From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daron Ryan Subject: Re:microphone Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:45:51 +0930 Message-ID: <46EFDD97.2070506@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7zthNrJqBUc8El2CPQA39H+iE828zFYz9NgCRlof76g=; b=CvJgBGv/jx5MTQgJto8/0tSxQo5G3Hxry6sZwDASkOBclC1LIupQjaGwo5weS3pO0uYIBgkPCesGkdn3YLwBs+0f+0b6LeYAVbo3C8Ad7rFy7evRMrwUyh6WNQ3Jf11wp+9GSdEfll8ShHsvOIWk0cOGHOdFyRyd81HaNf2MbCQ= Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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 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 > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs