Microphones can't produce sound. They can only receive sound. The noise that you are probably hearing is the data bus noise that are induced into the audio lines. Your phone may have some, but can't hear it. To fix this use a DAC that uses external power.
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Personally, I've found the answer to using a headset in Linux. I'm now using the Logitech H340 USB headset.....which has its own sound card built-in to the rather 'chunky' USB connector. Makes using a headset an absolute doddle; simply switch sound cards!
The card has its own 'phone volume and 'boom mike' level controls built in.....and they're all that is needed. Simply set the phone's sound card as the default one while using it, and adjust the controls using
"alsamixer"
in the terminal. (Or use your distro's default sound mixer.)
Sorted..!
Mike.
The card has its own 'phone volume and 'boom mike' level controls built in.....and they're all that is needed. Simply set the phone's sound card as the default one while using it, and adjust the controls using
"alsamixer"
in the terminal. (Or use your distro's default sound mixer.)
Sorted..!
Mike.
@ tecknurd:-
Have to agree about PulseAudio, I must admit. It grossly overcomplicates what always used to be a simple, reliable system.....ALSA.
For me, it's remarkably easy to switch sound cards, since one of our Puppy devs has written a script specifically for doing just that.....and you also get a rather smart GUI to make it easier to use. It certainly simplifies the process for newbies (and even many of the 'regulars'!)
I have no problem with PulseAudio itself; its intention was always to give finer-grained control than what ALSA alone was capable of. It does that very well. My 'beef' is with the distro developers, who have, as you say, made PulseAudio the 'default', whether you want it or not. Pulse always uses ALSA as the back-end, true.....but to use it on its own now has the average user having to jump through hoops to achieve what should be easy to start with.....
Much easier, to my way of thinking, to make PulseAudio an easy-to-use 'option' that works 'on top' of ALSA if you want it.....but leave ALSA to work as it has always done if that's how the user wants it.
This diagram shows, quite clearly, just how much extra complexity PulseAudio adds to the 'mix'!
https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/how-pulseaudio-works
Mike.
Have to agree about PulseAudio, I must admit. It grossly overcomplicates what always used to be a simple, reliable system.....ALSA.
For me, it's remarkably easy to switch sound cards, since one of our Puppy devs has written a script specifically for doing just that.....and you also get a rather smart GUI to make it easier to use. It certainly simplifies the process for newbies (and even many of the 'regulars'!)
I have no problem with PulseAudio itself; its intention was always to give finer-grained control than what ALSA alone was capable of. It does that very well. My 'beef' is with the distro developers, who have, as you say, made PulseAudio the 'default', whether you want it or not. Pulse always uses ALSA as the back-end, true.....but to use it on its own now has the average user having to jump through hoops to achieve what should be easy to start with.....
Much easier, to my way of thinking, to make PulseAudio an easy-to-use 'option' that works 'on top' of ALSA if you want it.....but leave ALSA to work as it has always done if that's how the user wants it.
This diagram shows, quite clearly, just how much extra complexity PulseAudio adds to the 'mix'!
https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/how-pulseaudio-works
Mike.
PulseAudio can't be used as stand-alone. ALSA is the kernel's or Linux's main low-level sound system. PulseAudio is a service or technically a daemon that requires a hardware connection like ALSA to do the dirty work. The diagram that you posted shows that.@ tecknurd:-
Have to agree about PulseAudio, I must admit. It grossly overcomplicates what always used to be a simple, reliable system.....ALSA.
For me, it's remarkably easy to switch sound cards, since one of our Puppy devs has written a script specifically for doing just that.....and you also get a rather smart GUI to make it easier to use. It certainly simplifies the process for newbies (and even many of the 'regulars'!)
I have no problem with PulseAudio itself; its intention was always to give finer-grained control than what ALSA alone was capable of. It does that very well. My 'beef' is with the distro developers, who have, as you say, made PulseAudio the 'default', whether you want it or not. Pulse always uses ALSA as the back-end, true.....but to use it on its own now has the average user having to jump through hoops to achieve what should be easy to start with.....
Much easier, to my way of thinking, to make PulseAudio an easy-to-use 'option' that works 'on top' of ALSA if you want it.....but leave ALSA to work as it has always done if that's how the user wants it.
This diagram shows, quite clearly, just how much extra complexity PulseAudio adds to the 'mix'!
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Mike.
Besides the performance penalty that PulseAudio puts on the computer. PulseAudio is not good if the user wants the sound to be set just right on volume, so it doesn't clip. PulseAudio has trouble using software mixer controls. All sound cards vary what mix controls should be set so it doesn't clip if master volume is set at 100%. PulseAudio doesn't just adjust the master volume. It adjusts the PCM output of the sound card after the master volume is adjusted to 100%. I tried setting PulseAudio to not do this in its configs, but it still does it. Setting PCM to 100% is not always the correct setting for all sound cards. Sound card varies of their output capabilities. Setting PCM to a correct setting so the output doesn't clip is essential to excellent sound. Some sound cards PCM could be front. The convenience that PulseAudio provides penalizes the sound quality and performance of the computer. Using ALSA doesn't have these problems when a media button is pressed to adjust volume.
I use Gentoo or Calculate Linux and I have the luxury of disabling PulseAudio and not including it for any program that I install. I use asoundrc for sound customizations.
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