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| -Turn all audio on and up in ''alsamixer'' | -Turn all audio on and up in ''alsamixer'' | ||
| -Turn all audio on and up in ''kmix'' | -Turn all audio on and up in ''kmix'' | ||
| + | -Verify Pulse Audio settings with ''pavucontrol'' | ||
| -Turn all audio on and up in application | -Turn all audio on and up in application | ||
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| * Is your microphone plugged into the headphone (and not the speaker) port? | * Is your microphone plugged into the headphone (and not the speaker) port? | ||
| - | It seems obvious, but a good audio engineer checks connections first. | + | It seems obvious, but a good audio (or network, for that matter) engineer //checks connections first//. |
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| - Pulse Audio (''pavucontrol'') | - Pulse Audio (''pavucontrol'') | ||
| - | Both are graphical tools and are intuitive to use. Check to ensure volume hasn't been muted or turned down on some device or stream you are trying to use. | + | Both are graphical tools and are intuitive to use. Check to ensure volume hasn't been muted or turned down on some device or stream you are trying to use. Looking at ''kmix'' is mostly a dummy check; it should mirror your settings in ''alsamixer''. |
| {{ kmixfinal.png }} | {{ kmixfinal.png }} | ||
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| + | In ''pavucontrol'', all available settings are in tabs along the top of the window. Since it routes sound to ALSA devices, its settings are simplified and may be different from your ALSA settings. | ||
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| + | {{ pavucontrol_config.png }} | ||
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| + | Check all of them to ensure you're routing sound to the places you think you're routing sound. | ||