Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 15:56:20 -0400 (EDT) From: David OttTo: COMP249 Subject: mixer mic 75:75 An important note about using the soundcard on COMP 249 machines. You may need to set the soundcard mixer value for the microphone. To display all values, use the command mixer For example, porky167[~]>mixer Mixer vol is currently set to 90:90 Mixer bass is currently set to 75:75 Mixer treble is currently set to 75:75 Mixer synth is currently set to 75:75 Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 Mixer mic is currently set to 16:16 Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 Mixer igain is currently set to 75:75 Mixer ogain is currently set to 75:75 It appears that the default value for mic is 16:16 which we have found to be too low. If you see that it is set this low, then reset it to 75:75 using the command: mixer mic 75:75 The result is porky167[~]>mixer Mixer vol is currently set to 90:90 Mixer bass is currently set to 75:75 Mixer treble is currently set to 75:75 Mixer synth is currently set to 75:75 Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 Mixer mic is currently set to 75:75 Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 Mixer igain is currently set to 75:75 Mixer ogain is currently set to 75:75 All other settings should be okay as is. I'll add this email message to FAQ page for future reference. -d