SB Live (Value)

[BaselineAce]

I am using the provided ALSA drivers, and the output is very poor quality sound.

[vinu]

I also use a SBLive value sound card and have no problems with it. What version of ALSA are you using?

[ghaefb]

I have no problems with sound quality(SBLive value).

[BaselineAce]

It looks like version 1.03a.

[BaselineAce]

And it's not that the sound is bad, it was just better on Windows.

[vinu]

You could fire up alsamixer on a command prompt and play around with the bass, treble, surround and other settings.... to see if it improves your sound quality.

You could also upgrade your ALSA driver to 1.0.6a if you're using a 2.4.x kernel.... though I doubt it will improve your SBLive performance as I don't recall any significant improvements being implemented on the SBLive driver in the versions that are newer than what you currently use.

[owakroeger]

I had a similar problem with sb live emu10ki. I disabled the built-in sound in bios, and all the hissing, squeeling, went away, and even my cheapie speakers work great.
Just a thought.

[BaselineAce]

I'm sorry...I'm actually using version 1.2.10.

And Owakroeger, can you give me some more information on how to do that...sorry, I'm a Linux n00b!

[BaselineAce]

Can someone explain how to do that?

[BaselineAce]

I think I fixed it using the GNOME ALSA Mixer...not entirely positive just yet.

...nope still static.

[BaselineAce]

bump

My sound really sounds BAD! Also, the CD Player does not work, however I can play CDs in XMMS.

[BaselineAce]

i really need some help...please i have $100 speakers that sound like crap

[jcstille]

Go to a command prompt (click the TV in your gnome panel) and type in alsamixer From there you can edit your sound settings, just adjust it to your playing prefrences. Use the arrow keys and mess around. Best way to fix it, mess around till it works.

[p1rat33r]

<--- n000b, using SB Live! Digital
w/ driver snd-emu10k1
no sound at all, how do i fix?


amixer
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device


/sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 1729 1
udf 79429 0
snd_pcm_oss 43129 0
snd_mixer_oss 14017 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_emu10k1 88521 0
snd_rawmidi 21733 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm 83529 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1
snd_timer 25413 1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_device 6473 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 58821 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc 8393 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 3521 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 6597 1 snd_emu10k1
snd 45477 10 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi, snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,sn d_util_mem,snd_hwdep
soundcore 7713 1 snd
parport_pc 21249 1
lp 9133 0
parport 35977 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 20677 0
sunrpc 141861 1
e100 34373 0
mii 3777 1 e100
ipt_REJECT 5057 1
ipt_state 1857 7
ip_conntrack 25569 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2369 1
ip_tables 13889 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
floppy 54001 0
sg 28513 0
scsi_mod 105360 1 sg
microcode 5601 0
dm_mod 47317 0
usblp 10817 0
tiglusb 8069 0
uhci_hcd 28505 0
ehci_hcd 27973 0
button 4825 0
battery 7117 0
asus_acpi 9177 0
ac 3533 0
radeon 113669 3
md5 3905 1
ipv6 217349 8
ext3 96937 2
jbd 66521 1 ext3

[owakroeger]

I'm sorry I haven't been back to this.... the old body is betraying me.
If you haven't received an answer for how to disable the built in sound , when you first boot up, there will be a message "hit DELETE to enter setup". Do that, and scroll till you find the section dealing with periferals and such. Each manufacture is a bit different, so I can't say exactly where you'll find it. Scroll around till you do, and disable it. when you get the prompt to write changes to CMOS and exit, say "Y" and reboot.
That fixed my sound problem.

owa

[BaselineAce]

I'm sorry I haven't been back to this.... the old body is betraying me.
If you haven't received an answer for how to disable the built in sound , when you first boot up, there will be a message "hit DELETE to enter setup". Do that, and scroll till you find the section dealing with periferals and such. Each manufacture is a bit different, so I can't say exactly where you'll find it. Scroll around till you do, and disable it. when you get the prompt to write changes to CMOS and exit, say "Y" and reboot.
That fixed my sound problem.

owa
I'm going to try that later.

[BaselineAce]

I'm sorry I haven't been back to this.... the old body is betraying me.
If you haven't received an answer for how to disable the built in sound , when you first boot up, there will be a message "hit DELETE to enter setup". Do that, and scroll till you find the section dealing with periferals and such. Each manufacture is a bit different, so I can't say exactly where you'll find it. Scroll around till you do, and disable it. when you get the prompt to write changes to CMOS and exit, say "Y" and reboot.
That fixed my sound problem.

owa
I didn't find a setting for this.