Audiophile 2496 seems quiet

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I bought and m-audio audiophile 2496 earlier this year and it seems really quiet. The soundcard has a built in mixer, and the levels don't match the levels on my outboard mixer when I am using it (The levels on the outboard mixer are significantly lower than the output levels of the soundcard). Also the levels on my sequencing software (Reason 2.5, Cubase SX 2) don't match the levels on the soundcard's mixer either (The soundcard starts clipping when the levels in the sequencing software are relatively low). Can anybody help me with this? I am relatively new to all of this so please forgive me if this is a dumb question or if I failed to explain properly.
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Melodik1
 
Have a look in the M-Audio Conrol Panel for switches that let you set input levels to -10, +4 or consumer to match your outboard gear. May make a difference
 
thanks for the input, Bulls Hit... my soundcard has the options of -10dbv and "consumer." I noticed when I switched from consumer to -10dbv it got a lot quieter. I'm not sure what setting my mixer is on I will have to look it up in the manual. My mixer is was really cheap, (Behringer UB802), and as far as I know it only has one level. So what I ended up doing was turning up the corresponding channel level on the mixer until I got a roughly equal signal level. However, I am still left with the problem of mismatched levels within the daw (the soundcard clips when the levels are relatively low in the software), maybe switching to -10dbv might help there? What exactly does switching between -10dbv and consumer do besides change how loud the music is? Does it do something with the signal levels? What's the purpose of having the different levels? Help please I don't understand.
 
The purpose of different levels it to help hook up gear that uses um.... different levels, is I Guess the way to say it.

For example, most consumer audio is puts out... I thought the -10dB was the consumer level?...
Whereas, professional systems are built around a +4dB level. Techinically, just a "hotter" (ie louder, stronger voltage, etc) signal.

So, say if you were to run a consumer output into a pro input, the consumer would be relatively quiet.
Or if you ran a pro output into a consumer input, it would be too hot, and you'd have to turn it down more than you would probably like.

I'm not sure how to offer any help on your particular problem, but I'm sure other people can help you get it figured out.
 
melodik. heres what i suggest.
look in the manual that came with the ub802.
you should see reference levels on each input and output.
ie: SPECIFICATIONS.
check the output your using in the specs and if it says -10,
then if it were me i would set the audiophile to -10.
now if i remember isnt there an output at +4 reference from the ub802. i might be wrong. if this is the case try using that +4 output and set the audiophile to +4 reference.
this is all i can think of.
failing that i would ask maudio tech support.
 
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