On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 04:27:32PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Well, if you can define "Volume" in a way that lets you understand > this then fine. > For me, all these controls are not adjusting "Volume", they are > adjusting "Gain", so why are they even called "Base Volume". "Volume" has a specific meaning in the ALSA ABI.