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I can't get anyone at the cooledit forum to respond to this question from a friend who uses cooledit. Fellow fostechers, can you suggest how this friend can control his levels if he is going from the mike thru a mixer (no, I don't know if it has preamp) and directly into a soundcard and then on to cool edit? Thanks. Now here's the inquiry:





"I need help with adjusting levels.

My guitar (and me) go through a condenser mic into a mixer and into either the line-in or the mic plug in on my computer. I have a very normal soundcard. I get good results but I need to know what I'm doing more. My question is this: How do I adjust the volumes on a) The mixer, b) The computer's line in or mic control, such that I can get the best possible quality?

I use cool edit pro.

also, is it better to use the line-in, or the mic?"

I think he knows by now not to use the mic input on his soundcard. Seems to me he needs a preamp to control the signal. What do you think?
 
Some sound cards have a control panel applet that gives finer control over levels on the card - that might be something to look at. What kind of card is he using?
 
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set levels at mixer to unity, get proper gain structure, then adjust recording input of soundcard to just below clipping
 
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