[Alan[_3_]]

Bernard wrote:
Hi to Everyone,

Could someone help me managing my new audio card ?

It operates under Debian Linux, but I also tested it under Windows XP,
with same results. The input volume for digitilizing vinyl records is too
low, and I can't enhance it. On the contrary, with my old audio card that
was part of my ASUS motherboard, I was getting to high input volumes and I
had to lower the input to 7 to 13% of the maximum so as to avoid
saturating, such low settings were not in the green area for recording.

Here is what I get with Alsamixer :

Alsamixer v1.0.13
Card: M Audio Audiophile 24/96
Chip: ICE 1712 - multitrack
View: Playback Capture [All]
Item : list follows:

Item: IEC958 set on H/W In 0

Item: IEC958 Multi. Was in 'L CAPTUR R' mode, but I de-activated it, to no
avail. I am not in multichannel mode, only in stereo.

Item: IEC958 Multi 1: same thing

Item: IEC958 1 set to 'H/W In 1'

other options for IEC958 et IEC958 1 were H/W In 2 ... H/W In 7,
IEC958 In L, IEC958 In R, PCM Out, Digital Mixer.

Item: ADC (Analog to Digital Controller ??) set to 55%, dB gain =
-18.5 (in the green area)

Item: ADC1: idem : dB gain=-18.5

Item: ADC Capture. dB gain=-23 (in the green)

Item: ADC1 Capture. dB gain=-23 (in the green)

Item: DAC (Digital to Analog Controller ??) dB gain=-23 idem

Item: DAC Capture -23 dB

Item: DAC1 -23 dB

Item DAC1 Capture -23 dB

Item: Deemphasis. Set to 48 kHz. Other options : 32, 44.1,
OFF

Item: H/W set to H/W In 0

Item: H/W1 set to H/W In 1

other options : H/W In 2, H/W In 3,
... H/W In 7, IEC958 In L, IEC958 In R

Item: H/W Multi L CAPTUR R CAPTUR de-activated

Item: H/W Multi1 L CAPTUR R de-activated

Items: Multi, Multi1, Multi2... Multi9 set to Mute (MM)

Item: Multi Track Internal Clock : 44100

Item: Multi Track Internal Clock Default : 44100

Item: Multi Track Peak 5656

Item: Multi Track Peak 6969 (two homonymous items, same for the next two)

Item: Multi Track Peak. Here a single figure : 69

Item: Multi Track Peak. Same thing, 69

Item: Multi Track Capture. Set to 86, against my will. The green area
starts at 39, but if I rise the setting, it comes back to low values after
restarting 'alsamixer'. True enough, I am not in multichannel mode, so
chances are that this setting is obsolete here.

Items: Third and fourth 'multi track peak'

Item: Multi Track Rate Locking. 2 options : Mute ou 00.

Item: Multi Track Rate Reset: idem

Item: Multi Track Volume Rate : 67


Thanks in advance for comments and advises.

Bernard, you are treading a well worn path. I have been doing what you
describe for a number of years with a moving coil cartridge, NAD PP2 pre
amp and the software levels set at max. Regardless of operating system,
I use my analog mixer between the pre amp and M-Audio card to raise the
level and often to raise the treble slightly.

Best wishes,

Alan.