Sound: Fortissimo II: Bad sound!

NeoY2k · 04-20-2004, 07:13 AM

Hi.
I'm running on a Debian SiD, on a 2.6.3 kernel (ok I know, 2.6.5 is the latest...)
Well. Either I use the OSS, ALSA or the NEW ALSA driver (that enables SDPIF outputs), i got the same problem.
If I turn the sound high, the sound is really ugly... Saturated... Really bad. So i turn down sound, and it's better but... Sound keeps saturated!

I can't get a very clear sound... It's not expressive either...

This card is one of the best under windows, is recognized and Linux compatible, but far from a good sound...

Has someone a possible answer?

Thanks.

P.S: I looked for a replacement soundcard: Philips Sonic/Acoustic Edge, based on Thunderbird Avenger chips, is not supported. And I don't want a Sound Blaster card, sound is so much better on Cirrus Logic or Thunderbird chips...

Thx

NeoY2k · 04-20-2004, 09:47 AM

Arghhhhh

If there's no possible fix, i'll have to buy a new soundcard!!!

NeoY2k · 04-20-2004, 12:14 PM

ARGH

RTFM for me... On the end of the ALSA page:

Quote:

Douglas W russianeaster(throwawayaddress)(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thursday, 11 December 2003

Santa Cruz cs46xx driver:
There is a known problem with random metallic distortion during recording and playback:
(SEE: http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-dev.../msg09687.html)

Antidotal Fixes:
Recording: Open alsamixer and toggle Capture on and off with the [space bar].
Playback: Open alsamixer and toggle ADC and DAC levels ([0] for off,
[PgUp] for incremental increases)
Playback: Open alsamixer and togge External on and off with [M].
XMMS/General: stop and start playback (not pause) OR close and reopen application.

Last Option: reload modules
1) Close or kill all applications using sound (e.g. XMMS, aRts, volume controls).
2) # modprobe -r cs46xx
3) # modprobe cs46xx
(snd-cs46xx may be the correct name, esp. in 2.4.x kernels.)
(Debian users may use # /etc/init.d/alsa force-reload)
(NOTE: Monolithic kernels will require a computer reboot.)

And that worked. Cool

miniouf · 05-22-2006, 07:01 AM

Bon moi pareil j'aurai juste besoin de connaitre les etapes a faire car la je suis avec les alsa 1.0.11 et je ne retrouve pas les meme choses dans le mixer donc si tu aurai pu m'aider ce serai sympas merci d'avance.