Input Volume Way Too High In Ubuntu 10.10

[giddyup305]

Hi,

This problem has been driving me nuts! I tried searching without any luck. I am using a Logitech orbital camera as my mic input. When I check the output, it is always too high and distorted. The mic input slider is greyed out, and won't let me adjust it.

If you could help me out, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

[bgravato]

The greyed out slider means that audacity can't take over the control of the sound volume. You have to use another mixer controller. Such as gnome's or pulseaudio's sound mixer control panel. You can also use alsamixer on a terminal window.

[steve]

It seems to me that all sound is pretty quiet unless it is cranked way up (as compared to my ancient Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, which I hated to give up), but any sound level above 'unamplified' in sound preferences gains a tinny note at first which grows exponentially to a pure shriek, as if a thousand fingernails were being scraped across miniature blackboards through a really high pitched feedback loop, or a bunch of psychotic bats were calling the days news directly into your ear canal.

Thanks

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[Gale Andrews]

It seems to me that all sound is pretty quiet unless it is cranked way up (as compared to my ancient Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, which I hated to give up), but any sound level above 'unamplified' in sound preferences gains a tinny note at first which grows exponentially to a pure shriek, as if a thousand fingernails were being scraped across miniature blackboards through a really high pitched feedback loop, or a bunch of psychotic bats were calling the days news directly into your ear canal.

Thanks

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I found that quoted "cut and paste" on a lot of Linux forums in different contexts, so I have now deleted that post.



Gale