Can it be louder

[freedom]

I have all mixer controls at maximum level but it seems to me that music that I hear from my laptop internal speakers are not loud as when I had ALSA installed.
Well it doesn't seems... it is because with ALSA i couldn't have mixer levels at maximum because it was too loud.
So my question is, what determines maximum level for some mixer control like
jack.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.blue [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.int-speaker [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm11 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm12 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm13 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)

and can it be any louder?

[cesium]

Well, it's defined by the driver mostly. Note that "ossmix" doesn't display the maximum values - it's "left channel volume":"right channel volume", so you might be able to increase it. (In "ossxmix" it's much easier to see if a slider is at maximum value).

[graysky]

Same question I had... here is a screenshot of ossxmix and below it, the output of ossmix.

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5782/14683588.jpg

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$ ossmix
Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio 0x10ec0887
Known controls are:
jack.green.mode <mix2|mix3|mix4|mix5|mix8|input> (currently mix2)
jack.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.pink.mode <mix2|mix3|mix4|mix5|mix8|input> (currently mix2)
jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.fp-pink.mode <mix2|mix3|mix4|mix5|mix8|input> (currently mix2)
jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.blue.mode <mix2|mix3|mix4|mix5|mix8|input> (currently input)
jack.blue [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.fp-green.mode <mix2|mix3|mix4|mix5|mix8|input> (currently mix2)
jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix7.mute.mic ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix7.mute.fp-mic ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix7.mute.linein ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix7.mute.fp-headphone ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix7.mute.green ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix7.mute.mix1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix7 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
record.mix6.mute.mic ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix6.mute.fp-mic ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix6.mute.linein ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix6.mute.fp-headphone ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix6.mute.green ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix6.mute.mix1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix6 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.linein [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mix1 <mic|fp-mic|linein> (currently mic)
misc.pcm1-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix1-mute1 ON|OFF (currently ON)
misc.mix21 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mix22 <pcm1|mix1> (currently pcm1)
misc.pcm2-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix1-mute2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix31 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mix32 <pcm2|mix1> (currently pcm2)
misc.pcm3-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix1-mute3 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix41 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mix42 <pcm3|mix1> (currently pcm3)
misc.pcm4-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix1-mute4 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix51 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mix52 <pcm4|mix1> (currently pcm4)
misc.pcm5-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix1-mute5 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.mix81 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mix82 <pcm5|mix1> (currently pcm5)
vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON)
vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only)
vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Stereo)
vmix0-src <Fast|Low|Medium|High|High+|Production|OFF> (currently Fast)
vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm9 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm11 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm12 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)

What's interesting is that the slider in the pic isn't at the max and when I slide the green slider up to max, the vol in ossmix doesn't change (still 29.9:29.9 dB). That said, if I lower the vol in ossxmix and re-run ossmix, the vols for green decrease. Guess this is as loud as it goes?

[freedom]

Well I put ossmix output just for illustration of dB levels.... all sliders in ossxmix are on maximum.
So the question remains... is there a way to change maximum levels or to make some gain
(like for example VLC have where in volume bar you can set volume over 100%)