I have an Asus tp500l laptop. On windows 8 and 10 my audio sound was much louder i guess it was because of the windows update but i'm not sure wich audio driver was installed. is there a way to get the same quality audio as in windows?
Since you have yet to reply to @Fabby with the requested post edit on yr hw info, I just will assume you use a PulseAudio sound server on your Trusty Tahr...
In that config you can use pactl. (Please lookup man pactl in the terminal). From the man page:
DESCRIPTION
pactl can be used to issue control commands to the PulseAudio sound
server.
As already suggested elsewhere, using pactl, you can tweak your sound temporarily or permanently. Before commiting to a permanent change: try it in your session by typing in terminal (CTRL+ALT+T):
$ pactl -- set-sink-volume 0 150%
and play with your sound controls. If you are satisfied go on to the excellent permanent solution proposed by @Radu_Rădeanu as referenced above.
I have not had a chance to try it myself on 14.04.
Well, if what you really need is to feel music louder, you can use pulseeffects on Ubuntu.
Install:
sudo apt install pulseeffects
Run:
pulseeffects
This is the configuration I've ended up myself at Kubuntu 20.04:
Base Enhancer makes bass louder.
Cryslalizer makes mid and high frequencies sound better.
Auto Gain is able to make sound louder when it is present, because it is able to detect silence.
Maximizer always makes sound to feel louder, but more importantly, it intelligently reduces volume to protect audio from clipping. So there is no artificial noise in the audio.
Be sure your audio pipeline has the same order for enabled audio effects to get the best experience.
You can increase volume by cliciking "Allow more that 100% at
System Settings -> Sound
Since you have yet to reply to @Fabby with the requested post edit on yr hw info, I just will assume you use a PulseAudio sound server on your Trusty Tahr...
In that config you can use
pactl. (Please lookupman pactlin the terminal). From the man page:As already suggested elsewhere, using
pactl, you can tweak your sound temporarily or permanently. Before commiting to a permanent change: try it in your session by typing in terminal (CTRL+ALT+T):and play with your sound controls. If you are satisfied go on to the excellent permanent solution proposed by @Radu_Rădeanu as referenced above. I have not had a chance to try it myself on 14.04.
Well, if what you really need is to feel music louder, you can use
pulseeffectson Ubuntu.Install:
Run:
This is the configuration I've ended up myself at Kubuntu 20.04:
Base Enhancermakes bass louder.Cryslalizermakes mid and high frequencies sound better.Auto Gainis able to make sound louder when it is present, because it is able to detect silence.Maximizeralways makes sound to feel louder, but more importantly, it intelligently reduces volume to protect audio from clipping. So there is no artificial noise in the audio.Be sure your audio pipeline has the same order for enabled audio effects to get the best experience.