Hi, I have done some more investigating myself and it occured to me that maybe the problem is the effects applied to the sound.
I downloaded the emu-tools from http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1 and popped the OSS drivers back in. Then I did an emu-dspmgr --clear to reset all the FX settings. That didn't make a difference, but I just booted into Windows and am playing around with the EAX control panel. By default the Chorus, Reverb and Original Sound effects are always applied and can not be removed. The Original Sound effect here in Windows is at 100% (as it should be) but if I reduce it to 20% the sound volume and the behaviour of the sound sliders (see original mail) is exactly the same as in Linux. So maybe the problem is that the Original Sound effect in Linux is only applied at 20%? As soon as I reboot into Linux I will have to play around with emu-dpsmgr some more to try and figure out if I can somehow change that. I will reply to the list once I tried it out. BTW, alsamixer says that my SB Live has a Cirrus Logic chip, I can't recall the exact model number right now. Later, - Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "William W. Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] problem with low sound volume > Frank Worsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a SB Live Value and have recently changed to Debian from > > RedHat72. I also run WinMe on the same machine. > > (SNIP) > > > My question: is there a way to increase the default sound level? > > Interesting question. I have two linux boxen here, one running 8.0 > (kernel-2.4.18-18.8.0) and the other running 7.3 (kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x). > > Each has an sblive. HOWEVER, the 8.0 box has (from alsamixer) chip TriTech > TR28602 [Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev > 07)]while the 7.3 box has chip: SigmaTel STAC9708/11 [Multimedia audio > controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08)]. > > FWIW, the 8.0 box, with the same speakers (swapped the cable) with the same > volume setting on the speaker (unchanged) and identical volume settings from > alsamixer, the 8.0 box is significantly softer than the 7.3 box. And the > identical modules exist in /etc/modules.conf on both machines. > > I had previously swapped the cards to see if there was any difference which > followed a card -- none was observed. > > Clearly something makes a difference, but changing the default sound level may > not be the whole issue. > > Interesting, if not an answer. > > Good luck > > Bill Austin > > -- > William W. Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Life is just a phase I'm going through... this time, anyway..." > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T > handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
