18 Feb
2019
18 Feb
'19
2:13 p.m.
Dominique Michel <dominique.c.michel(a)gmail.com> writes:
Le Fri, 15 Feb 2019 07:22:29 +0100,
Alf Haakon Pietruszka Lund <alf(a)mellomrommet.no> a écrit :
In my experience, "decent" is overoptimistic. Sound _output_ tends to
be quite ok for a number of purposes, sound input is where you are
usually a lot better off using an external soundcard unless you are
talking about voicecall-compatible quality (and many laptops indeed have
combined microphone/headphone sockets for headsets). Of course, the
kind of soundcard for $20 when new does not offer better quality either
but might have different input/output/level/mixer options ("surround
sound" and its ilk, for example).
What I sometimes find annoying is that laptop built-in devices tend to
have more comprehensive ALSA support particularly regarding the mixer
than external soundcards but it's probably due to more people being in
possession of them.
--
David Kastrup
Hello all,
I'm considering to test Linux mint for my 'sound machine' - a normal
laptop that's used for modest recording and editing of sounds and
music, as well as miscellaneous office work.
For me, the main issue with laptops is the audio hardware, not the
distribution. The analogue part of their combined mic/line audio inputs
are optimized for a sound level of 0dB, which correspond to their line
level.
In order to get the best possible sound of it, you must set the input
level at 0dB with alsamixer, run a vu-meter, connect it to the input
and use an external mixer or device to set the recording level on the
vu-meter. That way, you can get a decent sound quality even with the
built-in audio card.