-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, The spare room in our house is used for both singing lessons and computer activities. We are embarking on an audio adventure, with singing students holding a Shure SM58 microphone which is plugged into the jack on the front of the PC (a SoundBlaster Live! 5.1), singing to backing tracks played through the PC speakers/headphones. This is for them to practice using a microphone. My question is basic, do I need a preamp for the microphone or is the LiveDrive doing that job? At the moment the volume which is high enough to hear through the speakers is very close to feedback volume, and also sounds distorted. Thanks! Tim Linux 2.6.17 Debian/unstable. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFEbh9sUUdIDHrdAURAlb3AKCXFed9lYtcJ2zvIMqfIeRJEfPQwQCgmhF0 hG1DkJFcVC9d41Pw0w+VXP0= =x+V6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
