Am Mittwoch, dem 02.03.2022 um 13:40 +0000 schrieb Charles Keepax:
On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 12:48:28PM +0100, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
Am Dienstag, dem 01.03.2022 um 15:00 +0100 schrieb Martin Kepplinger:
Am Dienstag, dem 01.03.2022 um 13:44 +0000 schrieb Charles Keepax:
On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 02:21:29PM +0000, Charles Keepax wrote:
On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 11:49:32AM +0100, Martin Kepplinger
Am Freitag, dem 04.02.2022 um 17:21 +0000 schrieb Charles > On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 10:43:53AM +0100, Martin > Kepplinger
that's really nice of you to ask. Sorry for not replying earlier. Mainly cset "name='MIXINR PGA Volume' 0,0" made things much better indeed. I took a break from this then and the issue is still open, here: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/librem5-base/-/merge_requests/296 or if you want to look at the current ucm file: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/librem5-base/-/blob/bb48912242dd0db1f35c6de84...
As you know I'm no expert with the codec and this definitely can be improved: When visualizing the signal, it doesn't look "good" yet and the signal strength seems to only go to 50% of the available scale (in the gnome volume setting). Actually I'll talk about this to Guido tomorrow and even though it is kind of usable now, I hope to that we can come up with a profile that we're preliminarliy happy with.
Let me forward the commit message I just did for the ucm settings here, now that I have a *bit* of an overview of the codec:
There are 3 Volume controls for the analog parts, all before the ADC. In order from Jack to ADC, they are:
numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=63,step=0 : values=63,63 | dBscale-min=-23.25dB,step=0.75dB,mute=0
"Input PGA Volume Control". 31=0dB. We use 39=+6dB.
numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='MIXINR PGA Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0 : values=7 | dBrange- rangemin=0,,rangemax=1 | dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=6.00dB,mute=0 rangemin=2,,rangemax=2 | dBscale-min=13.00dB,step=13.00dB,mute=0 rangemin=3,,rangemax=4 | dBscale-min=18.00dB,step=2.00dB,mute=0 rangemin=5,,rangemax=5 | dBscale-min=24.00dB,step=0.00dB,mute=0 rangemin=6,,rangemax=7 | dBscale-min=27.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
"Right input PGA to Right input Boost-Mixer Gain" 0=0dB. we use 1=+3dB.
numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='MIXINR IN3R Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0 : values=6 | dBscale-min=-15.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
5=0dB. we use 6=+3dB. That's a later amplifier, "Boost-Mixer Gain".
("quotes" are from the datasheet)
Still, the recording sounds pretty good I think, but since gnome sound- recording doesn't visualize the signal waves - whatever that means :) I'll look at the file in audacity or something similar later.
Yeah I have been having a look at your patch you linked. I think there are still maybe a couple things I am not sure on. I would try removing these two lines:
cset "name='MIXINR IN3R Switch' on" cset "name='MIXINR IN3R Volume' 6"
I am pretty sure we want to be using the PGA path here. If you check Figure 13 in the datasheet, you can route IN3R to MIXINR either through the IN3R input or through the PGA input. I suspect we want to come through the PGA. Using the IN3R path should mean the PGA volume has no effect, it is effectively bypassing the PGA. You may need to also add:
cset "name='MIXINR PGA Switch' on"
ah ok, I think I read Figure 13 wrong then. thanks!
Although your previous control dumps had that input set on. I suspect if you have both enabled you will get some slightly weird effects, there is probably a slightly phase delay through the PGA and there won't be on the direct path, so when they mix together it will likely sound weird.
it was not that bad but with your changes, especially a recorded "s" sounds indeed better now.
Hopefully that gets us to a clean signal. The settings described in your commit message give +9dB analogue gain which seems reasonable to me, and from the patch itself looks like you have +15dB digital gain, which feels a little high but not total unreasonable.
I left MIXINR PGA Volume at 1 and Capture Volume ("Input PGA Volume Control") at 39 for now since I think it shouldn't be quieter than that at least.
Thanks, Charles