From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 18:30:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A0616A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:30:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from crumpet.united-ware.com (ddsl-66-42-172-210.fuse.net [66.42.172.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C8343FCB for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:30:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from 192.168.0.2 (adsl-66-72-216-74.dsl.wotnoh.ameritech.net [66.72.216.74]) (authenticated bits=0)hAD2Y4Z3073905 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:34:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) From: Anish Mistry To: Ulrich Spoerlein Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:28:21 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <20031112222612.GC758@galgenberg.net> In-Reply-To: <20031112222612.GC758@galgenberg.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_Oxus/XOYgnEmzBm"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200311122128.30678.mistry.7@osu.edu> cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to adjust volume for the emu10k X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:30:32 -0000 --Boundary-02=_Oxus/XOYgnEmzBm Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 12 November 2003 05:26 pm, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > Hi there, >=20 > I have a SB Live Value installed and the thing that bothered me since > using FreeBSD is the very low volume on that card/chip. I have to turn > the volume of my HiFi Equipment way up to hear anything. Now when > switching to CD or FM playback I have to be very careful to first turn > the volume down, otherwise my speakers may take damage. The Windows > driver gets this right IMHO, there a 'moderate' mixer setting is needed > to get a signal that's strong enough for my hifi. >=20 > Setting the FreeBSD mixer in the range of 95-100% results in > distorted/overamplified sound. So the question is where to set a higher > gain in the emu10k driver? I could live with a self-made patch, I only > need someone to point me to documentation for that chip and the place > where I would have to change things. >=20 This sounds exactly like the problem with my Hercules Game Theatre XP. =20 What I'm pretty sure the problem is that there is an external amp (mine is= =20 in the breakout box) that was not turned on by the driver, I figured out=20 the bit to flip by looking at which bit the alsa folks flipped, then=20 figured out how to do it in the FreeBSD driver. So you'll probably have=20 to figure out how to turn on the external amp for your card. > pcm0: port 0xd000-0xd01f irq 5 at device 9.0 on pci0 > pcm0: >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > Ulrich Sp=F6rlein > --=20 > PGP Key ID: F0DB9F44 Get it while it's hot! > PGP Fingerprint: F1CE D062 0CA9 ADE3 349B 2FE8 980A C6B5 F0DB 9F44 > I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded > pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson >=20 Good luck. =2D-=20 Anish Mistry --Boundary-02=_Oxus/XOYgnEmzBm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/suxOxqA5ziudZT0RAqJRAKCl/O8bh8WDZLEIOH26KkezzyBStgCcCE+T ihQyXMo/nJPGNYYwASWKd8k= =05GC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_Oxus/XOYgnEmzBm--