SetTheControls
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Okay, so I'm interested in doing some home recording. I've tried in the past, but I have a problem. My old Soundblaster Live! card (referring to the "Live! Drive") just can't seem to get ANY volume behind it at all. I've tried running it from a mixing board (which is supposed to contain a preamp), but all I get is a disgusting amount of distortion. I've tried the "line out" or "headphone" jack on numerous amplifiers, but they don't go through. Even the onboard preamp on my bass doesn't quite cut it.
And if I turn up the volume on the card's input, I get a lot of unnecessary noise. I really want to record, but I'm completely turned off to it by the fact that I have to go through a lenthy process just to get decent volume out of the input (raising volume, saving it as a different file, repeating, etc.). I just want to know what I'm missing, or what the hell I need to boost the signal enough. Yes, I have configured Windows' recording proprties/volume, yes I've chacked my connections, yes I'm using recording software. I just have no idea what to do.
P.S. What exactly is "SPDIF"? There's an in/out on the front, but I haven't the foggiest as to what they do. I salvaged this system out of a scrapped computer, but the card obviously works fine.
And if I turn up the volume on the card's input, I get a lot of unnecessary noise. I really want to record, but I'm completely turned off to it by the fact that I have to go through a lenthy process just to get decent volume out of the input (raising volume, saving it as a different file, repeating, etc.). I just want to know what I'm missing, or what the hell I need to boost the signal enough. Yes, I have configured Windows' recording proprties/volume, yes I've chacked my connections, yes I'm using recording software. I just have no idea what to do.
P.S. What exactly is "SPDIF"? There's an in/out on the front, but I haven't the foggiest as to what they do. I salvaged this system out of a scrapped computer, but the card obviously works fine.