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On my previous win10 machine with OEM drivers (https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/xonar u7/helpdesk_download/) things worked fine and the sound was plenty loud, but on a different w10 device and my current linux mint pc the sound is barely audible.
The mic volume has been set to max in both pulseaudio and alsamixer, but the volume remains low.
weak axle
On my previous win10 machine with OEM drivers (https://www.asus.com/us/supporton...
hit F4 in Alsamixer, i believe u need to tweak the capture levels but dont overdrive it
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mic column gives no controls, gain pad ctrl can only be 100, 50, or 0
and thats when controlled by arrow keys, not pgup and pgdn
weak axle
yep. usually the arrow keys
i see a red left arrow beside the Line column.. does it go to a hidden page?
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no, just indicates that its currently selected by the cursor
weak axle
maximize the window, just incase not seeing everything
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it does seem like that is everything
weak axle
so xonar is the usb thing eh.
weak axle
check the config tab of pavucontrol
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weak axle
if you dont use the Built-in audio, turn that profile to off
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from top to bottom:
graphics card hdmi audio
external sound card (the one im trying to get working here)
usb camera mic
onboard audio
disabled it, no change to sound levels
when talking i get the slightest sliver in pavucontrol's volumeter bar
weak axle
go back to the input tab.. try toggle the mute to off, then on
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no notable difference
weak axle
how much of the volume meter do u see when u tap on the microphone?
weak axle
double check connection
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have done, all is good
weak axle
i'll have a look at the usb specs.. i unfortunately didnt see the mic boost column in alsa i was hoping to find
brb
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i can get it to a usable level with pulseeffects by boosting the volume there, but i cant seem to get it to apply to anything
it auto disables all applications so it also doesnt want to apply to sound outputs
that seems to be fixed by enabling "process all outputs/inputs" in pulseeffects
weak axle
it does seem like that is everything
i wonder if flipping the state for Line - would help
maybe it got mixed up between line level and mic level
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nah, if it was the wrong way it wouldnt record anything
ive got usable volume now that ive got pulseeffects working, so i guess we'll see how it goes
it would be nice to get the xonar's internal gain working but i'll try how it goes without it
weak axle
nah, if it was the wrong way it wouldnt record anything
ive got *usable* volume ...
another thing to check out is in pavucontrol, while a recording application is open, the recording tab will present it, and allow a capture gain via the slider.