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Hello,
I have a driver in Windows to change the sound Hz from 44100 to 192000. The sound quality on Arch is bad (I would say that it's 44100) and I would really love to change that to 192000.
I'm using an Asus K53SV.
Any suggestions?
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Hello,
I have a driver in Windows to change the sound Hz from 44100 to 192000. The sound quality on Arch is bad (I would say that it's 44100) and I would really love to change that to 192000.
I'm using an Asus K53SV.
Any suggestions?
Arch does not 'have' a bad sound quality. It's simply a matter of configuration
But here is what I know: I've come across this recently. MPD has a built-in feature to take care of doing just what you want: wiki
The ALSA documentation also has a section on it, if you want to change it globally (which is what I think you want): *clickme!*
In your case, I'd do the following:
Install libsamplerate for this reason.
And put the following in ~/asound.conf:
defaults.pcm.rate_converter "samplerate_best"
pcm.dmix_192k {
type dmix
ipc_key 13371337 # any unique value
ipc_key_add_uid true
slave {
pcm "hw:0"
format S32_LE
rate 192000
}
}
Please keep me posted on your progress
And: Enjoy Arch
Last edited by n0stradamus (2011-12-19 20:54:54)
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The sound quality on Arch is bad (I would say that it's 44100) and I would really love to change that to 192000.
Don't be deceived by marketing. There isn't direct (and proportional) connection between "quality" and sampling rate some DAC currently works at. But there are things must be taken into consideration:
- initial record sampling rate (any resampling can only reduce information in comparison with original record),
- resampling "place": driver and card resampling are poor in comparison with standalone resampling tools,
- poor made DAC can work at different sampling rate different ways. Say, if we have original 44100 record, it can sound worse rather upsampled one up to, say, 192000: we have lost information, but poorly implemented DAC hardware can not process 44100 without internal - poor - resampling (loosing even more information), but at 192000 a DAC can work without internal resampling. Of course, such hardware defects can be treated as intentional (and I'm sure they are) - with the aim to sell "big numbers".
"I exist" is the best myth I know..
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soissons wrote:Hello,
I have a driver in Windows to change the sound Hz from 44100 to 192000. The sound quality on Arch is bad (I would say that it's 44100) and I would really love to change that to 192000.
I'm using an Asus K53SV.
Any suggestions?
Arch does not 'have' a bad sound quality. It's simply a matter of configuration
But here is what I know: I've come across this recently. MPD has a built-in feature to take care of doing just what you want: wiki
The ALSA documentation also has a section on it, if you want to change it globally (which is what I think you want): *clickme!*In your case, I'd do the following:
Install libsamplerate for this reason.
And put the following in ~/asound.conf:defaults.pcm.rate_converter "samplerate_best" pcm.dmix_192k { type dmix ipc_key 13371337 # any unique value ipc_key_add_uid true slave { pcm "hw:0" format S32_LE rate 192000 } }
Please keep me posted on your progress
And: Enjoy Arch
Hi, I'm really sorry I've needed so long to answer. So, it works as a charm, thank you
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