[olug] Volume Control

[Eric Penne]

88dB is 4 times 83dB.

> One of my largest complaints about linux, still, is the volume control.
> The  volume control is a Linear volume control.  People do not hear
> Linearly, we  hear logrithmically.  For instance, 88 DB is twice as loud
> as 83 DB...  it  grows really fast, getting loud quickly.  Therfore the
> Linear gain makes  nothing make any sound for the first 3/4s of the
> volume control.  The last  1/4 is so touchy you cant get the volume you
> want.  What is needed is a  Reverse logrithmic volume control.  To  give
> the first 1/4 of the volume  control very coarse linear granularity and
> the last 3/4 of the volume control  fine granularity.  This is obviously
> how it is done most other places,  because you appear to be turning up
> the volume linearly, but you are actually  turning up the volume reverse
> logrithm (or something close).
>
> Does anyone know of a  way to make the volume control better?  This is
> highly  annoying.
>
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