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
