Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 15:56:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Ott 
To: 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