[LAU] question related output level and sound card

[Djého Youn]

oh, btw,
@lens

I don't use usb midi card, but I use one usb HID device (a joystick) and
two usb midi controller.
so all my 3 usb ins on  my laptop will be occupied in a way or another. but
I don't think it can be problem as joystick and controllers don't need to
be high priority?


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Djého Youn <ydjeho at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the replies.
>
> ok, if it's not the problem of my headphone out but the settings of the
> club, then it's all fine.
> there were two mixers. Main console and small Yamaha in between. so it's
> possible something went wrong...although it's still a mystery for me that
> my signal didn't hit the peak on this yamaha mixer, with the max input gain
> set.
> maybe the mixer was broken?
>
> thanks for the info on art dual tube card. it seems like a good choice if
> I buy one anyway.
> @Len,
> one more question about this card, is it possible to have two stereo outs
> while using a one microphone in?
> now I'm not sure that I'll buy it for solve the output level problem, but
> I probably want to integrate a microphone to use my voice to modulate some
> signals.
> and in that case, it must work the mono mic input and stereo outs
> simultaneously.
>
> one more thing is that I was using my old thinkpad on my live set I've
> mentioned, and now I have brand new ideapad.
> and I've noticed that ideapad headphone out is much softer than thinkpad,
> when I use headphone to watch movies...etc.
> so, it is not totally ignorable the output of each laptops. maybe I just
> go ahead and buy this art card, in worst case it's not helping,
> I can maybe use it as preamp. as it has inserts that can be used as preamp
> direct output...as far as what I've understood on their signal diagram.
>
> finally, nobody mentioned on mini-desktop compressor solution that I've
> suggested..
> http://www.thomann.de/pl/fmr_audio_rnc_1773.htm
>
> somebody has things like that on their sets? do you think it can help?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:42 AM, Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 16 Dec 2013, Djého Youn wrote:
>>
>>  thanks for all the answers.
>>>
>>
>> Just in case... are you talking on stage volume or mains volume?
>>
>>
>>  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.
>>>
>>
>> When it is distorted, what does it sound like with headphones? You need
>> to know where the distortion is actually happening... are you turning your
>> computer to max and distorting in there? Are you using a DI box into the
>> mic input? (try it) Or going into a line in... A DI box is more in line
>> with the inputs of a cheaper mixer. Or an "instrument" input may work
>> better than line in.
>>
>>
>>  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? a quick web
>>> search shows that it *can* work but have no drivers. 'seems that some
>>> people
>>> has troubles with it.
>>>
>>
>> I have one and like it. It has been plug and play as it is USB1.1
>> compatible. It is 16bit at 44.1 or 48k or the s/pdif is 24bit (I use it as
>> a pre for the s/pdif in my Delta sound card too. It has it's own power
>> supply so the 5volt USB supply is not an issue. I like the sound better
>> than any of the builtin audio cards. It works fine with both pulse and
>> jack. (and ALSA too if it works with the others) I have used it since
>> ubuntu 12.04. The 3.8 kernels had problems with all USB cards. The one
>> thing I found was I needed to turn off the internal card in pulse and also
>> the wifi. The wifi gave me problems with all sound as it grabs too much
>> time once a minute when turned on and once every 5 seconds turned off until
>> rebooted with wifi turned off or unloading the wifi kernel module. Then I
>> could get jack to run with -p64 on my netbook. (I also turn cron off BTW so
>> that SW update stuff never tries to happen) As with all usb cards... it has
>> to have it's own USB port, not shared internally or externally by a hub. I
>> have to use only my right side USB plug and put anything else in the left
>> side. USB mice are pretty bad at generating interupts. I use the rtirq
>> script (lowlatency kernel) and set /etc/default/rtirq line with
>> RTIRQ_NAME_LIST like:
>>
>> RTIRQ_NAME_LIST="usb3 rtc snd usb i8042"
>>
>> Where my usb3 is the usb port on it's own irq (my right side plug). This
>> drops all the other usb ports to lower priority.
>>
>> Of course the next question is... do you also use a USB midi card?
>>
>> --
>> Len Ovens
>> www.ovenwerks.net
>
>
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> --
> Jae Ho YOUN
>
> http://jhyoun.wordpress.com/
> http://jaehoyoun.com
>
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