Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Frank O'Donnell K6FOD
Thanks, Tony. I see that when I have AGC off, the gain slider in that section had been set to minimum. Moving that slider up and down doesn't affect the RF signal level as seen in the waterfall or dBm meter. However, it does significantly affect the audio output level, and by moving it up I get a strong input level in the apps receiving audio from SDR Console. So problem solved -- thanks again!
Just so I understand this, am I right in thinking that the AGC slider acts at the IF stage? Thus it doesn't affect RF levels reported, but will affect the audio output since that's downstream? Also -- it appears that it doesn't affect levels as recorded in I/Q .wav files, which I gather are taken before the IF stage? Frank
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Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Tony_AD0VC
Sorry, I meant the gain slider. Slope and threshold are only visible with AGC on. With it off you get a gain slider.
Tony
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Tony_AD0VC <canthony15@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:19 AM To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected Frank,
When you have AGC off, there are sliders in the AGC section that you use to adjust the gain. To the right of the AGC buttons is an icon to click for the sliders and another for the graph. Adjust the slope and threshold sliders to get the level
you want.
Tony
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Frank O'Donnell K6FOD <gio@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:06 AM To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected [Edited Message Follows] On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 08:23 AM, Ryan Butler wrote:AGC is off and your gain is too low?The AGC is indeed off. I wouldn't say the gain (signal levels as seen in waterfall) is too low. This appears normal. It's the level of the audio output I'm looking at.
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Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Tony_AD0VC
Frank,
When you have AGC off, there are sliders in the AGC section that you use to adjust the gain. To the right of the AGC buttons is an icon to click for the sliders and another for the graph. Adjust the slope and threshold sliders to get the level you want.
Tony
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Frank O'Donnell K6FOD <gio@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:06 AM To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected [Edited Message Follows] On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 08:23 AM, Ryan Butler wrote:AGC is off and your gain is too low?The AGC is indeed off. I wouldn't say the gain (signal levels as seen in waterfall) is too low. This appears normal. It's the level of the audio output I'm looking at.
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Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 08:23 AM, Ryan Butler wrote:
AGC is off and your gain is too low?The AGC is indeed off. I wouldn't say the gain (signal levels as seen in waterfall) is too low. This appears normal. It's the level of the audio output I'm looking at.
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Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Ryan Butler
AGC is off and your gain is too low?
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 10:14 AM Frank O'Donnell K6FOD <gio@...> wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:16 PM, Simon Brown wrote:
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Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Frank O'Donnell K6FOD
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:16 PM, Simon Brown wrote:
Always love to see a screenshot.
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Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
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From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> On Behalf Of Frank O'Donnell K6FOD
Sent: 15 September 2021 05:58 To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Thanks, Dale, good ideas. In my case, noise reduction is not enabled. -- - + - + -
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Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Frank O'Donnell K6FOD
Thanks, Dale, good ideas. In my case, noise reduction is not enabled.
As for the equalizer, it's set with each of the vertical sliders at mid-range so the graphic shows all of them at zero (neither + nor -). I see the equalizer's checkbox to enable it is not ticked. I assume this is all the default, as I've never played with it. Do you think the settings as shown in your screen print are more effective?
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Re: Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Dale Elshoff WB8CJW <dale.elshoff@...>
Hi Frank,
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Could the noise reduction be enabled? Audio equalizer not set right? Dale On 9/14/2021 8:42 PM, Frank O'Donnell
K6FOD wrote:
This week I've been using SDR Console v3.1 to pass audio output via Muzychenko's Virtual Audio Cable software to various apps. The PC is running Windows 10 Pro build 19043.
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Audio volume level passed to apps lower than expected
Frank O'Donnell K6FOD
This week I've been using SDR Console v3.1 to pass audio output via Muzychenko's Virtual Audio Cable software to various apps. The PC is running Windows 10 Pro build 19043.
The levels I'm seeing, even when all controls are maximized, are a good bit lower than I'm remembering when working with comparable signals in this way a few months ago. The apps include audio editors such as Audacity and GoldWave, as well as WSJT-X. So far I've checked: -- In SDR Console, the output level slider (in the lefthand pane just below the output device selection and RX frequency) is maximized. -- In Windows' Sound settings, Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable) is selected as input, with volume set to maximum. -- For those apps that have an input sound control, level is maximized. Is there anything else worth checking? Virtual Audio Cable has a checkbox to enable volume control, but the control itself doesn't appear in the VAC control panel. I gather this would be the volume control within Windows' Sound menu? Thanks for any possible ideas,
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
jdow
Homing pigeons. They have RDF equipment and ....
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{^_-} On 20210913 02:17:22, Tom Crosbie G6PZZ
wrote:
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
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From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> On Behalf Of Paul NN4F
Sent: 13 September 2021 14:21 To: main@sdr-radio.groups.io Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
It’s being made as we type….
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
Paul NN4F
It’s being made as we type….
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-- Paul Jones - NN4F Email: paul@... http://www.nn4f.com http://www.facebook.com/NN4F.Radio http://www.facebook.com/groups/sdrplay Twitter: @nn4f_radio
On Sep 12, 2021, at 01:46, Simon Brown <simon@...> wrote:
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
Tom Crosbie G6PZZ
“…park benches…”? Simon, you’ve got to stop pampering them. Joanne is right.
And to paraphrase a famous comedy sketch “…we used to dream of living on a park bench…”!
Tom G6PZZ
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
On Behalf Of jdow
Time for tough love - pay rent and live by house rules. Make working and having their own place less painful than living at home.
On 20210912 14:13:24, Mag loop Simon wrote:
HiThey are in their 20’s..i have showed them some nice park benches, but they insist on coming!!Other Simon
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
Tom Crosbie G6PZZ
My information on QRZ.COM is three house moves and 30 years out of date. Plus the kids were a lot younger then, pre-teenage so still welcome in the home… I would update it but I’m still wading through domestic stuff and refiling. My shredder is a great source of QRM I’ve discovered…
Tom G6PZZ
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On Behalf Of Simon Brown
QRZ.com?
Simon Brown, G4ELI
From:
main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Tom Crosbie G6PZZ
We encouraged our children to leave home and after they did, we moved. But they found us again…
Tom G6PZZ
- + - + - Please use https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/ when posting questions or problems.
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
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From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Crosbie G6PZZ
Sent: 13 September 2021 10:17 To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
We encouraged our children to leave home and after they did, we moved. But they found us again…
Tom G6PZZ -- - + - + -
Please use https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/ when posting questions or problems.
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
Tom Crosbie G6PZZ
We encouraged our children to leave home and after they did, we moved. But they found us again…
Tom G6PZZ
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
On Behalf Of jdow
If they are adults let them be adults, leave 'em there. It's called tough love.
On 20210912 07:49:03, Mag loop Simon wrote:
My special Cornwall nr Saltash amplifiers..( just one shown.)In progress..baby one.. only 1.5kw..Of course there is the 1kw 2m one still to be made..Other SimonPs.. Company offering me job house hunting for me..which is nice..20miles e and w of saltash.. costal only..unfortunately the kids want to come too..Mary says I cant leave them here!!!On 12 Sep 2021, at 15:16, Simon Brown <simon@...> wrote:Go away, Saltash stinks, far too close.Simon Brown, G4ELIhttps://www.sdr-radio.com-----Original Message-----From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> On Behalf Of Magloop SimonSent: 12 September 2021 12:30To: main@sdr-radio.groups.ioSubject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support(Hint hint..)Found some nice properties near Saltash..been offered a job there too..Applying for our Cornish passport..Hows life Simon?Regards other Simon--- + - + -Please use https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/ when posting questions or problems.
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
jdow
Time for tough love - pay rent and live by house
rules. Make working and having their own place less painful than
living at home.
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{^_^} On 20210912 14:13:24, Mag loop Simon
wrote:
Hi They are in their 20’s..i have showed them some nice park benches, but they insist on coming!! Other Simon
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Re: Elad FDM-3 V-UHF Converter support
Hi
They are in their 20’s..i have showed them some nice park benches, but they insist on coming!! Other Simon
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