Re: [PLUG] Virtual Plug?

[Floyd Johnson via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

For what it's worth, I think I figured out how to get a headset mike 
working with PulseAudio, or at least for budget lappies. The "static 
and/or distortion thing" had messed up one teleconference too many for 
me, so when Audacity affirmed that symptom, it was on.

It seems that you have to run ALSAmixer, get into the "Capture" config 
for the relevant card (in my case, ALSAmixer identified it as 
"chtrt5650"), and at a minimum:

-Lower the ADC Boost to 20

-Lower the "Mono ADC" and "ADC" sliders marked "CAPTURE" to about 75

-Lower the unmarked "Mono ADC" slider to about 50

And then using pavucontrol, set PulseAudio's notion of the microphone 
setting ("Input Devices") to something between -40 dB and -25 dB .

Your mileage may vary.

I would've used the subject line, "Rockin' the Mike", but felt it too 
arcane.



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