Re: [Alsa-user] Asus Xonar DX and DSX

2014-10-28 Thread chris hermansen
Marek and list, On Oct 28, 2014 2:00 PM, "Marek Kowalski" wrote: > > I found in docs of Xonar DX and DSX that even though it's not marketed, these cards have headphone amplifier. And they have older drivers than DGX, so one simple question: does ALSA support both headphone amplifier and microphon

[Alsa-user] Asus Xonar DX and DSX

2014-10-28 Thread Marek Kowalski
I found in docs of Xonar DX and DSX that even though it's not marketed, these cards have headphone amplifier. And they have older drivers than DGX, so one simple question: does ALSA support both headphone amplifier and microphone pre-amplifier on DX and DSX? I'm asking because I want to buy a X

Re: [Alsa-user] Recommendation for a well-supported multichannel audio card

2014-10-28 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Schmidt, Christian Thorge wrote: > I currently employ SoundBlaster cards, aka CA0106 for audio-out setups > of 2 to 9 channels (in groups of three, 3,6,9) as the CA0106 supports > multiple ALSA output devices on one card quite well (aka. multiple > mixers). > > It appears as though the CA0106 is ha

[Alsa-user] Recommendation for a well-supported multichannel audio card

2014-10-28 Thread Schmidt, Christian Thorge
Hello all, I currently employ SoundBlaster cards, aka CA0106 for audio-out setups of 2 to 9 channels (in groups of three, 3,6,9) as the CA0106 supports multiple ALSA output devices on one card quite well (aka. multiple mixers). It appears as though the CA0106 is harder and harder to get - which s

Re: [Alsa-user] Amplifier modes on Asus Xonar DGX

2014-10-28 Thread Janusz Slowinski
On 28 October 2014 12:31 Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Janusz Slowinski wrote: > > I agree that gain modes may be a bit silly and unproffessional, > > altough for me (online FPS gamer) the footsteps were much louder with > > the gaming gain mode > > > You can make the footsteps louder by increasing th

Re: [Alsa-user] Amplifier modes on Asus Xonar DGX

2014-10-28 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Janusz Slowinski wrote: > I agree that gain modes may be a bit silly and unproffessional, > altough for me (online FPS gamer) the footsteps were much louder with > the gaming gain mode You can make the footsteps louder by increasing the volume. > BTW Are the gain modes just predefined equalizer s

Re: [Alsa-user] ASUS Xonar DGX headphone amplifier

2014-10-28 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Marek Kowalski wrote: > Is the microphone input pre-amplifier working on ALSA driver? Yes. Regards, Clemens -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https

Re: [Alsa-user] ASUS Xonar DGX headphone amplifier

2014-10-28 Thread Marek Kowalski
On 28 October 2014 8:54 Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Marek Kowalski wrote: > > Is the headphone amplifier working when headphones are plugged into rear> > > port? > > > Yes. > > > Regards, > Clemens > > -- > _

Re: [Alsa-user] Amplifier modes on Asus Xonar DGX

2014-10-28 Thread Janusz Slowinski
On 28 October 2014 9:05 Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Janusz Slowinski wrote: > > The card description states: "3 headphone AMP gain modes for different > > usage scenarios - VOIP, pro-gaming, exciter" and in Windows driver you > > can easily change the AMP modes. I once tested this card and I can > >

Re: [Alsa-user] Amplifier modes on Asus Xonar DGX

2014-10-28 Thread Janusz Slowinski
On 28 October 2014 9:05 Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Janusz Slowinski wrote: > > > The card description states: "3 headphone AMP gain modes for different > > > > usage scenarios - VOIP, pro-gaming, exciter" and in Windows driver you > > > > can easily change the AMP modes. I once tested this card

Re: [Alsa-user] Amplifier modes on Asus Xonar DGX

2014-10-28 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Janusz Slowinski wrote: > The card description states: "3 headphone AMP gain modes for different > usage scenarios - VOIP, pro-gaming, exciter" and in Windows driver you > can easily change the AMP modes. I once tested this card and I can > confirm that on good headphones the modes make a big diffe

Re: [Alsa-user] ASUS Xonar DGX headphone amplifier

2014-10-28 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Marek Kowalski wrote: > Is the headphone amplifier working when headphones are plugged into rear port? Yes. Regards, Clemens -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sour