Greg, > >> I have a hammerfall 9636 card on my linux 64 studio machine. got > >> it working today but have a question regarding recording volume on > >> the card. The thing is that it seems too low. When connecting the > >> microphone directly to the AEB-8 extension board for analog input, > >> I only have vague recording level. > > > > The AEB-8 uses line level (+4 dBu or -10 dBV, selectable) for > > input. You need a mic preamplifier to make a line level out of your > > microphone level, e.g. the QuadMic/OctaMic (if you want to stay > > with RME and need a plain microphone preamp). > > > > You cannot feed a plain microphone signal into a line in. > I just found out that you are correct about +4dBu or -10dbV, but that > is for hammerfall 9632, mine is a 9636. If you have the AEB-8, this would also apply to the analog ports of the AEB-8. > In the configuration dialog > and manual there is no such option to adjust input levels as far as I > can see. Not for the digital inputs, of course. Wouldn't make much sense. > this seems to have changed between 9632 and 9636. They are completely different products. The 9636 is digital only, with 2x ADAT IO, 1x SPDIF IO. > I guess I > need to get some more gear to amplify both keyboard, piano and > microphone. If you have the AEB-8, you just need a microphone amplifier. You can also use a Mic Preamp with ADAT out, like the OctaMic D or the Micstasy. But this is not very alsa related, so if you have further questions, please ask me via email. Flo -- Machines can do the work, so people have time to think. public key 6C002249 x-hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
