I'll play with the soundcard a bit see if i get it to work ill let you know
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Joseph Colosimo <m...@jwcxz.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't recommend trying vinyl control without a preamp. If you
> want, you can bump the input gain by using Mixxx's software pre-amp
> (available in the Vinyl Control pane of the preferences). Though the
> Maya44 doesn't have any input gain controls, this software amplifier
> will do its best to amplify the signal. However, depending on your
> environment, it can be extremely noisy. Try it out though; you may be
> lucky. But remember the environment that you're in can strongly impact
> the quality of your signal.
>
> I use a $17 Pyle Pro preamp on one of my turntables (Stanton STR8-60)
> and my other (Stanton T.80) has a built-in preamp that I select. Both
> work fine; the signal quality is almost excellent.
>
> Joe
>
> Adam Spence @ Wed 22 Jun 11 21:30:27 +0930:
>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:30:27 +0930
>> From: Adam Spence <adam.spe...@gmail.com>
>> To: mixxx-devel
>> <Mixxx-devel@lists.**sourceforge.net<Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> >
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Mixxx-devel] Maya44 USB Inputs
>>
>> I have used cheap usb sound cards for vinyl control without a hardware
>> preamp and they worked. So do you think i still need a hardware preamp
>> with
>> the Maya44 USB.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Joseph Colosimo <m...@jwcxz.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have a Maya44 USB and have no problem with the sound inputs out of the
>>> box. Yes, there are no input gain controls. But this is not a problem
>>> for me, as the input levels are fine. What are you using your card for?
>>> If it's for vinyl control, make sure you have preamps attached as the
>>> Maya44 does not have internal phono-level preamps.
>>>
>>> If you're using it as a microphone input, it should work fine. I
>>> haven't tried that though.
>>>
>>> Now, the Maya44 has 3 output level controls: master, line 1 and line 2.
>>> I think Line 1 and Line 2 are called "Line" and "Line 1" or something
>>> due to poor ALSA naming.
>>>
>>> On my system, ALSA defaults by turning master to 0, which makes things
>>> coming out of the card barely audible. So, you'll need to turn that up
>>> quite a bit. I turn it to full.
>>>
>>> The other two control whether you pass audio input from Channels {1,2}
>>> or {3,4} directly to the output (I think it ties them to both Channels
>>> {1,2} and {3,4} of the output, but I haven't tested this). I'm not sure
>>> if this is analog passthrough or if it's digital. Obviously, though,
>>> you want to leave these muted if you use timecoded vinyl, unless
>>> you like treating your audience with annoying high-pitched noises. :P
>>>
>>> I've used this card with every Linux Kernel from about 2.6.37 onwards.
>>>
>>> Important note: your computer may not be able to handle four channels of
>>> input and four channels of output! This is really weird. I've tried
>>> the card on 4 computers. Two of them were Intel's newer Core system.
>>> On my Core i7 desktop, 4 channels of sound input and 4 channels of sound
>>> output isn't a problem. On a Core i5 Dell desktop, if I tried that
>>> configuration, Mixxx would crash and ALSA would complain about
>>> insufficient bandwidth (check the output of dmesg). On a Core 2 Duo
>>> laptop, I had the same bandwidth issues. But on a slightly newer Core
>>> Solo laptop, all 4 channels worked, but with some occasional skipping.
>>>
>>> Crazy, huh?
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> Harry Van Haaren @ Wed 22 Jun 11 12:40:13 +0100:
>>>
>>> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:40:13 +0100
>>>> From: Harry Van Haaren <harryhaa...@gmail.com>
>>>> To: Adam Spence <adam.spe...@gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: mixxx-devel
>>>> <mixxx-devel@lists.**sourcefor**ge.net<http://sourceforge.net>
>>>> <mixxx-devel@lists.**sourceforge.net<mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> Subject: Re: [Mixxx-devel] Maya44 USB Inputs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm strange. Here we go: nasty debugging style :D
>>>>
>>>> Please post the outputs of the following: (from a terminal)
>>>>
>>>> aplay -L
>>>> lsmod | grep snd
>>>>
>>>> Another helpful bit of info would be a screenshot of alsamixer with all
>>>> its
>>>> controls (hit F5).
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, -Harry
>>>>
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