System volume too low on Ubuntu 18.04

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I am on my way to completely shift from windows 10 to Ubuntu. So I dual booted the latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. After doing so I realized that my laptop's volume is too low. In windows 10, the volume would be loud enough to fill an empty room, but in Ubuntu, I have to put my ears to the speaker to listen, even after having the volume to full maximum. Some articles suggested that I check out alsamixer, but that too wasn't of much help.

I then realized that I might have to install the drivers. Now here's the problem, on windows, my audio driver shows as Realtek HD Audio whereas in linux it shows Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio. I know for sure that my audio drivers are from Realtek, because even HP's support website says so. I even have the Realtek HD Audio Manager in windows. I don't want to mess up my system trying to install any wrong driver. Please help me, I've been struggling with this for days now

rdias002@rdias002:~$ lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21) (prog-if 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 129
Memory at b1228000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at b1200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl

I tried searching for solutions but couldn't really find one that fits my problem. I almost gave up, but then thought of asking for help here. Please excuse me if my question seems noobish, as this is my first time.

I am a windows power user so I'm familiar with computers and the command line, but quite a beginner to linux.

So how can I get the windows like volume in Ubuntu?
Thanks for help in advance.

Laptop: HP 15 bs-544-tu

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rdias002@rdias002:~$ lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21) (prog-if 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 129
Memory at b1228000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at b1200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl

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rdias002@rdias002:~$ lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21) (prog-if 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 129
Memory at b1228000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at b1200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl

edited Apr 28 at 8:16

asked Apr 27 at 21:05

Ralph Dias

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rdias002@rdias002:~$ lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21) (prog-if 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 129
Memory at b1228000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at b1200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl

edited Apr 28 at 8:16

asked Apr 27 at 21:05

Ralph Dias

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edited Apr 28 at 8:16

asked Apr 27 at 21:05

Ralph Dias

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asked Apr 27 at 21:05

Ralph Dias

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asked Apr 27 at 21:05

Ralph Dias

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As a temporary solution, you can manually set it higher than 100% from the command line with:

pactl set-sink-volume 0 150%

If the command is not found, you need to install:

sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

The 0 there is the index of the sound card sink you want to use. You can determine it with:

pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index'

The 150% is the percentage of volume you want. Start with 150% and work from there slowly. You dont want to blow your laptop speakers with clipped audio

answered Apr 28 at 13:21

miigotu

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thanks a ton. it did as you said. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I am not very happy with the audio quality. There's a lot of noise. Is there anyway I can get clean and loud audio? Or is this the only method? Once again thanks a lot for the help.
â€“Â Ralph Dias
Apr 28 at 13:35

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This works on Linux mint 19 also. Great solution
â€“Â Apurba
Aug 25 at 7:49

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The problem is in that the master sound of alsamixer is set to low.
To get loud and clear sound you need to type alsamixer in terminal. And using arrow keys set master sound to max value.

answered Jun 8 at 8:28

Ddone

That's naive and old experience. Specifically in 18.04 at 100% master volume still results in low sound
â€“Â Aleksandr Panzin
Jun 11 at 3:41

It worked for me on several computers and for a couple of my mates
â€“Â Ddone
Jun 11 at 8:16

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Selecting Settings then Sound and turning on Over Amplification solves the problem.

answered Aug 4 at 15:17

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3 Answers
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As a temporary solution, you can manually set it higher than 100% from the command line with:

pactl set-sink-volume 0 150%

If the command is not found, you need to install:

sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

The 0 there is the index of the sound card sink you want to use. You can determine it with:

pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index'

The 150% is the percentage of volume you want. Start with 150% and work from there slowly. You dont want to blow your laptop speakers with clipped audio

answered Apr 28 at 13:21

miigotu

28417

2

thanks a ton. it did as you said. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I am not very happy with the audio quality. There's a lot of noise. Is there anyway I can get clean and loud audio? Or is this the only method? Once again thanks a lot for the help.
â€“Â Ralph Dias
Apr 28 at 13:35

1

This works on Linux mint 19 also. Great solution
â€“Â Apurba
Aug 25 at 7:49

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
5
down vote

accepted

As a temporary solution, you can manually set it higher than 100% from the command line with:

pactl set-sink-volume 0 150%

If the command is not found, you need to install:

sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

The 0 there is the index of the sound card sink you want to use. You can determine it with:

pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index'

The 150% is the percentage of volume you want. Start with 150% and work from there slowly. You dont want to blow your laptop speakers with clipped audio

answered Apr 28 at 13:21

miigotu

28417

2

thanks a ton. it did as you said. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I am not very happy with the audio quality. There's a lot of noise. Is there anyway I can get clean and loud audio? Or is this the only method? Once again thanks a lot for the help.
â€“Â Ralph Dias
Apr 28 at 13:35

1

This works on Linux mint 19 also. Great solution
â€“Â Apurba
Aug 25 at 7:49

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
5
down vote

accepted

As a temporary solution, you can manually set it higher than 100% from the command line with:

pactl set-sink-volume 0 150%

If the command is not found, you need to install:

sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

The 0 there is the index of the sound card sink you want to use. You can determine it with:

pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index'

The 150% is the percentage of volume you want. Start with 150% and work from there slowly. You dont want to blow your laptop speakers with clipped audio

answered Apr 28 at 13:21

miigotu

28417

As a temporary solution, you can manually set it higher than 100% from the command line with:

pactl set-sink-volume 0 150%

If the command is not found, you need to install:

sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

The 0 there is the index of the sound card sink you want to use. You can determine it with:

pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index'

The 150% is the percentage of volume you want. Start with 150% and work from there slowly. You dont want to blow your laptop speakers with clipped audio

answered Apr 28 at 13:21

miigotu

28417

answered Apr 28 at 13:21

miigotu

28417

answered Apr 28 at 13:21

miigotu

28417

answered Apr 28 at 13:21

miigotu

28417

2

thanks a ton. it did as you said. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I am not very happy with the audio quality. There's a lot of noise. Is there anyway I can get clean and loud audio? Or is this the only method? Once again thanks a lot for the help.
â€“Â Ralph Dias
Apr 28 at 13:35

1

This works on Linux mint 19 also. Great solution
â€“Â Apurba
Aug 25 at 7:49

add a commentÂ |Â

2

thanks a ton. it did as you said. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I am not very happy with the audio quality. There's a lot of noise. Is there anyway I can get clean and loud audio? Or is this the only method? Once again thanks a lot for the help.
â€“Â Ralph Dias
Apr 28 at 13:35

1

This works on Linux mint 19 also. Great solution
â€“Â Apurba
Aug 25 at 7:49

thanks a ton. it did as you said. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I am not very happy with the audio quality. There's a lot of noise. Is there anyway I can get clean and loud audio? Or is this the only method? Once again thanks a lot for the help.
â€“Â Ralph Dias
Apr 28 at 13:35

This works on Linux mint 19 also. Great solution
â€“Â Apurba
Aug 25 at 7:49

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
0
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The problem is in that the master sound of alsamixer is set to low.
To get loud and clear sound you need to type alsamixer in terminal. And using arrow keys set master sound to max value.

answered Jun 8 at 8:28

Ddone

That's naive and old experience. Specifically in 18.04 at 100% master volume still results in low sound
â€“Â Aleksandr Panzin
Jun 11 at 3:41

It worked for me on several computers and for a couple of my mates
â€“Â Ddone
Jun 11 at 8:16

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
0
down vote

The problem is in that the master sound of alsamixer is set to low.
To get loud and clear sound you need to type alsamixer in terminal. And using arrow keys set master sound to max value.

answered Jun 8 at 8:28

Ddone

That's naive and old experience. Specifically in 18.04 at 100% master volume still results in low sound
â€“Â Aleksandr Panzin
Jun 11 at 3:41

It worked for me on several computers and for a couple of my mates
â€“Â Ddone
Jun 11 at 8:16

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
0
down vote

The problem is in that the master sound of alsamixer is set to low.
To get loud and clear sound you need to type alsamixer in terminal. And using arrow keys set master sound to max value.

answered Jun 8 at 8:28

Ddone

The problem is in that the master sound of alsamixer is set to low.
To get loud and clear sound you need to type alsamixer in terminal. And using arrow keys set master sound to max value.

answered Jun 8 at 8:28

Ddone

answered Jun 8 at 8:28

Ddone

answered Jun 8 at 8:28

Ddone

answered Jun 8 at 8:28

Ddone

That's naive and old experience. Specifically in 18.04 at 100% master volume still results in low sound
â€“Â Aleksandr Panzin
Jun 11 at 3:41

It worked for me on several computers and for a couple of my mates
â€“Â Ddone
Jun 11 at 8:16

add a commentÂ |Â

That's naive and old experience. Specifically in 18.04 at 100% master volume still results in low sound
â€“Â Aleksandr Panzin
Jun 11 at 3:41

It worked for me on several computers and for a couple of my mates
â€“Â Ddone
Jun 11 at 8:16

That's naive and old experience. Specifically in 18.04 at 100% master volume still results in low sound
â€“Â Aleksandr Panzin
Jun 11 at 3:41

It worked for me on several computers and for a couple of my mates
â€“Â Ddone
Jun 11 at 8:16

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
-1
down vote

Selecting Settings then Sound and turning on Over Amplification solves the problem.

answered Aug 4 at 15:17

Umit Yazaroglu

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
-1
down vote

Selecting Settings then Sound and turning on Over Amplification solves the problem.

answered Aug 4 at 15:17

Umit Yazaroglu

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
-1
down vote

Selecting Settings then Sound and turning on Over Amplification solves the problem.

answered Aug 4 at 15:17

Umit Yazaroglu

Selecting Settings then Sound and turning on Over Amplification solves the problem.

answered Aug 4 at 15:17

Umit Yazaroglu

answered Aug 4 at 15:17

Umit Yazaroglu

answered Aug 4 at 15:17

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