[LAU] debugging hiss

[Rustom Mody]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Lorenzo Sutton
<lorenzofsutton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14/03/2014 14:46, Rustom Mody wrote:
> [...]
>
>> For now, I checked with xfce4-mixer.
>> If I turn down master or front-mic the hiss reduces
>
>
> Is the machine a laptop? In that case the 'front-mic' could be the inbuilt
> one?

No its a desktop

> Anyhow, mute all mic-related controls it in the _Playback_ tab of the mixer.

Strange thing is in xfce4-mixer there is only a playback tab no
record/capture tab -- weird!

> You only want the microphone(s) enabled in the Capture section, unless you
> explicitly want to 'monitor' them.
> Also check that any 'mic boost' or similar is turned off/down, still in the
> Playback section.

If I turn these off my playback stops