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xyster
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I am a newb, so excuse this dumb question.
scenario:
I bought a mackie onyx mixer, used, to be used with some XLR lav mics I bought online. Currently the lav mics have not yet arrived, but I've been trying to play around with the mixer a bit still anyways, although the only non-usb microphones that I have here are cheap PC mics. (ie: 3.5mm, cost a few dollars at the store.)
If I hook up the line-out/speaker port from my computer to the input of the mixer, then hook up my amp to the mixer's out, things seem to work. ie: with the mixer's gain @~30%, the mixer's volume settles around 0db - fine. (The fact my PC outputs unbalanced stereo seems (i think) to be causing a small sound issue, but nothing important)
However, the problem that I'm having is that when I try to hook up a cheap PC mic to the same input port on the mixer, I get no sound, even with the gain set to max. nothing. I've tried multiple cheap PC mics, with mono and stereo plug 3.5mm adapters -- nothing. They work on my PC however just fine, with and without the soundcard's db boost option enabled.
It makes me feel like the mixer's preamp is not very sensitive at all. Is there like a pre-amp off/on button that I'm missing?
Question:
What on earth am I doing wrong, or what do I not understand?
scenario:
I bought a mackie onyx mixer, used, to be used with some XLR lav mics I bought online. Currently the lav mics have not yet arrived, but I've been trying to play around with the mixer a bit still anyways, although the only non-usb microphones that I have here are cheap PC mics. (ie: 3.5mm, cost a few dollars at the store.)
If I hook up the line-out/speaker port from my computer to the input of the mixer, then hook up my amp to the mixer's out, things seem to work. ie: with the mixer's gain @~30%, the mixer's volume settles around 0db - fine. (The fact my PC outputs unbalanced stereo seems (i think) to be causing a small sound issue, but nothing important)
However, the problem that I'm having is that when I try to hook up a cheap PC mic to the same input port on the mixer, I get no sound, even with the gain set to max. nothing. I've tried multiple cheap PC mics, with mono and stereo plug 3.5mm adapters -- nothing. They work on my PC however just fine, with and without the soundcard's db boost option enabled.
It makes me feel like the mixer's preamp is not very sensitive at all. Is there like a pre-amp off/on button that I'm missing?
Question:
What on earth am I doing wrong, or what do I not understand?