Straight in?

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Mixing and Mastering.
I have a Soundblaster Audigy 2 and it has a line, mic and digital IN. They are the small inputs though. Like the size of the connetor for MINI DISC headphones, comprende?
Does going from a larger say XLR cable to the miniture size inputs on the Audigy 2 mean that much sound quality is lost or much unwanted noise is gained?
What im really asking is do you need a special soundcard that has XLR and TRS 1/4 " inputs to ensure good quality recordings with minimal noise, compared to a card with the mini inputs?
 
> Does going from a larger say XLR cable to the miniture size inputs on the Audigy 2 mean that much sound quality is lost or much unwanted noise is gained? <

No, the type of connector used has no relevance to audio quality. However, microphones should be plugged into a proper preamp having a balanced input, not the microphone input of a sound card. For line level signals your Audigy is fine, and it will be fine for microphones too if you use an external preamp (or mixer) to feed the line input.

--Ethan
 
Ecktronic, as Ethan says, you don't lose the sound quality in the cable, as much as you could lose it in the soundcard itself. Meaning, the internals of the soundcard will be the limiter. Anyway, your best bet is to just try some simple tasks, and see what results you get. I use an M-Audio breakout box, with 1/4 inch inputs, so have no experience with anything else, just relaying some info I have read. It could always surprise you, and work well.
Ed
 
Cheers all. So I can get away with going from pre-amp straight to line input on soundbalster audigy 2.
Only problem i have encountered so far with using my set up of GT6 guitar effects processor -> line in of souncard is the buzzing noise i get from my computer and (i think) GT6 being so close together or the guitar pickups picking up the computers stuff.
 
ecktronic said:
Cheers all. So I can get away with going from pre-amp straight to line input on soundbalster audigy 2.
Only problem i have encountered so far with using my set up of GT6 guitar effects processor -> line in of souncard is the buzzing noise i get from my computer and (i think) GT6 being so close together or the guitar pickups picking up the computers stuff.
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Mine does the same thing, if I sit too close to the computer. I believe it's the guitar. If I move away a bit, it seems to stop. Probelm is, I don't have much room, so have to pay close attention to moving away after getting the settings I want.
Ed
 
Cool at least im not the only one with the buzing problem! :)
 
If you are using a CRT monitor, try turning it off while you record if you can't move your guitar far enough away from it.
CRT's will reek havoc on mics and pickups.
 
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