Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:42:48 -0000 From: "Jason Halbert" <res02jw5@gte.net> To: "Espen Oyslebo" <oys@powertech.no>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live digital output Message-ID: <000d01c0855b$85e4b3d0$17622104@next> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101221903410.6359-100000@espen.oysnet.lan>
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The evidence suggests that "Espen Oyslebo" wrote: > I bought my SB Live Value card for about 50 bucks, thinking it was a decent price to pay for a soundcard with a digital output. Of course, it turned out that the digital output was an accessory, which cost me another $30. > > At the time, I was running linux, and with the help of a nifty little tool called `dm', I was able to adjust the volume settings for the card. > > The same is possible in FreeBSD using `mixer', but it will not change the digital output volume level, which is the only one I use (and no, I don't want to have to adjust the volume on my reciever/amp). > > Has anyone come across a simular problem/got any idea if it's fixable? > > All I've done is to rebuild my kernel after adding `options pcm' to it, and then do a ./MAKEDEV snd0. Well, I can't answer your question directly. I can tell you that my digital out works fine with just compliing support for the sound card. The way I thought the digital out worked was that it just provides a digital signal based on the analog out. It works fine with me. On a basic audio level though, the proper way to do this would be to set all of your outputs at line level if you are feeding a reciever/amp and do all the volume control there. If not you can get gain inequalities which then can cause distortion on the output of the amp. That is unless you are using a very high quality amp (e.g. Crown) which uses the volume control in a different fashion then others would use it. --- *---------------------------------------------------------* | Jason P. Halbert | jason@jason-n3xt.org | | Transmitter Maintenance Engineer | DALnet: Push^Pop | | KDAF-TV/DT WB 33/32 | ICQ#: 86637300 | | KC5WEG | (214) 252-3300 | |---------------------------------------------------------| | Experts know more and more about less and less. | | http://jason-n3xt.org | *---------------------------------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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