[LAU] question related output level and sound card

[Al Thompson]

I suspect that someone switched on the pad on the DI, or on the mixer itself.



Joe Hartley <jh at brainiac.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:48:32 +0100
>Djého Youn <ydjeho at gmail.com> wrote:
>> for those who gave advice with main mixer, 'sorry I wasn't that clear. but
>> mixer's input gain was max. and it was only half on the meter. then
>> boosting mixer's channel/master only made my sound horribly distorted.
>
>Headphoune out is a different impedance than line out, it's really easy
>to overload a line input.  I'm a little suspicious of the level into the
>main mixer though; you should have had more than enough signal for the board.
>I suspect there was some user error at the mixer.
>
>> this looks quite nice...as it's preamp AND soundcard...if soundcard doesn't
>> make my signal louder, then I can use it as preamp..if I got it right.
>> http://www.thomann.de/pl/art_usb_dual_tube_pre.htm
>> 
>> does anyone used this with ubuntu 13.10 on modern laptops? 
>
>I use an ART DualPre (not the tube model) with ArchLinux regularly with
>no issues at all.  It worked fine when I used Fedora as well but I
>switched to Arch a while back and havent tested it in a while.  There
>shouldn't be any driver issues, it follows the USB audio interface spec
>pretty well.
>
>The ART will give a much better signal, and the line outs use balanced 1/4"
>TRS connectors so you can get a quieter signal if you use the appropriate
>patch cables.
>
>Good luck!
>
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