[LAD] ICE1712 [Envy24] and Master volume

[Stefan Kost]

hi,

Bearcat M. Sandor schrieb:
>> hi,
>>
>> sorry for off-topic post. I have a Hoontech DSP 2000 (Envy24) based
>> soundcard.
>> It works fine with the Envy24 control utility and also to some extend with
>> the
>> gnome-volume-control (gnome-mixer). One annoyance is that there is no
>> master
>> volume. I've routed PCM1/2 to the digital mixer but fail to find any
>> control for
>> digital mixers master volume. Did anyone had more luck with this?
>>
>> Stefan
> 
> Yes.  You need to add a softvol control.  The following file will give you
> one called "Master" and set up dmix which will allow you to play more then
> one stream at once. This file assumes your card is card 0. If not change
> the "pcm "hw:0,0" and "card 0" lines. Note that dmix is hardset to 48khz
> so you will need to change your sample rate in your card settings to match
> or else things will sound too slow or too fast.
>
Thanks alot. I've tried it. Probably I have to reboot as it does not show up. I
called the control "Main" as there is already "Master".

Stefan

> 
> Here's my /etc/asound.conf.
> 
> pcm.dmixer {
>      type dmix
>         ipc_key 1024
>         ipc_key_add_uid false
>         ipc_perm 0660
>         slave {
>                 pcm "hw:0,0"
>                 rate 48000
>                 format "S32_LE"
>                 period_time 0
>                 period_size 1024
>                 buffer_time 0
>                 buffer_size 8192
>                 #was 5120
>         }
>      }
> 
> pcm.softvol {
>    type softvol
>    slave.pcm "dmixer"
>       control {
>           name "Master"
>           card 0
>       }
> }
> 
> # change default device:
> pcm.!default {
>      type plug
>      slave.pcm "softvol"
> }
> 
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