[linux-audio-user] OT: Recommendations for Headphones and Mic

[Lars Luthman]

On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 14:35 +0100, Mathias Friman wrote:
> ----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> From: Lars Luthman lars.luthman at gmail.com
> 
> > If you spend a little bit more on the microphone you can get a Samson
> > C01U USB mic that probably has a better ADC with less noise than your
> > SoundBlaster. I don't know how it compares to other non-USB microphones
> > though.
> 
> However, there are some issues with the C01U-mic. Don't know if they are
> resolved.
> 
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=USB_mic_on_Linux#Samson_C01U_USB-microphone
> 
> My woman has one of those, and I haven't put it to any serious tests, but it seems that it needs some
> special mixer-software available only on the Microsoft-platform.

It doesn't _need_ it, it works without it. It just shows up as a stereo
device in alsamixer instead of mono which is a bit annoying, and you may
need to tweak the gain of both channels to get optimal (mono) output. I
haven't experimented with it since my computer sounds too much like a
leafblower for me to worry about whether the dynamic range is 83 or 96
dB.

I really don't know anything about ALSA driver coding, but if someone
could get Samson to provide the optimal formula for combining the two
gain controls into one it shouldn't be too hard to hack the USB driver
to do that.

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