Public bug reported: I have LXDE and plain alsa installed.
The outgoing volume is acceptable, but the incoming volume is very low. I have to turn it up all the way to get any kind of recognition in the speech recognition programs I use: dragon naturally speaking, and Google’s speech recognition, which I am using to type this. I have checked the volume with Audacity. When I turn the microphone up to 100%, that gives me what looks like a normal reading. But that shouldn't be normal, that should be loud. This problem is independent of any microphone or USB sound card. (I've tried a bunch of both.) I usually use a Logitech USB external sound card. ** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547954 Title: incoming sound level too low when using USB sound cards. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1547954/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs