Le Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:19:29 +0200, Bernd Buschinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
> I talked with other user and the could confirm it. > "Windows driver are louder than Alsa driver." > > I am talking about max volume on windows and linux, > and windows ist far louder. > > is there a way to make Alsa louder? > so that they both match at max volume? > > I have a > 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) > but it seems that it happens on other sound devices too. > > > Bernd > Volume in a audio system depend of different parameters. In a digital system, you are at the max level when all the bits in a sample are at 1. You can not get higher. If you read a CD, the player will just read the samples on the CD and send it to the digital to analog converter (DAC) in the sound card. It must not be any difference between windows and linux in such case. If you take the sound from an analog input, it is essential to have a good adaptation between the output of the source and the input of the sound card. In an 100% analog system, the best case figure will be when the max output level of the sources will be the same as the max input level of the input. But an analog system can give short pulses over the max continuous level when a digital system doesn't have this capability. So, it is hard to define the best adaptaion between an analog and a digital system. It depend mainly of the dynamic of the analog source and from the dynamic of the music. A good think to do is to put a good quality preamp with volume control or mixer just before the input of the sound card. After you have done this adaptation, if you still want a louder sound, it is just to use jack and run the ecamegapedal or jackrack, or if you are not using jack but only alsa, gnuitar can do the trick. I am pretty confident at the Alsa guys have done a good job to get the most of the sound card and at it is no problem with the sound level inside the box. If it is the case, it will be a bug with the driver for your sound card, and you have to report it. Cheers, Dominique ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
