Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Alsamixer: Dangerous Design!!!!
From: Juhana Sadeharju (kouhia_AT_nic.funet.fi)
Date: Thu May 04 2000 - 16:07:49 EEST
>From: Andre Pang <andrep-ml_AT_vjolnir.org>
>
> no, this is wrong. if you have set the overall output volume on your
>soundcard set to maximum and you're hearing things at 666dBN through your
>headphones, then you've obviously got it hooked up to some sort of amplified
>line-out on your soundcard and it's your problem.
It is SoundBlaster 16 from Creative, and headphones from Sennheiser.
I'm sure the connection I have made is the first one which other people
will make. It would be surprising if Joe Average would buy extra hardware
besides that.
>definitely should not have code that (a) slows down the mixing process and
>adds latency and (b) screws up the quality of the sound.
(a) doesn't belong in this discussion.
For (b), this affects only analog signals -- we are not screwing the digital
signal inside the Alsa.
For safety (b) is okay. You need anyway to read the Quality Doc to get
most out of your card and driver. I learned to set my SB16 by reading
from docs.
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