[olug] Volume Control
Eric Penne
epenne at olug.org
Tue Sep 2 01:59:53 UTC 2003
88dB is 4 times 83dB.
> One of my largest complaints about linux, still, is the volume control.
> The volume control is a Linear volume control. People do not hear
> Linearly, we hear logrithmically. For instance, 88 DB is twice as loud
> as 83 DB... it grows really fast, getting loud quickly. Therfore the
> Linear gain makes nothing make any sound for the first 3/4s of the
> volume control. The last 1/4 is so touchy you cant get the volume you
> want. What is needed is a Reverse logrithmic volume control. To give
> the first 1/4 of the volume control very coarse linear granularity and
> the last 3/4 of the volume control fine granularity. This is obviously
> how it is done most other places, because you appear to be turning up
> the volume linearly, but you are actually turning up the volume reverse
> logrithm (or something close).
>
> Does anyone know of a way to make the volume control better? This is
> highly annoying.
>
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