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

["kitepilot@kitepilot.com" <kitepilot@kitepilot.com>]

Well, I am trying to "advance" building my own Linux out of 
linuxfromscratch.org (and trying to stay away from the pitfalls of the 
distributions out there).
It's been hard and rewarding, and I feel that I can do *A LOT* of stuff that 
I didn't even know how to even ask about before.  I have made *HUGE* 
improvements in some areas and I haven't even scratched some others.
Sound is one of the areas that I just began tapping.
I my sound ignorance goes beyond Linux, my experience with sound boils down 
to turning my stereo on and off...   :)
I did build a 2.6.10 kernel with alsa and downloaded and successfully 
compiled the alsa tools, but I am still researching (researching is what I 
do when I don't know what I am doing...  :) 

Anyhow, I'll pull your pointer up to my documentation and I'll keep you 
posted of my progress (IF ANY!!!  :)
Thanks!
Enrique A. Troconis 

Ted Maczulat writes: 

> 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 ----- 
>   From: kitepilot@kitepilot.com 
>   To: listener@vanheusden.com 
>   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...
>   ET