From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
To: Markus Lindner <lindner.markus@outlook.at>
Cc: perex@perex.cz, tiwai@suse.com, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Add dB map quirk for Razer Barracuda X 2.4
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:10:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8733x8eorw.wl-tiwai@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AS8P195MB2142F4EFF83980BD02BA6566E1C12@AS8P195MB2142.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:09:18 +0200,
Markus Lindner wrote:
>
> The Razer Barracuda X 2.4 GHz USB headset dongle (0x1532:0x0552)
> reports a minimum volume register value of cval->min = -16800.
>
> In UAC 1/256 dB units, -16800 corresponds to -65.625 dB. However,
> stock ALSA misinterprets this raw integer as 1/100 dB units
> (-168.00 dB), causing user-space audio servers (PipeWire /
> PulseAudio) to map their volume curves against an incorrectly wide
> range.
>
> Add an explicit usbmix_dB_map entry overriding Unit 2 to -6562
> (-65.62 dB) to accurately report the physical hardware
> attenuation bounds.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Lindner <lindner.markus@outlook.at>
Applied now.
But at the next time, please submit to linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
instead of alsa-devel ML. alsa-devel ML is only for user-space stuff
for now.
thanks,
Takashi
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2026-07-22 1:09 [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Add dB map quirk for Razer Barracuda X 2.4 Markus Lindner
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