G'day mate! Did you have any config probs under gentoo? I've had a few quirks under debian with the file hierarchy and all. Anyway, I usually just use a program like kmix, set it to the volume settings I prefer, save the current volume as the default and everytime a program changes it, fire up kmix and click on 'restore default volumes", kinda annoying sometimes, but does the trick for me.
--- Jeff Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been recently comparing sound quality between > the ALSA emu10k1 > driver and the SBLive drivers for windows, and I've > noticed that the > sound from the ALSA drivers has a lot of treble. > Attempting to increase > the bass only results in extreme distortion and > popping noises. I also > get similar distortion when moving the Master or PCM > volumes near 100%. > > After messing around with alsamixer, I've noticed > that the PCM controls > are visible only when music is playing, eg: EMU10K1 > PCM Volume, PCM Send > Volume, PCM Send Routing, etc (mentioned at > http://opensrc.org/alsa/index.php?page=SbLiveMixer). > By default, the > two EMU10K1 PCM Volume controls are always at 100%, > and they are reset > to 100% whenever a program accesses the sound > driver. If I change these > two controls to 20%, and increase the regular PCM, > Master, and Bass > controls, the extra treble and "tin" sounds > disappear, there are no > distortion or pops, and everything sounds great. > However, when I > re-start XMMS, they reset to 100% and I almost go > deaf as the speakers > blast away at full volume. :) > > So my question is: Is there anyway to permanently > set the EMU10K1 PCM > Volume control to anything other than 100% (no > attenuation) without it > constantly resetting? Or is this a symptom to some > other problem? > > I'm running this on a Gentoo 1.4 system with a > SBLive 5.1 card. > > Thanks for any help, > > Jeffu > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built > ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are > available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual > Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
