Re: [Alsa-user] Microphone volume on USB soundcard very low, are there any snd_usb_audio options?
On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 10:05:36 +0200, Schmidt, Christian Thorge wrote: >Hello all, > >I have a problem with the microphones volume being way too low >(compared to what the same connector does under macOS) on a USB >"soundcard". I have described the whole ordeal here (with pictures and >system info): >http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/299322/microphone-volume-on-usb-soundcard-very-low-snd-usb-audio-options > >tl:dr: A "dedicated microphone adapter", eg. a C-Media USB soundcard >device with an XLR mic connector (Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0d8c:0008 >C-Media Electronics, Inc.) that uses snd_usb_audio yields a very low >mic input even when fully turned "up" all the way under alsamixer. >There's no "boost" control for the input device. The same adapter >yields a clean and strong signal under a different OS. > >As always, thanks for any pointers, any help or encouraging words ;) Hi, are you using pulseaudio? I don't have pulseaudio installed, perhaps pulseaudio has an additional volume control and you need to increase this, too, by using pavucontrol as suggested by the link you posted? Did you already tested it? Is there a setting regarding +4 dBu / -10 dbV or something related to a possible included microphone amp for MacOS? Does your MacOS use a proprietary driver or like Linux a class compliant default thingy? What is the product name? And what does http://www.cmedia.com.tw/support say to this issue? Regards, Ralf -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Microphone volume on USB soundcard very low, are there any snd_usb_audio options?
On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 11:38:59 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >are you using pulseaudio? My apologies, I missed "The tools I'm using are ALSA only". -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Random audio failures during reboot
Hi, On Aug 3 2016 10:06, the seeker wrote: > I see random audio playback failures during reboot and the error message is: > (snd_pcm_hw_open):(open '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p' failed (-77)) You address about 'during reboot', while I cannot realize an actual timing to open the device. Could you please explain about the details of your experience and environment as much as possible, so that we can realize them? Regards Takashi Sakamoto -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
[Alsa-user] Random audio failures during reboot
Hello all, I see random audio playback failures during reboot and the error message is: (snd_pcm_hw_open):(open '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p' failed (-77)) Has anybody seen these kind of issues? Probably a timing issue in setting up the sound card? Thanks in advance, Linux sound newbie -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] alsa.card numbers versus pulseaudio index numbers
Tom Horsley wrote: > Clemens Ladisch wrote: >> Don't use numbers but names. > > I spent several hours once trying to get: > > mplayer -vo gl_nosw -ao alsa:device=hw=0.1 -ac hwdts,hwac3, > > to use a name instead of the hw=0 stuff and nothing I tried > was able to send sound out the optical output that > device talks to. I've actually never seen an example > anywhere on the web that describes exactly how to use > a name instead of a number showing exactly what the > number looks like first and exactly how to determine > how to change that specific number into a name given > the info in aplay -l or -L, etc. The card number (0) can be replaced with the card ID, which is the string in square brackets in /proc/asound/cards. In your case, it's probably "PCH" or "HDMI". Regards, Clemens -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
[Alsa-user] Microphone volume on USB soundcard very low, are there any snd_usb_audio options?
Hello all, I have a problem with the microphones volume being way too low (compared to what the same connector does under macOS) on a USB "soundcard". I have described the whole ordeal here (with pictures and system info): http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/299322/microphone-volume-on-usb-soundcard-very-low-snd-usb-audio-options tl:dr: A "dedicated microphone adapter", eg. a C-Media USB soundcard device with an XLR mic connector (Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0d8c:0008 C-Media Electronics, Inc.) that uses snd_usb_audio yields a very low mic input even when fully turned "up" all the way under alsamixer. There's no "boost" control for the input device. The same adapter yields a clean and strong signal under a different OS. As always, thanks for any pointers, any help or encouraging words ;) Best, Christian. -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
