Hi! I've bought a brand new delta 44 sound card.
I set the line level to -10db. It seems that it is recording low. When I
record with the sound blaster which comes on board, the record is higher.

I've read on some posts on this newsgroup that a preamp is needed between
the card and the mic.

Now, I don't want to spend 300 bucks on a preamp. What can I do to use the
power of the card and record in a decent level?

thanks,
Matias

If you record microphone or guitar you will need a pre amp. no way out, buy
a pre amp.

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Hi! I've bought a brand new delta 44 sound card.
I set the line level to -10db. It seems that it is recording low. When I
record with the sound blaster which comes on board, the record is higher.

I've read on some posts on this newsgroup that a preamp is needed between
the card and the mic.

Now, I don't want to spend 300 bucks on a preamp. What can I do to use the
power of the card and record in a decent level?

thanks,
Matias

Hi! I've bought a brand new delta 44 sound card.
I set the line level to -10db. It seems that it is recording low. When I
record with the sound blaster which comes on board, the record is higher.

I've read on some posts on this newsgroup that a preamp is needed between
the card and the mic.

Now, I don't want to spend 300 bucks on a preamp. What can I do to use the
power of the card and record in a decent level?

The Delta doesn't pretend to offer a mic level input.

If you're getting into multi-track recording, a small mixer may be a
good investment. This will provide a mic preamp, and let you easily
interface other sources - tape etc. - to your computer. Mackie,
Behringer do affordable models. No need to spend anything like $300.

If you're getting into multi-track recording, a small mixer may be a
good investment. This will provide a mic preamp, and let you easily
interface other sources - tape etc. - to your computer. Mackie,
Behringer do affordable models. No need to spend anything like $300.

Mixers doesn't have good mic pre amps.

They've got considerably better ones than the mic input on the
soundcard he was using before :-)

A lot of good recordings have been made straight into a mixer. The
average home user had never even heard of dedicated mic preamps until
a very few years ago :-)

Jesper Buch wrote:

Mixers doesn't have good mic pre amps.


I smell a new sig!


Don

"Laurence Payne" skrev i en
meddelelse ...
If you're getting into multi-track recording, a small mixer may be a
good investment. This will provide a mic preamp, and let you easily
interface other sources - tape etc. - to your computer. Mackie,
Behringer do affordable models. No need to spend anything like $300.

Mixers doesn't have good mic pre amps.

They've got considerably better ones than the mic input on the
soundcard he was using before :-)

off cause . . cause they have more output than a mic

If it's only a matter of getting a good sound from one source a mixer isn't
the right solution for mono channel digital recording.

A lot of good recordings have been made straight into a mixer.

Yes but not a cheap home mixer . . .

off cause it depends on the level and quality one need. If you are
recording crap with a crap mic then a mic pre amp is not nessecery.

The average home user had never even heard of dedicated mic preamps until
a very few years ago :-)

Then I am not avarage . . . and it isn't getting better by not beeing
avarage . . . actually worse

In article writes:

I've read on some posts on this newsgroup that a preamp is needed between
the card and the mic.

Now, I don't want to spend 300 bucks on a preamp. What can I do to use the
power of the card and record in a decent level?

A preamp (or a mixer with mic level inputs) that costs less than $300,
but if you're going to use a mic into this sound card, you need a
preamp of some sort. You can buy a four-channel mixer with mic preamps
for as little as $100 these days, and a simple mic preamp like the
M-Audio Audio Buddy is about $100.

Will they sound as good as a $300 preamp? Probalby not. Should you
care? Not if you're on that tight of a budget.

A little friendly advice. Don't ask which one is the best. You won't
get an answer that will do you any good. Go shopping and buy what you
can put your hands on. At this price point, sound quality isn't a
serious consideration, functionality is far more important.




--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )

ok guys, Thanks all for your answers.
It seems that I would have to buy a preamp. I live in Argentina and things
costs twice here.

Anwyay, I still don't understand how the soundblaster records ok. It has a
builtin preamp?

thanks again,
Matias


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In article
writes:

I've read on some posts on this newsgroup that a preamp is needed
between
the card and the mic.

Now, I don't want to spend 300 bucks on a preamp. What can I do to use
the
power of the card and record in a decent level?

A preamp (or a mixer with mic level inputs) that costs less than $300,
but if you're going to use a mic into this sound card, you need a
preamp of some sort. You can buy a four-channel mixer with mic preamps
for as little as $100 these days, and a simple mic preamp like the
M-Audio Audio Buddy is about $100.

Will they sound as good as a $300 preamp? Probalby not. Should you
care? Not if you're on that tight of a budget.

A little friendly advice. Don't ask which one is the best. You won't
get an answer that will do you any good. Go shopping and buy what you
can put your hands on. At this price point, sound quality isn't a
serious consideration, functionality is far more important.




--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )

In article writes:

Anwyay, I still don't understand how the soundblaster records ok. It has a
builtin preamp?

Yes. Not a very good one, but one that provides the gain that a
microphone requires. The SoundBlaster, being primarily an
"entertainment" device rather than one for serious recording, is
designed to accommodate the cheap microphones that people use with
their computers for internet phone applications, speech-to-text, and
voice command sort of things.



--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )