ok re. sound with left right channels causing bass probs, if this is a soundblaster live! card they had a problem with a lot of them having the left and right channels having different phase (creative got the wiring wrong) in the card! So you need to wire them wrong to get them to work. But , and heres the thing, some of them are fine.
Linux being Linux, this is taken account of in what is fed to the card, it expects them to be out of phase so it swaps the phase of one of the channels for you (saving you making weird leads). To change this behaviuor there is a file called emu10k.conf (this name refers to the name of the chip oin the card) in /etc. It lists a huge number of extra options including playing with the phase of the front speaker output, the relative level of front and rear speakers etc. I suspect your card is one of the ones not effected by this problem, which would account for the card having sounded ok b4 or on different os, the standard setup file may be what has changed. Play with the settings for phase and restart your sound server. Hope this helps. Si ----- Original Message ----- From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 13:15:12 +0800 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [expert] Mandrake 9.0 Questions > RE: [expert] Mandrake 9.0 Questionswith question 1.. it seems to me that > your channels are out of phase and are cancelling out the base.. > > try taking your speaker wires on one channel and swapping them around.. > > I used to see this alot when I was a fitter of Car Audio systems, alot of > the new guys would setup systems that only sounded good when the balance was > to one side... > > and it was always phase cancelling.. > > There may be a way of swapping it via software, but i do not know what it > is, so swapping the speaker wires around on one side will solve your > problem. > > let us know if it does. > > rgds > > Franki > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Williamson (ENZ) > Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2002 4:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [expert] Mandrake 9.0 Questions > > > Hi Again, > > First of all thanks Vox. The help you gave was great. But here > are some observations I have found. > > 1. Sound. I'm not sure if anyone else has had this problem. The > problem I am having with the sound is an interesting one. When the two > sound channels (left and right) are the same volume, I get horrible tinny > sound with no bass (the two channels seem to be cancelling each other out). > Take one channel volume higher or lower than the other (using alsamixergui), > and the sound is crystal clear with plenty of bass. This works with the PCM > channels and the Master channels (the only ones I have tried). Has anyone > else had this problem? I'm putting it down to an alsa problem, because I > have never heard of this problem before. Does alsa0.9-RC3 fix this or does > anyone know of a better way to get around it? I have a Videologic Sonifury > Sound card (CS4630). > > 2. Openoffice. I found the help as 'OpenOffice.org-help-en.rpm' > and installed safely (thanks Vox). But there was no > 'OpenOffice.org-li0n-en.rpm' (the English dictionary) to be found. Is the > English dictionary installed by default or did someone forget to add it to > the CD's? If the English dictionary is installed by default, can someone > tell me how to configure it. Because the spell checker doesn't work and I > can't do spell checking as I type. This is bugging me. If I get the > Powerpack, obviously I won't have any trouble (StarOffice 6.0), but I want > to show some other people how to use openoffice. > > I'll say it again. This is the best Mandrake yet! I bought the > Mandrake 8.1 powerpack, and that was a dissapointment for me (too buggy). > But I'm definitely getting the 9.0 powerpack to show my appreciation. > Thanks in advance for the above help. > > Craig. > > PS Sorry for taking so long to get back. I have to do this through my > work PC (windows only) which really stinks. Damn corporates ;-). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 07 October, 2002 11:33 AM > To: Craig Williamson (ENZ) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 9.0 Questions > > > > > Silly "Craig Williamson (ENZ)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes > daring and writes: > > > Hi Again, > > > > You guys are going to get sick of me ;-). > > > > I installed Redhat 8.0 and Mandrake9.0 and have come up with the > > following questions. > > > > 1. The sound on Mandrake 9.0 is basically crap compared to > Redhat. > > not loud enough. How do I get the bass to come through? I read > somewhere > > about alsamixer, but that isn't installed. Why? But on a happier note, > the > > [vox@isis vox]$ urpmf alsamixer > alsa-utils:/usr/bin/alsamixer > > > 2. Dictionary and Help for OpenOffice.org. Where are they? > > The > > OpenOffice.org-l10n-<2lettercode> and OpenOffice.org-help-<2lettercode> > > Vox > > -- > Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their > messenger.... > For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com > > Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. > Kind > of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ > technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. > -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup "Free price comparison tool gives you the best prices and cash back!" http://www.bestbuyfinder.com/download.htm
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