On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:48:32 +0100 Djého Youn <ydjeho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > for those who gave advice with main mixer, 'sorry I wasn't that clear. but > mixer's input gain was max. and it was only half on the meter. then > boosting mixer's channel/master only made my sound horribly distorted. Headphoune out is a different impedance than line out, it's really easy to overload a line input. I'm a little suspicious of the level into the main mixer though; you should have had more than enough signal for the board. I suspect there was some user error at the mixer. > this looks quite nice...as it's preamp AND soundcard...if soundcard doesn't > make my signal louder, then I can use it as preamp..if I got it right. > http://www.thomann.de/pl/art_usb_dual_tube_pre.htm > > does anyone used this with ubuntu 13.10 on modern laptops? I use an ART DualPre (not the tube model) with ArchLinux regularly with no issues at all. It worked fine when I used Fedora as well but I switched to Arch a while back and havent tested it in a while. There shouldn't be any driver issues, it follows the USB audio interface spec pretty well. The ART will give a much better signal, and the line outs use balanced 1/4" TRS connectors so you can get a quieter signal if you use the appropriate patch cables. Good luck! -- ====================================================================== Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
