> As a workaround I've disabled Pulse's control over PCM by adding > load-module module-udev-detect ignore_dB=1
> to /etc/pulse/default.pa volume: 0: 63% 1: 63% 0: -12,00 dB 1: -12,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 63% -12,00 dB If pulseaudio ignore dB scale, do this mean it use full volume range ? Do PCM Playback volume remain at 0dB all the time ? do distortion occur when your application play to alsa device hw:0,0 directly when PCM playback volume is over 0dB ? speaker-test -c2 -t wav -D hw:0,0 the capture volume also have +22.5dB gain and +12dB MIC Boost control.17 { iface MIXER name 'Mic Boost (+20dB) value false comment { access 'read write' type BOOLEAN count 1 } } control.28 { iface MIXER name 'Capture Volume' value.0 15 value.1 15 comment { access 'read write' type INTEGER count 2 range '0 - 15' dbmin 0 dbmax 2250 dbvalue.0 2250 dbvalue.1 2250 } } volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0,00 dB 1: 0,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 42% -22,50 dB -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311525 Title: Can only use half the sound range without overdriving sound To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1311525/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs