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Re: [listener] Re: Using analog aux (or CD) in as input.



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As I recall You are using some kind of build your own linux distribution????
what are you using for sound card drivers????
If you are using the alsa sound card drivers then you should have the alsamixer. 
 it would have been created when you compiled the alsa-tools package or alsa-utils package.
It is a mixer, like a music sound system would have a mixer to adjust the sound levels from
various microphones and other audio inputs.
 
The alsa documentation has lots of good stuff about all the different parts.
 
What ever kernel module sound package you installed should have a mixer.  If you
look in the documentation for what ever sound drivers you are using you should find info on the
mixer that goes with it.
 
aumix is the name of the original mixer used in the redhat distributions before alsa came along.
 
It is the job of the mixer to control the volume of the inputs and outputs to and from the sound card.
The mixer also controls which input is used to "capture" audio.
 
I guess I assumed that because you were building your own linux you would be a more advanced user.
We all had to start somewhere.
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 2:18 PM
Subject: [listener] Re: Using analog aux (or CD) in as input.

Please excuse my ignorance, but I am a fairly recent Linux newcomer and it
is my first ever sound experience (I'm a virgin so to speak, please be
gentle...   :)

All that "aumix or alsamixer" stuff sounds like classic Japanese to me...  
:(
Can you please point me to some (humanly readable) literature to read?
What are those anyway, programs to compile, conf files to modify?
So many toys, so little time...
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