Good Evening All,
FreeBSD 10.1, x64, NVIdia.
I need more volume out of my sound card.....When I was on Linux ~one year ago..the sound card could blow my eardrums out. Since I ported to FreeBSD ~ 1 year ago...the sound volume has been low. It's not been a major issue, but it is now that I am officially going deaf. So it's an issue I need to fix and document for myself. I know my sound card has some horsepower in it...I just need the knowledge on how to tap into that power and turn it up.
I have manipulated:
And moved it up to 75 and down to 25. No impact of any kind on the sound output. In reading...it was my understanding that
I read in other posts where the user configured the sound to have all processing turned off....This won't help me...As you can see from my mixer settings...I have the treble all the way up, and the bass way down...again to address hearing loss. The additional volume in the left ear is intentional for the same reasons.
Can someone please assist me in finding out how to increase the output from my sound card?
I would sure be appreciative...
Here are some details:
Loader.conf has in it:
My sound device is:
Sincerely and respectfully,
Dave
FreeBSD 10.1, x64, NVIdia.
I need more volume out of my sound card.....When I was on Linux ~one year ago..the sound card could blow my eardrums out. Since I ported to FreeBSD ~ 1 year ago...the sound volume has been low. It's not been a major issue, but it is now that I am officially going deaf. So it's an issue I need to fix and document for myself. I know my sound card has some horsepower in it...I just need the knowledge on how to tap into that power and turn it up.
I have manipulated:
Code:
hw.snd.vpc_0db: 45
hw.snd.vpc_0db
was like a "pre-amp".I read in other posts where the user configured the sound to have all processing turned off....This won't help me...As you can see from my mixer settings...I have the treble all the way up, and the bass way down...again to address hearing loss. The additional volume in the left ear is intentional for the same reasons.
Can someone please assist me in finding out how to increase the output from my sound card?
I would sure be appreciative...
Here are some details:
Code:
Mixer vol is currently set to 100:95
Mixer bass is currently set to 25:25
Mixer treble is currently set to 50:50
Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100
Mixer speaker is currently set to 57:57
Mixer line is currently set to 1:1
Mixer mic is currently set to 67:67
Mixer mix is currently set to 35:35
Mixer rec is currently set to 35:35
Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0
Mixer ogain is currently set to 100:100
Recording source: mic
Code:
hint.pcm.4.eq=1
hint.pcm.5.eq=1
hint.pcm.6.eq=1
hint.pcm.7.eq=1
Code:
hdac1@pci0:0:20:2: class=0x040300 card=0xa1321458 chip=0x43831002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI'
device = 'SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)'
class = multimedia
subclass = HDA
Sincerely and respectfully,
Dave