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#1 2009-03-17 03:07:29

Falcata
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Volume incredibly low!

I have been having problems with my volume for a while now.  I have it on maximum volume, and have trouble hearing my girlfriend on Skype.  It's getting to the point where she sometimes has to yell into her phone, and I still have trouble hearing her.  Could someone please help me?

I'm not about to try OSS, either.  I did, and it caused more problems than it solved.

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#2 2009-03-17 03:18:47

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Re: Volume incredibly low!

Have you tried

 alsamixer

and then

alsactl store

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#3 2009-03-17 03:19:13

Ranguvar
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Re: Volume incredibly low!

Have you tried fooling with _all_ the different volumes in alsamixer?

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#4 2009-03-17 03:21:48

Falcata
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Re: Volume incredibly low!

I have *EVERYTHING* at maximum volume.

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#5 2009-03-17 03:22:01

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Re: Volume incredibly low!

Wich one is your sound card?

Mine is a Realtek ALC883 and sound was really low, even in others OSs. So, my solution was a cheap pci sound card, you can do that or buy a nice amplifier...of course, if your cards it's a similar one.


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#6 2009-03-17 03:24:19

Falcata
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Re: Volume incredibly low!

My sound card is an HDA ATI SB

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#7 2009-03-17 04:30:46

Falcata
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Re: Volume incredibly low!

I should note that this is affecting my speaker volume too.

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#8 2009-03-17 05:04:21

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Re: Volume incredibly low!

HDA ATI SB is what my sound card also shows up as in Linux.  It is really a Conexant CX20651 (SmartAudio 221/Hermosa).  The sound volume really sucks anywhere else besides on Vista, and, yes, it's even worse with OSS.  The best thing you can do is to edit your ALSA configuration and use one of the LADSPA amplifier or equalizer plug-ins to make the volume louder.

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#9 2009-03-17 12:40:08

Falcata
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Re: Volume incredibly low!

Wintervenom wrote:

The best thing you can do is to edit your ALSA configuration and use one of the LADSPA amplifier or equalizer plug-ins to make the volume louder.

How do I do that?

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#10 2009-03-18 09:22:58

el_zoona
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Re: Volume incredibly low!

Falcata wrote:
Wintervenom wrote:

The best thing you can do is to edit your ALSA configuration and use one of the LADSPA amplifier or equalizer plug-ins to make the volume louder.

How do I do that?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALS … _Equalizer

Anyway, keep in mind that if you do that, your sound quality wouldn't be the same. If you don't know how to equalize good or how to use an amplifier plugin without getting into distortion, it may be a good idea to buy an amplifier or a cheap (or expensive, it's up to you :-)) sound card.

BTW, thanks Wintervenom for the advice, I'll try it with my onboard sound card to see if I can get decent volume.


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