when the on board sound card has hardware volume control, pulseaudio provide info of hardware and calculated software volume
8| 0.000) D: [alsa-source] alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 1% 1: 1% ( 70.068| 0.000) D: [alsa-source] alsa-source.c: in dB: 0: -128.01 dB 1: -128.01 dB ( 70.068| 0.000) D: [alsa-source] alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 1% 1: 1% ( 70.068| 0.000) D: [alsa-source] alsa-source.c: in dB: 0: -128.01 dB 1: -128.01 dB ( 70.068| 0.000) D: [alsa-source] alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% (accurate-enough=yes) ( 70.068| 0.000) D: [alsa-source] alsa-source.c: in dB: 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB did gnome sound control allow you to change bass, balance and fade in 7.1 profile ? if yes, did you change them in the previous test since there is no calculated software volume for 7.1 in the log 213| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] source.c: device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" ( 0.214| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] alsa-sink.c: Using 2.0 fragments of size 524280 bytes (495.35ms), buffer size is 1048560 bytes (990.70ms) ( 0.214| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] alsa-sink.c: Time scheduling watermark is 3.99ms ( 0.214| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0 ( 0.214| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=43514 ( 0.214| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] alsa-mixer.c: Activating path analog-output ( 0.214| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] alsa-mixer.c: Path analog-output (Analog Output), direction=1, priority=99, probed=yes, supported=yes, has_mute=no, has_volume=no, has_dB=no, min_volume=0, max_volume=0, min_dB=inf, max_dB=-inf ( 0.214| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] alsa-sink.c: Driver does not support hardware volume control, falling back to software volume control. ( 0.214| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] alsa-sink.c: Driver does not support hardware mute control, falling back to software mute control. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186512 Title: [USB-Audio - Fast Track Ultra, playback] Playback problem Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: there's an artificial spatilization when using usb multichannel audio interface. in 12.10, in the "sound settings" window it did manifest itself as "analog surround 7.1" profile, which is inadequate (i have 2.0 setup) and it applies some bombastic fx (reverberation?) and virtual channels to the stereo. in 13.04 i don't see the "analog surround 7.1" label anymore. it also has no input. there's only this fake surround profile available. seemingly it tries to put all channels (with reverbs) into two physical channels if it detects it's a multichannel device. and it happened specifically since 12.10, cause with 12.04 i had no problem. 12.04 had no "analog surround" profile forced on it. there are some reverbed virtual channels (side l, side r and center) added to outputs 1 and 2 (why?), and controls for balance and "distance" are entangled (moving one moves the another). also i have NO analog surround 7.1 setup. there are no other options. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Jun 1 11:39:06 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-02-23 (463 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Ultra failed Symptom_Card: M-Audio RunTime DFU - Fast Track Ultra Symptom_Type: None of the above Title: [USB-Audio - Fast Track Ultra, playback] Playback problem UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-06-01 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/15/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8JET41WW (1.35 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 50384MU dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8JET41WW(1.35):bd02/15/2012:svnLENOVO:pn50384MU:pvrThinkPadEdgeE220s:rvnLENOVO:rn50384MU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 50384MU dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge E220s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1186512/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
