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[217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id lq15sm31751710wic.1.2014.07.20.09.34.11 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:34:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: voice recording not clear Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:33:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.12.21-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <53CBE357.6000203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53CBE357.6000203@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1792107.RerPz1NKsd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201407201733.41223.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 10e4da2d-c5b7-457e-b037-fe8d879d2ff0 X-Archives-Hash: 6d5fc531a8a712af490013f8f556e10f --nextPart1792107.RerPz1NKsd Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 20 Jul 2014 16:42:15 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Howdy, >=20 > I'm having trouble configuring my sound card so as to be able to record > voice as well as talk on Skype. >=20 > Whenever I try recording my voice using arecord, or do a Skype test > call, the audio output I get is static and squeaky. >=20 > I went through the instructions described here, > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ALSA, and set things up where applicable as > best as I could tell. >=20 > Here's the details of my current setup: > Sound card: > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio > Controller (rev 02) > Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device a002 > Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel >=20 > ALSA packages installed: > media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.27.2 > media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.27-r1 > media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.36 > media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.27.2 >=20 > cat .asoundrc > defaults.pcm.!card Intel > defaults.pcm.!device 0 >=20 > What else am I missing here? I don't have an .asoundrc file in my ~ for years now (I thought that it was= =20 deprecated for typical desktop use?). When I bought my last laptop I found that it had analogue and digital captu= re=20 and I got good results after I switched off the analogue capture altogether= =2E =20 Also, I had to lower the volume of the digital capture to get best results.= I=20 did all this with alsamixer. The world is moving to pulseaudio and perhaps you want to give it a spin. = It=20 may offer a better interface for managing your audio - although in my case = it=20 doesn't because I don't use Gnome and don't want to install half of it just= to=20 manage my sound. 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