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Hardware / device:
- Mainboard: MSI MEG Z790 GODLIKE MAX
- Audio codec: Realtek ALC4082 (USB audio)
- USB VID:PID: 0db0:82c4
- Observed as
alsa.components = "USB0db0:82c4"in PipeWire/ALSA properties
Problem:
- Microphone capture level is extremely low out of the box (both rear and front jacks).
- The device exposes ALSA capture controls (
Mic Capture Volume,Line Capture Volume,Analog In Capture Volumeand corresponding switches), but the default UCM profile does not raise these, so users end up with very quiet input unless they manually adjust mixer levels.
Verification of available ALSA controls:
-
amixer -c <card> controlsshows:Mic Capture Switch/Mic Capture VolumeLine Capture Switch/Line Capture VolumeAnalog In Capture Switch/Analog In Capture Volume
Proposed fix:
- Ensure the device is matched to the Realtek ALC4080 UCM profile by adding
0db0:82c4to the USB ID regex in:
USB-Audio/USB-Audio.conf
Аlternatively, change (|82c7|) to (|82c(4|7)|).
- Add a device-specific override to raise capture gains in:
USB-Audio/Realtek/ALC4080-HiFi.conf
Suggested snippet to add (e.g. near other vendor-specific blocks or at the end of the file):
If.msi-meg-godlike-max {
Condition {
Type RegexMatch
String "${CardComponents}"
Regex "USB(0db0:82c4)"
}
True.Define {
CaptureVolume "100"
}
True.EnableSequence [
cset "name='Mic Capture Switch' on"
cset "name='Line Capture Switch' on"
cset "name='Analog In Capture Switch' on"
cset "name='Mic Capture Volume' 90"
cset "name='Line Capture Volume' 90"
cset "name='Analog In Capture Volume' 90"
]
}Testing:
- Tested with PipeWire + WirePlumber using UCM (
api.alsa.open.ucm = "true"). - After applying this UCM override and restarting the user audio session (PipeWire/WirePlumber), capture volume becomes normal and stable without additional software gain.
- Verified the mixer values with
amixer -c <card> cgeton the corresponding control numids (capture volumes and switches).
Notes:
- This change is specific to USB
0db0:82c4and should not affect other devices. - If maintainers prefer, I can submit this as a PR with a proper diff for both files.
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