The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system.
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Is there any Sound enhancers/equalizer?
What I am looking for is to have system wide implementation of sound enhancements like bass boosts, echoes, Fidelity, Stereo enhancement and so on.
Audio Video players have their own equalizer but ...
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Headphone jack not working?
I have a Dell Studio XPS 1647 and headphones do not work (though , internal speakers work like a charm) , I have dual boot Windows 7 and headphones work perfectly fine ...
I also tried -adding in ...
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3answers
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Distorted and Choppy Audio
After installing 12.04 Precise on my PC, I have encountered some problems with audio output which did no occur when using Lucid.
The sound is choppy and distorted in the lower tones. As I have no ...
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5answers
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No sound from laptop speakers in Ubuntu 14.04 after booting into Windows 8.1
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7537.
I had installed 14.04 on it, and had no problems with the sound initially. However, like my with ethernet card, it seemed expecting to not have driver/software issues ...
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Sound problem on both Speakers and HeadPhones
I know there are a lot of questions like this here, but I tried them all and I couldn't make them work.
I have a HP dv6-2190ep laptop.
My sound card is HDA Intel IDT 92HD75B3X5.
My Ubuntu is 13.04.
...
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Is there another way to restart the sound system if pulseaudio/ALSA don't work?
I was listening to music, and my sound suddenly went dead in all my applications. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, which uses pulseaudio, so I tried sudo /etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart, but nothing happened. ...
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2answers
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How do I change which audio jacks are used for input and output?
I'm using a Realtek HD audio card built-in my motherboard. The Windows driver comes with a control panel that allows me to select which back panel jacks are used for what. So for example I can make ...
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Howto save AlsaMixer settings?
Hello I have tryed out the programm "EarCandy", now I had/have a lot of problems.
At first I did not get any sound and now it is very low volume. PS Earcandy is now deleted from my harddisk.
When Im ...
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Pulseaudio not detecting bluetooth headset automatically
The Pavucontrol on my Xubuntu 13.10 detects my bluetooth headset, but only after I type the commands :
pulseaudio -k
sudo alsa force-reload
After a few seconds the headset appears in the ...
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5answers
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16.04 Headphones detected, but not switched on automatically after startup
I have this issue since 15.10, but it started to really grind my gears after making an upgrade to 16.04.
Let's say that I have headphones plugged in. I reboot\relog on\boot to ubuntu, and play the ...
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10answers
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Mute key mutes Alsa and PulseAudio, but unmutes only Alsa
When I press the mute key on my keyboard, both the Alsa master channel and the PulseAudio master channel get muted, pressing it again only unmutes the alsa master channel, the pulseaudio master ...
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How to record any internal sound in and out using Ubuntu and Audacity
How cna I record any internal sound like mic in and speaker out from the same PC running Ubuntu, using Audacity or something else?
For example under Windows it can be done like this (I want to do ...
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1answer
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How do I change the way Ubuntu adjusts my volume mixer levels?
I've had a mildly annoying problem with my sound for quite awhile now, and I've finally decided it's time to do something about it.
Every time I adjust the main volume slider in the toolbar, or use ...
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2answers
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Successfully connected to a bluetooth speaker, but how do i direct sound there?
I'm running Kubuntu 13.10 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 laptop.
I've got a Bluetooth speaker.
After a lot of troubleshooting i managed to connect to the speaker. bt-device reports:
$ bt-device -l
Added ...
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4answers
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Adjust PCM volume?
The default sounds levels of master volume 100%, application/stream 100%, are too loud through my headphones.
I can adjust applications or the master volume down, but if a new application makes a ...
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5answers
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Issues with Bluetooth Connections in 11.10
I'm having a couple of issues that I did not have in 11.04 or 10.10. The first issue involves connecting to my bluetooth headset. I am able to successfully pair and connect to my Samsung headset for ...
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1answer
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How do I turn off audio echo from microphone to local speakers?
From 2 microphone inputs I have only one in use. When I talk into my USB microphone the audio echoes back to my local speakers (my "hello" is getting looped back instantly).
How do I turn this off?
...
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1answer
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How can I get sound on headphones without switching back to 'Speakers' manually?
On my Notebook (with Realtek ALC269VB) the sound over speakers works well until I plugin the headphones, Speakes get muted as expected but no sound on headphones. I noticed that as soon as I plugin ...
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3answers
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Lots of static/crackling noises after ALSA HDA DKMS installation
I am using a Samsung Chronos 7 laptop with the following sound setup:
$ head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec*
==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: Realtek ALC269VC
==> /proc/asound/...
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2answers
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Microphone - static background noise suppression [duplicate]
My soundcard is Realtek ALC 892. On Windows 7 I use official Realtek drivers, on Linux I use PulseAudio (on Ubuntu 13.10). On both Windows and Linux, when I enable microphone boost +30db (required ...
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Sound not working after 12.04 install
I have recently installed 12.04, but the sound is not working from both internal speakers, and from headphones when I connect them.
I have followed the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/...
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6answers
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No audio output devices detected in new computer build with Skylake (Z170) motherboard in 14.04
I'm guessing the problem is that my motherboard is very recent; it's a Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 using the new Z170 (Skylake) chipset.
The output of lspci -v shows two "Audio device" blocks, but I ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 sound suddenly stopped working, reboot did not fix
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 on an ASUS X52J laptop.
I was watching a lecture on Google Chrome, when suddenly, all sound was lost. Throughout the PC. No sounds from Chrome (even though Chrome indicates ...
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5answers
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“Dummy Output” sound in Ubuntu 14.04
None of the other questions about this have solved my issue.
I'm using a Dell Inspiron N5110. The sound on my Ubuntu 14.04 is driving me crazy.
It works and doesn't work randomly as I turn my PC on.
...
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2answers
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How to get a NI Traktor Audio 2 sound card work with Mixxx
I've got a NI Traktor Audio 2 sound card I'd like to get working with Mixxx, but I don't seem to have any success so far. The card seems to be supported in Ubuntu out of the box, and it seems to work ...
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1answer
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Microphone not working on Ubuntu 14.04 on MacBookPro10,2
I have Ubuntu 14.04 on my MacBook Pro Retina MacBookPro10,2 and the microphone does not work at all.
It has worked in 13.04 and 13.10 but now after a clean install, no luck.
I ran this script to ...
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votes
1answer
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Switch between internal and HDMI speakers automatically
You know how when you plug headphones into your laptop's aux jack, the internal speakers are automatically muted and the sounds comes out of your headphones? I want exactly that for HDMI.
I connect a ...
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2answers
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Ubuntu 12.04: Replacing pulseaudio with Alsa?
Because of skype sound issues I was told to replace pulseaudio with alsa. I only found a solution for Ubuntu 10.10.
Does this still work for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin?
Or does it still not make ...
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votes
4answers
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Persistent Dummy Output
The soundcard I want to use is detected and works (it only recently switched to dummy output and didn't allow me to go back).
HDMI is no longer listed under Audio and Video - KDE Control Module; ...
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1answer
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Sound configuration is lost on restart
I have an Acer TravelMate P648-MG laptop. I had troubles getting sound to work until I found pavucontrol. There, in the Configuration tab, I can set the configuration to Analog Stereo Duplex. Then I ...
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5answers
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Sound card not detecting
I recently tried to install Realtek audio driver. Procedure was completed successfully but when i rebooted system after installing my sound cards are not detecting and system is muted. Later i tried ...
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1answer
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HP Envy 15 Speakers Partially Working (Beats Audio) [closed]
Anybody have all 5 speakers (front l+r,rear l+r and woofer) working? Currently only the front two (front l+r) are working. I'm running a fresh install of 12.10. Headphones work fine though. Doesn't ...
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0answers
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Laptop only using subwoofer rather then surround sound [duplicate]
I have a (still relatively new) acer predator laptop (G9-593-7757 15,6"/i7-7700/32 GB RAM/512 GB SSD/1 TB HDD/GTX1070) running 16.10 and noticed that the sound sounds far more hollow then when I use ...
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No sound with HDA Intel PCH
I don't manage to get sound working on my Ubuntu 12.10. The output of my alsa-info.sh is located here.
I would appreciate any help to fix this problem!
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1answer
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Ubuntu 12.10 crackling and popping sound [duplicate]
I've an Asus Z92V, I am running Ubuntu 12.10 and since I installed Ubuntu on this notebook the audio keep crackling and popping continuously.
Moreover the volume bar on gnome-shell panel keep jumping ...
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1answer
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The bad old Noise issue in the headphones on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I have migrated to Ubuntu from Windows recently. It has been a great experience. But, one thing annoyed me the most and that is the headphones noise issue. It is a very common problem and I have ...
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1answer
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Sound problem in Ubuntu 15.04
I have installed Ubuntu 15.04 from a bootable pen-drive. When I start my machine, I get no sound on my headphone. To get around, I go to the terminal and type alsamixer and unmute the headphone from ...
0
votes
1answer
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Sound not working in Ubuntu 14.04LTS after upgrading from 13.10
I have upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04LTS from 13.10. Before upgrade sound was working fine, but after that its not working. I tried solving this issue from a reference link
Sound not working in Ubuntu 14....
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4answers
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ARCAM rPAC USB sound card not working on Ubuntu 12.04
I've just bought an ARCAM rPAC external USB sound device, and after a lot of hours spent, I just can't get it to work on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit setup.
It uses a TI PCM5102 DAC chipset with Asynchronous ...
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votes
6answers
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PulseAudio fails to set card profile to 'a2dp_sink'. How can I see the logs and figure out whats wrong?
I have currently installed ubuntu 16.04 and a2dp used to work on fresh install, which I'd prefer to leave as a last option. When the pairing is erased from bluetooth settings and is paired again ...
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votes
10answers
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Installed Lubuntu 16.04 version no audio now
I apologize if I am to vague in my question/statement. I just installed LUbuntu 16.04 onto my laptop, which is a HP Pavilion G6 series, AMD Processor, and it does have an HDMI port. I can't seem to ...
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2answers
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Ubuntu 14.04 Asus G550JK SonicMaster External Subwoofer not working
I have bought Asus G550JK laptop(G version of N550) and installed Ubuntu 14.04 on it. I'm just a beginner in using Ubuntu, but I managed to make everything work fine except the external SonicMaster ...
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5answers
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Using microphone input port as headphone output
I have one audio output jack and one audio input jack on my laptop. I want to use it for real time audio mixing, and I need to have another discrete output for headphones that is independent of the ...
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4answers
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No sound output from headphone jack Ubuntu12.04
I have just bought a new ASUS u47vc computer. I have installed ubuntu 12.04 on it alongside windows 7 with no problems what so ever. Howevr, there is one issue that must be resolved. I can not get ...
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How to fix “No Soundcards Found”
I was trying to get IEC958/SPDIF optical out working on my ASUS P8P67PRO V3 motherboard running Natty and I seem to have wiped out a crucial part of my sound setup.
Here is the output from some ...
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audio.conf missing
Xubuntu 16.04
$ uname -a
Linux private-client 4.4.0-57-generic #78-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 9 23:50:32 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
When connecting my new August EP650 bluetooth-headset, it ...
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votes
1answer
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ALC892 Low sound issue fixed with changing alsa config, why does it work?
I updated to 14.04. My sound immediately transitioned from being normal to sounding extremely quiet, sounding like it was at 5% of max volume, though all my volumes were set properly. I tried lots ...
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1answer
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Getting SigmaTel STAC9227 front audio jacks to work [closed]
I run Ubuntu 10.10 on my Intel DG965RY. My front audio ports don't work in Ubuntu, the rear one does. I never got it working earlier when I had Ubuntu 10.04 but this time I am going to try it again.
...
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Command to unmute and maximize volume?
I need to mute/unmute from the command line.
I found out that I can do it with:
amixer sset Master mute
amixer sset Master unmute
the problem is that the command for unmute is not working (as ...
