sound volume issue

[machoamerica <machoamerica@ziplip.com>]

hi there, i'm running a dual boot sytem (debian, win98) and i'm finding that the maximum volume i can get any application to play at (xmms, cdplay, dvd players, etc.) is several times quieter than in the corresponding windows application.  way quieter than i would like.  i'm not using alsa or oss, just a regular kernel module.  the kernel module is maestro3 and my card is a ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1.

is there a master volume setting somewhere i'm unaware of?

'lsmod' gives:

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
<snip a bunch of irrelevant stuff...>
maestro3               24040   1
soundcore               3524   2  [maestro3]
ac97_codec              9376   0  [maestro3]

'cat /proc/pci' gives:

PCI devices found:
<snip a bunch of irrelevant stuff...>
  Bus  0, device  18, function  0:
    Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 16).
      IRQ 9.
      Master Capable.  Latency=16.  Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=24.
      I/O at 0x6800 [0x68ff].

thanks,
macho