Red + White = Meh
June 18, 2010 9:43 AM Subscribe
I'm currently using this USB capture device. The sound (regardless of the source, it seems) is always tinny and weak... maybe 1/3 the volume it should be. Would putting a preamp in between the source and the card improve things? Am I resigned to mixing sound in after the fact?
For anyone curious about that card... it's OK. It was a pain to use with Vista, and I had to download some custom drivers that someone else wrote, but it was cheap.
For anyone curious about that card... it's OK. It was a pain to use with Vista, and I had to download some custom drivers that someone else wrote, but it was cheap.
Response by poster: The capture software doesn't seem to have a line-in volume control (it's Ulead studio from 2006, and the best that I can say for it is that it's servicable). I looked through my installed drivers, and didn't see any way to change the properties of the driver itself.
A cheap preamp is 17 bucks, I suppose, so maybe I'll just give it a shot.
Can anyone think of something that might work better?
posted by codacorolla at 10:14 AM on June 18, 2010
A cheap preamp is 17 bucks, I suppose, so maybe I'll just give it a shot.
Can anyone think of something that might work better?
posted by codacorolla at 10:14 AM on June 18, 2010
Best answer: I had the same problem with a similar device, I just plugged the audio output of what I was recording into the Aux inputs on my Stereo receiver, Then patched from the Monitor outs through a cheap EQ and was able to achieve a good sound- plus I cold sculpt it a bit as a ripped it with the EQ.....
posted by peewinkle at 11:34 AM on June 18, 2010
posted by peewinkle at 11:34 AM on June 18, 2010
Response by poster: peewinkle: That's a good idea. I can't remember if my current receiver that I have managing my computer speakers has a line-out, but I may give that a try.
posted by codacorolla at 11:53 AM on June 18, 2010
posted by codacorolla at 11:53 AM on June 18, 2010
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posted by StickyCarpet at 10:06 AM on June 18, 2010