volume too loud

moschi · 07-17-2004, 01:22 PM

i am running fc2 & using the motherboard's onboard sound.

the volume is way too loud, regardless of the speakers or headphones... i have all volume settings on the lowest i can without being off, & the sound is really loud. & if i even turn it up the littlest bit, it gets all distorted...

is there a way i can change this??

thanks,
andrew

darin3200 · 07-17-2004, 05:15 PM

try a command like
'alsamixer'
or
'aumix'
and bump the master and pcm levels down to about 80

moschi · 07-17-2004, 07:18 PM

i have master & pcm set to 0 with alsamixer & it's still pretty loud... is there anything else to try

darin3200 · 07-17-2004, 07:21 PM

Have you tried aumix? If you are using kde, try kmix.

moschi · 07-17-2004, 08:47 PM

in aumix, they are set to the lowest setting as well...

Proud · 07-18-2004, 09:36 AM

You sure 0 isn't 100%, and thus down to 80 is only 20%? I've noticed a bunch of sound equipment states volume in negative values, with nearer 0 being louder.

moschi · 07-18-2004, 01:17 PM

yeah, if i move it up, it gets really really loud & distorted