On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Vini Engel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tim said the following on 08/14/2009 10:01 PM: > >> On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 01:41 +1000, Vini Engel wrote: >> >>> I was wondering if anyone has ever been able to resolve the issues >>> that exist with the sound card below and the low gain of the internal >>> microphone of the laptop. The mic works and so does the external one >>> when plugged, the problem is that the volume of everything captured by >>> the internal mic extremely low and almost impossible to hear >>> sometimes. >>> >> >> Are their hidden mixer options which include a "mic boost"? It >> increases the gain of the input amplifier. You may need it off to >> record really loud sounds (where turning the level down doesn't stop the >> pre-amp from clipping ahead of the level control), or you may need it on >> to increase the gain. It's an option that's often needed. >> >> > I can remember that most windows machines have it. I haven't seen this > option on a linux machine for a while. I do agree with you I need that > option to make my mic work well but that option is no where to be found. > > I found something for alsa which creates a pseudo booster, it kind of works > but puts a lot of noisy in the sounds and not all applications can see it. > > Do you or does anyone know hot to enable to mic boot option? > > There is no such option for the driver you are using. It is an alsa problem. I also have a dell laptop with the same problem. Mic too low. You can file a bug report on ALSA site, or ask in the forum. I have already done that in the past, and got no solution. -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ
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