Moode Player Help

[Kit1cat]

Thanks Barry,just didn't want to damage anything. Will have a play around. What does the salsa volume do.

Basicly there are 3 volume settings in alsamixer, the first two in moode 2.3 are set to on my default (you can turn them off if you have too much gain) the 3rd is like a master volume control, if moode volume is set to hardware the master volume is controlled from within moode, if moode volume is set to disabled the master volume is fixed and the volume controlled by the amp.

[Darren66]

Basicly there are 3 volume settings in alsamixer, the first two in moode 2.3 are set to on my default (you can turn them off if you have too much gain) the 3rd is like a master volume control, if moode volume is set to hardware the master volume is controlled from within moode, if moode volume is set to disabled the master volume is fixed and the volume controlled by the amp.

Thanks Barry had a quick use of both. Will stick with disabled and use the amp for volume control for now.
I did mean alsa not salsa.

[mikeyb]

Thanks Barry had a quick use of both. Will stick with disabled and use the amp for volume control for now.
I did mean alsa not salsa.

Hi Darren,

to get the best audio output from the Pi/DAC, you need to set MoOde to HARDWARE volume control and set the volume to 86 as a start point as this is 0db gain, you can adjust this up or down from within MoOde or by using Alsamixer via Putty or similar using your Pi's IP address.

If you do it within MoOde remember to save/refresh the settings.

As I say 86 is 0db, and you can increase or decrease to suit your ears/system as you like. It really does make a difference, and 86 is right for my amp etc. This still gives you the volume control via your amp, although for some reason using my iPad I can control the volume if I Airplay any music to the Pi, otherwise the amp is in total control. Don't use software volume control within MoOde or any other renderer for that matter ( Volumio/RuneAudio/PiCoreplayer) as its rubbish.

This image shows the Digital Output setting I have using Putty to gain access to Alsamixer and confirms that MoOde is set to 86 and 0 gain.


These show the settings within MoOde




Mike.

[Kit1cat]

Hi Mike, I think when using airplay from your ipad via moode you are then using a software volume control. I have checked via alsamixer and any vouilme control from the ipad (spotify, ipeng etc) does not alter the digital volume control in alsamixer, it remains fixed.

[Darren66]

Hi Darren,

to get the best audio output from the Pi/DAC, you need to set MoOde to HARDWARE volume control and set the volume to 86 as a start point as this is 0db gain, you can adjust this up or down from within MoOde or by using Alsamixer via Putty or similar using your Pi's IP address.

If you do it within MoOde remember to save/refresh the settings.

As I say 86 is 0db, and you can increase or decrease to suit your ears/system as you like. It really does make a difference, and 86 is right for my amp etc. This still gives you the volume control via your amp, although for some reason using my iPad I can control the volume if I Airplay any music to the Pi, otherwise the amp is in total control. Don't use software volume control within MoOde or any other renderer for that matter ( Volumio/RuneAudio/PiCoreplayer) as its rubbish.

This image shows the Digital Output setting I have using Putty to gain access to Alsamixer and confirms that MoOde is set to 86 and 0 gain.


These show the settings within MoOde




Mike.

Thanks for explaining that Mike will give it a go.

[mikmas]

Hi Darren,

to get the best audio output from the Pi/DAC, you need to set MoOde to HARDWARE volume control and set the volume to 86 as a start point as this is 0db gain,

Apparently all is not as it once was - see the post from Gordon@IQ (first one on page 3) it confused me but maybe you can make sense of it:

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...r-layout/page3

[SteveW]

Could do with a bit of Moode help!
Just set up pi and IQaudio dac, all fairly smooth, and thanks to posts here, enough guidelines to get it working straight off.
Just one thing, it's found my Qnap nas - and the flac folder where my music is.
The problem is missing artists. Where have Leonard Cohen and David Byrne gone?
Any tips ?
Cheers
Steve

[Starterman]

The problem is missing artists. Where have Leonard Cohen and David Byrne gone?

You will probably find them in the pub.
:-)

[SteveW]

Arf..

[struth]

Any possibility they are there but been colated under a different title by the pi ?