[linux-audio-user] determining source of latency (system info included)

[Nick Salamander]

i'm afraid i don't even see a "Wave" item.  

i'm using gnome-mixer and alsamixer-gui.  

i am using "Line" for the input, but i also seem to
need something called "ADC" selected for any capture
to happen at all.  but it always sounds horrendous.

i don't know if all this is a separate issue from the
latency issue or not.

thanks

--- LinuxMedia <linuxmedia4 at netscape.net> wrote:
>  > i am experiencing the "system can't keep up"
> messages
>  > like crazy, even recording a single first track.
>  >
>  > often when i speak into the microphone, what
> comes out
>  > of the speakers sounds like it has a crazy chorus
>  > effect on it.
>  >
>  > i also wonder what the correct settings to use in
> the
>  > alsamixer gui are.
>  >
>  > below is some system info gleaned from a modified
>  > shell script somebody posted on another list.
> 
> I appoligize for not taking a close look at all the
> info that you 
> carefully offered with your question. Hopefully I
> would be able to offer 
> a solution though. I find alsamixer to be pretty
> confusing. So (of the 
> two mixers below) I would suggest using KAMix. It
> combines all the 
> (confused and illogically placed) controls of
> alsamixer into simple 
> controls that make more sense. And I'm not sure if
> what you're 
> experiencing is the same as what I've come across.
> But it sounds simular...
> 
> I also get chorus-like (and echo-like) effects when
> I'm doing...
> ecasound -i:/dev/dsp -o:/dev/dsp
> (in from card 1 and directly out to card 1)
> 
> I have a soundblaster and this is what I did...
> 
> - In KAMix
>      - Go to the "Capture" tab
>      - Turn off "Activate" under the "Wave Capture"
> control
>       (make sure both are "unchecked")
> 
> - In alsamixer
>      - (de)activate capture on the "Wave" control
>        (Use the left or right keys to move to
> "Wave",
>        then press the space bar and it will toggle
>        "CAPTUR" at the top of the "Wave" "level
> slider"
>       (or whatever you call it)
> 
> Please let me know if this had any effect. I'm
> trying to keep track of 
> information that was helpful and not so helpful.
> This way I have an idea 
> if it is something that I can offer to other people
> when the question 
> comes up again.
> 
> Rocco
> 



	
		
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