Re: [Alsa-user] Echo with Creative Soundblaster Life 5.1

[John H. <jc...@th...>]

John Zoetebier wrote:

>Skyp PC-to-PC has a bit of echo with my Creative Soundblaster Life 5.1 card.
>PC-to-Phone is ok though.
>When I start alsamixer and turn Capture down I see it increasing again
>automatically.
>
>  
>
Skype controls the capture level.   You almost certainly have the Mic 
level at something other than zero or mute -- that's the echo you're 
hearing: the mic level controls what gets fed back to the output, not 
what's capture.  Just set the Mic level to zero or simply mute it.

jch