[OpenIndiana-discuss] Microphone and pulseaudio

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 12.01.21 16:58, Tony Brian Albers wrote:
> On 01/12/21 04:39 PM, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
>>
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>> On 12.01.21 16:31, Tony Brian Albers wrote:
>>> On 01/12/21 04:17 PM, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
>>>>
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>>>> On 12.01.21 16:10, Tony Brian Albers wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Is there a way that I can use something like mic boost? I've been
>>>>> rummaging around in pulseaudio(pacmd etc.) all day now, but I can't
>>>>> find
>>>>> anything that's not set to a 100% volume with regards to the
>>>>> microphone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas and suggestions are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe it's not switched on in the mixer ?
>>> I tried
>>> $ audioctl set-control -v mic 100
>>>
>>> But that only increased the level, and the noise with it.
>>>
>>> I suppose that's what you mean by "mixer"?
>>
>> No, I meant the equivalent of the Gnome audiomixer, Linux alsamixer,
>> don't know what's that on Mate now. Should be somewhere in the desktop
>> menu.
>>
>>
> 
> Yeah, that's the mate-volume-control thingy I mentioned earlier. It's at
> 100% for the mic volume.
> 

Some BIOSes also have an option to switch audio devices, usually it says
'Use AudioHD' or similar. It should be switched to the AudioHD device,
if it has such.