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Aerows

(39,961 posts) Sat Oct 25, 2014, 12:35 AM Oct 2014

Linux Mint - Sound quality

Anyone have any ideas to tweak sound quality? I dropped to the console and alsamixer but it still is rather weak even jacking them up to 100. I have a sound card, but it doesn't have drivers for linux (oxygen 8788 chipset) so I'm trying to make the on board sound okay.

Suggestions? My onboard is a realtek on a high-end MB with SLI, Intel, obviously.

I would rather use my high end sound card, so if anyone knows where I can get a package for the a Razer Barracuda AC-1 that would be better!

I'm running Mint x64

3.13.0-24-generic kernel

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Linux Mint - Sound quality (Original Post) Aerows Oct 2014 OP

Fixed the problem Aerows Oct 2014 #1

I know this is old, but were you using pulseaudio? Recursion Jan 2015 #2

I actually have it fixed now Aerows Jan 2015 #3

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

1. Fixed the problem

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2014, 12:23 AM

Oct 2014

Used a different kernel. Mint is too weird right now.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

2. I know this is old, but were you using pulseaudio?

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2015, 12:58 PM

Jan 2015

I was having a similar problem until I replaced pulse with jackd.

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

3. I actually have it fixed now

Reply to Recursion (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 3, 2015, 04:20 PM

Jan 2015

The sound card was crapping out on me, and finally got static and joined the silicon valley in the sky. I have a new card with the same chipset and it works great. Mine was around 6 or 7 years old. It finally croaked.

Well, that and kernel issues, but mostly the card was just flaky enough for me to think I had fixed it, then it would flake out again.

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