Re: [Alsa-user] Line-in volume

2021-12-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 19:56:32 -0800, Paul A. Steckler wrote: >I'd like to play sound from a device connected to my sound card's >line-in. So the signal chain is [DEVICE analog out]->[analog in SOUND CARD analog-to-digital converter]->[Linux]->[digital-to-analog converter SOUND CARD analog

Re: [Alsa-user] Line-in volume

2021-12-22 Thread Paul A. Steckler
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 11:23 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Please describe in what way the signal is "too loud". Is the signal distorted? > Is the speaker's/headphone's sound too loud? The sound from the speakers is too loud, although not distorted. There are attenuator devices you can purchase,

Re: [Alsa-user] Line-in volume

2021-12-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 19:56:32 -0800, Paul A. Steckler wrote: >I'm running Linux Mint 20.2 (x64 / Cinnamon). > >I'd like to play sound from a device connected to my sound card's >line-in. I'm able to do so by enabling the loopback device in >alsamixer. But even with the line-in level and line-in

[Alsa-user] Line-in volume

2021-12-21 Thread Paul A. Steckler
I'm running Linux Mint 20.2 (x64 / Cinnamon). I'd like to play sound from a device connected to my sound card's line-in. I'm able to do so by enabling the loopback device in alsamixer. But even with the line-in level and line-in booster level set to 0, the volume is too loud. Adjusting the