Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:28:21 -0500 From: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> To: Ulrich Spoerlein <q@uni.de> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to adjust volume for the emu10k Message-ID: <200311122128.30678.mistry.7@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20031112222612.GC758@galgenberg.net> References: <20031112222612.GC758@galgenberg.net>
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--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: <Creative EMU10K1> port 0xd000-0xd01f irq 5 at device 9.0 on pci0 > pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9721/23 AC97 Codec> >=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--
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