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Sound volume at startup

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rousou
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Sound volume at startup

#1 Post by rousou »

Hi all! I have two sound cards: the integrated one and an external usb DAC connected to the integrated amplifier.
The volume of the DAC is far too high and the device does some audible distortion (maybe it's preamplifier saturates).

The solution i have found is to lower the gain by 10dB, but i have to set it every time i swich on the DAC. Is there a way to set it automatically the right way?


Thank you all,

Gio

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phenest
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Re: Sound volume at startup

#2 Post by phenest »

First, some questions:
1. What version of Debian are you using?
2. What make model of sound cards?
ASRock H77 Pro4-M i7 3770K - 32GB RAM - Pioneer BDR-209D

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debiman
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Re: Sound volume at startup

#3 Post by debiman »

rousou wrote:The solution i have found is to lower the gain by 10dB, but i have to set it every time i swich on the DAC. Is there a way to set it automatically the right way?
if your system recognizes both cards, well alsa should remember the state (volume etc.) automatically.
maybe it has something to do with plugging it in and out...
how are you setting the volume? through alsamixer (F6 => select sound card etc.) ?

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