out again
>> with no sign of my voice. What else can I try?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Daron.
>>
>>
>
> What program are you using to test the microphone? Several
> applications still use the older OSS instead of the newer ALSA
> interface, especially for microphones. ALSA includes OSS
> compatibility, but the mixer levels are somewhat separate. Try using
> an OSS mixer program, like rexima or aumix, as well as alsamixer, and
> make sure that both the OSS & ALSA mixers are set to record from the
> microphone & the capture level isn't 0. Also note that in alsamixer
> there are separate playback & capture levels for the microphone, as
> indicated in the "View:" line towards the top: pressing tab should
> cycle them.
>
> Good luck,
> Conway S. Smith
>
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