Re: [Off-Topic?] Mixer device and controls (/dev/mixer)

[Peter Samuelson]

  [Michael B. Trausch]
> > I've noticed that with some audio devices, I have a Bass and Treble
> > setting that I can play with (and usually do, becuase it makes
> > things sound MUCH better).  Why don't I have that in some devices,
> > and is there a way (through the kernel, or through a userspace
> > program) to make up the difference?

[Daniel Chemko]
> I have not really looked into this but I think this option is only
> supported when the audio hardware supports bass and treble.

...and in case the hardware does *not* have such mixer settings, the
right place to introduce them is probably 'esd' or equivalent.  I don't
remember if mpg123 (or its 21st-century equivalent, ogg123) support esd
but I think they do, and if not they should be hacked to.

> > I am building myself a new installation of Linux (from the kernel
> > on up ;p... the Distributions aren't keeping up as much as I want

I've just got to ask: what exactly do you feel you need for which
Debian 'unstable' is not up-to-date?  (Check http://packages.debian.org
to see what versions of things are available in 'unstable'.)  I ask
because in my experience, they have very rarely been more than a few
weeks out of date on any major software, except where a significant
architecture change was involved (such as the migration to xfree86
4.x), or a feature not deemed "ready for prime time" (BIND 9.0)..

> > and I want all my own home-built software anyway, except for X,
> > 'cuz that's a bitch to attempt to compile on my own).

Well, that's understandable - don't compile in support for features you
know you won't need, etc, save maybe 10% of your disk space that way..

Peter