[Bug 1085402] Re: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input producing bad audio quality

2017-05-12 Thread Daniel van Vugt
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085402 Title: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input p

[Bug 1085402] Re: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input producing bad audio quality

2013-08-02 Thread David Henningsson
Pushed upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/commit/?id=e6051cdf8db554c0bbd4257959c37a7ecc9c10c5 ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1085402] Re: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input producing bad audio quality

2013-08-02 Thread David Henningsson
Some HD-audio codecs (at least ALC269VB and ALC283) become quite noisy on high Mic Boost levels. So e g, if there is a "Mic Boost" and a "Capture" control, both ranging from 0 dB to +30 dB, you get better quality if "Mic Boost" is 0 dB and "Capture" is +30 dB, than the other way around. By changin

[Bug 1085402] Re: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input producing bad audio quality

2013-08-02 Thread David Henningsson
I did a small test on two machines I have here, one ALC888 + front mic and one IDT92xx + internal mic. I tested recording with Capture at +30 dB and Mic Boost at 0 dB, then I tested recording with Capture at 0 dB and Mic Boost at +30 dB. For both machines, there was no significant difference in qu

[Bug 1085402] Re: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input producing bad audio quality

2013-07-26 Thread Luke Marsden
This was also affecting me, causing very loud hissing on Skype calls. The change in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1085402/comments/6 fixes it for me, that is, in /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths /analog-input-mic.conf in the "[Element Mic Boost]" section, change "

[Bug 1085402] Re: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input producing bad audio quality

2012-12-02 Thread Raymond
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085402 Title: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input producing bad

[Bug 1085402] Re: PulseAudio overuses 'Boost' control of microphone input producing bad audio quality

2012-12-02 Thread Raymond
the amp-in at audio input has a 30dB gain Node 0x08 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10011b: Stereo Amp-In Control: name="Capture Switch", index=0, device=0 Control: name="Capture Volume", index=0, device=0 Device: name="ALC269VB Analog", type="Audio", device=0 Amp-In caps: ofs=0x0b, nsteps