[linux-audio-user] Do I need a preamp for the SoundBlaster Live?

[Ismael Valladolid Torres]

Tim Beauregard escribe:
> My question is basic, do I need a preamp for the microphone or is the
> LiveDrive doing that job?  At the moment the volume which is high enough
> to hear through the speakers is very close to feedback volume, and also
> sounds distorted.

It should be doing the job, however Creative's stuff is well known for
having awful audio converters. An external preamp --ART, Presonus--
should give a better signal to be plugged into line in
connector. Ideally, get a better soundcard, M-Audio stuff is not so
expensive.

Cordially, Ismael
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