From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-130545-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1RM2NW-0000ei-0f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:51:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E64D21C0AB; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:50:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (colin.muc.de [193.149.48.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD29421C057 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:49:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 48157 invoked by uid 3782); 3 Nov 2011 18:49:36 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (pD951A0E2.dip.t-dialin.net [217.81.160.226]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:49:34 +0100 Received: (qmail 3570 invoked by uid 1000); 3 Nov 2011 18:44:33 -0000 Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:44:33 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I turn my audio up? Message-ID: <20111103184433.GB2788@acm.acm> References: <20111103172622.GA2788@acm.acm> <20111103191653.72925970@weird.wonkology.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111103191653.72925970@weird.wonkology.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: 16e8e672-38ac-46c7-85b9-7d65d39e8eab X-Archives-Hash: 381a8db6b49d3256ab4438fb8e74c85c Hi, Alex On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 07:16:53PM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > Alan Mackenzie writes: > > On my PC's audio, whilst playing CDs, with all volume settings maxed > > out, the volume can't be said to be louder than "comfortable and > > sensible". In quiet passages, the music gets drowned out by the noise > > of the power supply. I know from plugging in my iPod that the > > loudspeakers are capable of much more. > > The three volume controls up at full are (i) the one in aqualung; > > (ii) the one in alsamixer; (iii) the physical control on the right > > speaker. > The ONE in alsamixer? I have at least PCM, Front and CD, another PC > also has Master. Are you missing some of those? Is a channel muted (you > see 'MM' inmstead of a volume, use the M key to unmute)? Maybe you have > to scroll with the right arrow key to see those channels? Ah, that was the problem. There are four effective volume controls in alsamixer: master, PCM, front, and side. They seem to multply together (each in the range 0 to 1). My "side" was only at ~30/100, the others being around 80. Now they're all set to 93/100, and the volume control on the speakers works sensibly. Why "side"? What is "PCM"? Presumably all these controls are for massive batteries of loudspeakers right, left, centre and behind. > Wonko -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).