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wendell

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Registered: 2010-08-03

Posts: 11

Audio Not Balanced

Hi,

After installing ALSA (following the wiki), I discovered that, independent of application, the sound was not balanced - more came out the left headphone than the right. This is not the case when I boot windows or plug the headphones into another music player, so I think it must have something to do with linux.

I have also installed pulseaudio, which had no effect, but did make it easier to modify the balance, and when I drag it 3/4 of the way over, it sounds fine. Of course, maximizing or minimizing the sound resets this balance, which is annoying.

Any ideas?

UPDATE: Even worse, the balance jumps around. Sometimes the right speaker entirely cuts out, which is really irritating...

Last edited by wendell (2011-02-06 20:26:00)

tripox

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2009-07-15

Posts: 44

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Re: Audio Not Balanced

Try running alsaconf and then adjust your volume with alsamixer.

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