Hello everyone,
Im Travis (wishie) once of the many helpers who man the unofficial #alsa on freenode irc network.. I usually spend my time fixing other peoples sound issues, but now i have my own.
I have a HP DV2839TX laptop, and i get ALOT of static when recording via the inbuilt mic. Also, the mic controls are very strange.. I have (in the Capture section of alsamixer).. Digital, Docking Mic, External Mic, Internal Mic.. only the "Digital" control seems to effect my recording volume at all. Strangely, though, the '* Mic' controls in the PLAYBACK section of alsamixer do change the recording properties somewhat (volume being the main factor). In any event, i get a rather large amount of static, no matter what mixer settings i try. This isnt a problem in the 'other' OS.
My alsa-info.sh output for alsa-driver 1.0.16 is at : http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=0d1df6446ff1c71ad305e7b7b367f0a6b22b80c8
My alsa-info.sh output for alsa-driver 1.0.18rc1 is at : http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=9e5cd99f4822e0d671866fa630698bd1b0cd954b