I get that "overdriven" sound using the Digital Mixer instead of PCM Out 1 and 2. On the subject of xruns, which IRQ did you end up with???
Jan On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 22:59, Sam wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 10:37, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > > This is a feature! > > > > envy24control does a much better job than just three settings - the volume > > sliders in the Analog Volume tab lets you set it to any values, not just > > three pre-chosen values. Then, of course, you can mix different routes > > with the sliders next to the level meters. Between these, the volume > > with ALSA is far more flexible than with Windows. It just takes a bit > > to get used to it. > > Oh, oh... oh! I see! > > I was feeling the sinking "I'm getting 90% of functionality with Linux > because hardware companies don't see the light yet, sigh" and now it's > been replaced with the less frequent feeling of "the Linux version does > it better. Yeah!" > > Cool, thanks for setting me straight. I brought down the analog signal > to 110 (from 127) and it has improved the problem significantly, though > not solved it completely. I chose 110 by doing A/B comparisons with my > DVD player to try to match the volume. Unfortunately, there's still a > slight buzzing/clicking sometimes with the Delta 44 that I don't hear > from my Pioneer DVD player playing the same music, and it cost me less > than the Delta 44. :-( I also don't hear the problem using the same > source file through a Logitech DAC. > > On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 00:44, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > I think that your problems are probably caused by underruns (system does > > not deliver samples to the DMA buffer for your card in time). The analog > > levels can be changed using alsamixer or envy24control (use analog > > section). The driver fully supports your hardware and yes, it is difficult > > to make reliable sound output for the ICE1712 chip with the standard linux > > kernels. Look for lowlatency patches. > > Thanks for the suggestion; I've already tried both low latency and > preemptible kernel patches. > > I noticed that the sound card was sharing an interrupt with three other > devices, so I swapped PCI cards around until the sound card got its own > IRQ. This didn't help. > > The problem is subtle enough that if this were (for example) a Creative > Labs sound card, I'd dismiss it. It's the fact that I was trying to > purchase my last sound card (get that part of my life "handled", like > the guy in Fight Club with his sofa) that's causing me to be bothered by > this. > > Though I'm no expert I'm guessing that because it's so subtle it's not a > driver problem. Perhaps when I get a paycheck again I'll play roulette > and try a different high-end sound card. > > Thanks for your help and suggestions (and for writing these great > drivers). > > Sam > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
