On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, The Rare Guy wrote:
quoted 8 lines On Wednesday, 18-Jun-97, MultSanta@aol.com wrote [about Re: (idm) recording
> On Wednesday, 18-Jun-97, MultSanta@aol.com wrote [about Re: (idm) recording
> from computer]:
> >yeah..
> >I'm in the exact same situation any advice for this guy send to me, too
>
> heh I thought it would maybe be posted to the list, but yeah, anyone who
> responds to this, can send that advice over my way as well :)
>
The Soundblaster cards are bad news sonically. Real geeks have a
card with digital outputs that they run into their DAT machines.
If I had to guess, I'd say the problem is that the line out has that
crappy 1 watt power amplifier on it, and you have to jack down the
level to match the line input on your receiver. If you amplify
a signal through a bad op-amp, and then pad the level down to line
level it will sound like shit, straight up.
The SB16 and later has a way documented in the manual to disable the
power amplifier so that you get a cleaner line output.
But the best bet is to sell the Soundblaster to some unsuspecting kid
and buy an Ensoniq PCI soundcard for $50.
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