[LAU] [Fwd: Re: Master volume control for M-Audio 2496?]

[david]

He's just trying to play audio files (ogg, flac, etc) through the card 
as line level outputs to his home stereo system.

Brett McCoy wrote:
> That's it, the master monitor level, it's what is used for the digital
> mix (which is what is used for being able to monitor what is being
> recorded while listening to audio that has been recorded. What is he's
> trying to do? For applications that only use stereo out, channel 1 and
> channel 2 would be used as the volume for the application (although
> typically the application would have its own volume control, which is
> usually controls what 2 outs you have mapped to the card).
> 
> On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 7:17 PM, david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>> And my friend tried envy24control and reported this:
>>
>>  "I installed alsa-tools-gui, and the envy24control tool was impressive,
>>  but had no master volume control, whether in digital mixer mode, or not.
>>  It has a master monitor mode, but no master volume."
>>
>>  Ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>>  -------- Original Message --------
>>  Subject: Re: [LAU] Master volume control for M-Audio 2496?
>>  Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 12:12:59 -1000
>>  From: david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com>
>>  Reply-To: gnome at hawaii.rr.com
>>  Organization: Alias J&J
>>  To: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org>
>>  References: <481CD6DC.10505 at hawaii.rr.com>
>>  <e754e90805031435k4c1c280bgcc49b67cfa2878b at mail.gmail.com>
>>
>>  Thanks, Rick and Brett! I sent the info on over to him.
>>
>>  R Dicaire wrote:
>>  > envy24control is the m-audio mixer, have him check his distros
>>  > repository for it, it might be part of a package called alsa-tools-gui
>>  > (debian, and possibly ubuntu).
>>  >
>>  > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:19 PM, david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>>  >> A friend of mine, who is an audiophile but doesn't make music, is using
>>  >>  one with his Linux server (among other things, it serves audio into
>>  >>  their stereo system). He tells me there's no master volume control for
>>  >>  the card. He's tried KMix (no use whatever) and is now using alsamixer
>>  >>  (but no master volume control). Anyway to get a master volume control
>>  >>  for that card?
>>
>>  Brett McCoy wrote:
>>  > Use the envy24control tool (it's designed specifically for the M-Audio
>>  > Audiophile and Delta interfaces), it has volume controls for all of
>>  > the channels plus a master volume if you are in digital mixer mode.
>>
>>  --
>>  David
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