[linux-audio-user] newbie trying to record

[Florian Schmidt]

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:11:15 -0500
Ken Schutte <kschutte at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> I figured that since I can hear the mic and line-in directly thru the 
> speakers, the ALSA settings were okay, i.e. it must be getting captured 
> at a reasonable level.  But, I'll have to look into it some more...thanks.

Hi, many soundcards offer mirroring the line-in or mic-in directly on
the output. Thus hearing them through the speaker does not mean that you
are actually capturing from them. It just simply means that the
soundcard routes the line-in signal directly back to the output.

Read the emu10k1 page in the AlsaDrivers section on alsa.opensrc.org. It
should have info on how to use the emu10k1 mixer [which is a beast]
correctly..

Good luck,
flo

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