On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Bob Hartmann wrote: > > ah, but the Duo has input pads and mic preamps, and a +4/-10dB switch on > the output. Same things? Is that what you mean by scaling before > sending to the device? (I admit I launched my kitty out of my lap and > half-way up the stairs the first time I tested the volume from YaST)
No he means instead of running the signal out of 16 bits you run it out of say 8 bits. This decreases the amplitude by a factor of 256. It also increases the noise floor by that same factor. > > Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > > The Duo indeed doesn't have a volume control. You'd have to scale the > > audio data before sending it to the device. (Some future version of > > ALSA may be able to do this.) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
