Check "Show:" at the bottom of the Playback Tab in pavucontrol? I see it both in Playback and Recording and I can control it in both also. But not when Show: is set to "Applications" (Same versions of OS and pavucontrol as you have) I see it here: root2:~/>pactl list sink-inputs Sink Input #94 Driver: module-loopback.c Owner Module: 33 Client: n/a Sink: 2 Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44099Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Format: pcm, format.sample_format = "\"s16le\"" format.rate = "44100" format.channels = "2" format.channel_map = "\"front-left,front-right\"" Corked: no Mute: no Volume: front-left: 60893 / 93% / -1.91 dB, front-right: 60893 / 93% / -1.91 dB balance 0.00 Buffer Latency: 7324 usec Sink Latency: 13960 usec Resample method: speex-float-1 Properties: media.role = "abstract" module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-media-role:abstract" media.name = "Loopback from USB Headset H540 Analog Stereo" So you could control it as a "sink-input" with pactl set-sink-input-volume 94 40000 (normal (100%) is 0x10000 or 65536) pactl set-sink-input-volume 94 80% pactl set-sink-input-volume 94 0.7 Search for set-sink-input-volume in the pactl man page. On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, gregrwm wrote: > hmm: > > >$ pactl load-module module-loopback latency_msec=1 > >27 > >$ pactl load-module module-loopback latency_msec=1 > >28 > > each of the above was followed by a quick flash on the Playback tab of pavucontrol, like some device appeared but disappeared again > far too quickly to see what it was. > > >$ pactl list > >... > > Module #27 > > Name: module-loopback > > Argument: latency_msec=1 > > Usage counter: n/a > > Properties: > > module.author = "Pierre-Louis Bossart" > > module.description = "Loopback from source to sink" > > module.version = "13.99.1" > > Module #28 > > Name: module-loopback > > Argument: latency_msec=1 Usage counter: n/a > > Properties: > > module.author = "Pierre-Louis Bossart" > > module.description = "Loopback from source to sink" > > module.version = "13.99.1" > >... > > and yes i do have "sideband" now from mic into earcups with a tiny delay. thanks! but the quick flash and immediate disappearance > of the device in pavucontrol seems bizarre to me. actually the volume of it is about perfect, but if i were to want to observe or > adjust it at all...any idea? > > (focal ubuntu pavucontrol 4.0-1build1) > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 4:24 PM gerry <gsker at skerbitz.org> wrote: > I just did this: > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/123798/how-to-hear-my-voice-in-speakers-with-a-mic > > In fact the only part of that I did was > pactl load-module module-loopback latency_msec=1 > > And immediately I had another device that showed up in pavucontrol in my > Playback tab called > "Loopback from USB Headset H540 Analog Stereo" > > And now I can hear myself in the headphones. > > >