Mixer problems !!

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Thenothingless
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2005/06/02 11:00:19 (permalink)

Mixer problems !!

Hey everyone, i'm running a Yamaha MG10/2 mixer into my HP CPU "Mic" input. My soundcard is a Realtek AC97. Whenever i go to record, all hell breaks loose. The sound is either distorted, not loud enough ,or way too loud. Essentially i can't get a nice clear sound. I've tried tweaking everything on the Yamaha mixer, and the windows mixer. I still get nasty sounds, and I can't record without wanting to break my computer. Someone please help!!!
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    bbarnes
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    RE: Mixer problems !! 2005/06/02 11:18:28 (permalink)
    You're gonna need a real sound card. The Realtec AC97 is a built-in sound chip and is really not for recording.

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    papa2004
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    RE: Mixer problems !! 2005/06/02 12:39:45 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: Thenothingless

    Hey everyone, i'm running a Yamaha MG10/2 mixer into my HP CPU "Mic" input. My soundcard is a Realtek AC97. Whenever i go to record, all hell breaks loose. The sound is either distorted, not loud enough ,or way too loud. Essentially i can't get a nice clear sound. I've tried tweaking everything on the Yamaha mixer, and the windows mixer. I still get nasty sounds, and I can't record without wanting to break my computer. Someone please help!!!


    The mixer output should be connected to the "Line" input NOT the "Mic" input.

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    Papa

    Regards,
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    garyh
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    RE: Mixer problems !! 2005/06/02 16:53:48 (permalink)
    Hi Papa
    Some HP laptops at least have only a 'Mic' input; but in this case you go to the Windows Mixer, <Mic Volume - Advanced > and uncheck the 'Mic boost' box.
    This drops the gain by 20 dB and funnily enough, i was digging into this only yesterday trying to clear an annoying whine on said Mic input - indeed, using an outboard preamp (such as provided in a mixer) with the internal sound-card gain knocked back makes a HUGE improvement.

    Cheers, GaryH
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