[LAU] question related output level and sound card

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2013-12-16 at 17:13 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 05:21:30PM +0100, Djého Youn wrote:
>  
> > I was using just headphone jack out from my laptop, and it hasn't been a
> > problem...I did plenty of gigs like that and it worked out pretty well. but
> > with this huge system, my max output didn't even hit the half of level
> > meter on the main mixer....as I'm obsessed with being loud, I was ashamed
> > and I need a solution.
> 
> Increase the gain on the main mixer.

IOW the input potentiometers of the mixing console, usually the first
potentiometer on top of a mixing console's channel is for adjusting the
input signal. This adjustments are independent to the channel's and
sum's faders.