Configuring ALSA in YDL4

[Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.]

Brian,

My ALSA experiences are similar to yours. Run "alsamixer" and you will
see a bar graph with numerical values for master-volume, bass, treble,
and PCM. I have found that keeping these values in the "green" range
results in good sound output.

I run the GNOME desktop rather than KDE. I have found that KDE sound
with ALSA produces the hissing noise that you describe. I have not yet
figured out what the source of the problem is.

-Joseph

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On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 07:21, Brian Richardson wrote:
> Joseph,
> 
> (sorry for not quoting; I don't have the original in my mailbox any more)
> 
> The instructions you gave were spot on. Now XMMS-ALSA doesn't play at 
> warp speed. However, testing aRtsd with the ALSA driver loaded gives a 
> horrible hissing noise (is this related to endian-ness?). Also, I have 
> to back off the PCM volume a touch from max or the bass sounds distorted 
> on my iBook. I also note that the hotkeys for mute/vol. up/vol. down no 
> longer work. I guess this was a function of the dmasound_pmac driver.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
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