[PlanetCCRMA] Re: Jack crackle...

[David Fraser]

Mark Knecht wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 06:34, Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote:
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>>There is another thing... When using the intel8x0 driver, one has
>>to set the master fader in the mixer to about 50 percent to avoid
>>distortion. Can that be the problem?
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>On my dad's machine I built last year, in alsamixer we are setting the
>Master, Master Mono and PCM faders to 74 and getting good results. I
>have seen overload problems when you drive them up to 100. He's using a
>Asus A7Nxxx (I don't remember the exact model right now) motherboard.
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Hmmm ... I have noticed high volume levels also seem to cause distortion.
I think that just means its a badly designed sound card :-(
But anyway I think that's a separate issue to the crackle I was having 
in Jack as it happens regardless of whether running through Jack or not...

David