Re: [Alsa-user] M-Audio Audiophile 2496 Record Levels

[James J. E. <bo...@ea...>]

Stan - And anyone else that can help

I have done some further investigation on this problem.

To describe it again.
I have an  M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card. Connected to this, via the RCA
inputs, is a amp, which has a record deck connected to it. The
connection is via the "record out" RCA of the amp.

I am using Audacity to record with. I can not set the record level in
Audacity, the control has no effect on the volume of the input signal.

I have tried using Envy24 Control but that has no effect whatever
controls I use.

I have tried to use various asound.conf files that I found on the
Internet and they have no effect.

I took a look at the setup using alsarecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: M2496 [M Audio Audiophile 24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi
[ICE1712 multi]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I have also used alsamixer -V capture
and found from that that I have two capture "channels" either IEC958 or
H/W Mult even with both of these set "not to capture" (that is there is
no red CAPTUR beneath them only ------), the volume in Audacity during
recording is still way too high.

I assume that I have a configuration problem somewhere, but after hours
of wading through websites about alsa.conf I still can't find an answer.

Stan, I do have an  asound.state at /var/lib/alsa/asound.state and it is
a long file that I did not want to put in an email. There didn't seem to
be any clue there either.

Thanks Stan for your help. I hope that there is someone out there that
can provide a better insight into the mysteries of alsa.

regards
James

stan wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:49:11 +1200
> "James J. Eaton" <bo...@ea...> wrote:
> 
>> Stan
>> Thanks. I checked the alsamixergui  and there is nothing that mentions
>> capture, or mic or mic boost.
>> Regards
>> James
>>
>>
> 
> Do you have an asound.state file in /etc.  The alsamixer or envy24mixer
> are just convenient ways to affect the values in that file.
> 
> If you do, I would check for the mic and boost settings.  If you don't,
> I would do a search on the web to see if you can find one.  From what
> I've seen in the archives in gmane, the envy24 chip is well
> supported so you should be able to get recording working.  It is just a
> matter of digging for what you need or finding a resource that can
> help you.  Unfortunately, I am not that resource. :-(