I don't know about Audigy, but the SBLive is almost two soundcards in one with a digital mixing bus between them. One half is the EMU10K1 chip and the other is a plain, boring AC97 codec.<div><br></div><div>So, trying to answer both questions below:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1. The clipping which is occurring when the volume goes above 80% is probably something on EMU10K1 output which is clipping the AC97 input. All settings appear on alsamixer, but it's quite complicated to understand what goes where. When I had SBLive installed here, lowering the PCM volume and increasing AC97 out (or "Front", I don't remember now) got rid of the clippings.</div>
<div><br></div><div>2. As I said before, I never used an Audigy, but I read somewhere that the design is quite similar to the SBLive. If this is true, try increasing the AC97 output. This should boost the volume. A lot.</div>
<div><br></div><div>FZ<br><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 21:49, Andrej Marjan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amarjan-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">amarjan-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On February 18, 2010 03:36:23 pm you wrote:<br>
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> True. Of course on my sb live, going above about 80% causes clipping<br>
> (someone did a stupid design apparently). That's rather unusual though.<br>
<br>
Going off on a tangent, I have an Audigy 2 which is quite nice and has a<br>
fantastic DAC on it and I have it connected to an old analog receiver that<br>
acts as an amplifier.<br>
<br>
Under Windows XP, it's also very loud. Under everything else (including newer<br>
Windowses), it's a lot quieter. I have to turn up the volume on the receiver<br>
considerably to get the same output. Of course that introduces noise from the<br>
receiver.<br>
<br>
I don't suppose anyone here knows of a way to boost its output under Alsa to<br>
something comparable to the Windows XP setting? I haven't been able to find<br>
anything too useful myself.<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
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