can I just connect my 1/4 Preamp output to my 3.5mm Motherboard mic jack?

[Foggy]

Mobo soundcards are pants .
Oh , most preamps output a balanced line signal at much higher level .

Soooo , you need an AI .

[CPhoenix]

They are all useless thats why

So you're consistently an ass? That's kind of impressive actually. It takes real work being a dedicated douche.


Why'd you start two threads for one problem? It's pretty obvious you don't really want anybody's real-time feedback from a forum. So since you know it all... just use google to get your little technical answers and be done with it. Unless you just wanna argue of course... that's a different story.

[GamingLevels]

can i get some advice from anyone who has tried this?

[ObiK]

can i get some advice from anyone who has tried this?

I did many, many moons ago. It doesn't sound anywhere near as good as a real interface. Plus when you start to consider latency and good audio drivers the interfaces is worth the extra dough. Plus the conversion is a lot nicer by using nicer quality chips giving you cleaner sound. Many even offer oversampling which most built in interfaces don't. Plus the fact you don't have to use an adapter to get the outputs of the preamp into the computer 1/8" input means less noise and more stable connection.

[CoMpLeXx]

LOL this guy asks for advice then refuses all of it.... TROLLLOOLOLOLLOOLOLOL

But just in case he is stupid. and he is making a good argument that he is. I will chip in my 2 cents.

Bit rate does not always mean quality a 1080p DSLR is not as good as a 200 dollar 1080p handy-cam, Why? because of the quality of the components lenses play a huge part as do sensors in the camera just because some shity Chinese manufactured sensor that goes for $20 a pop can do 1080p, does not mean a sensor at $200 is the same quality just because the name 1080p.

Same with audio gear, TBH any decent headphone I have worked with all have 3.5inch jacks. Inbuilt sound cards have the following issues:
Internal generated high noise.
Rubbish AD conversion.
Susceptible to external noise.
Rubbish op-amps and amplification circuitry.
Cheap components.
Not designed for audio work.
Accurate monitoring.

So if you still want to use it be my guest but what ever you record will sound crap. I know it's a ***** that hardware costs a lot but you are paying for quality. That is why some of the big SSL and Neve board go for quarter of a million each.

[CPhoenix]

.. but, he's "only" doing Youtube videos.

So let him have his crappy sounding tech videos and be done with it. Let him sell the halfway decent equipment he currently has and downgrade to worse quality. B/c that makes total sense... to do that.

[ObiK]

Let him spend his money how he wants, even if it's a step backwards He doesn't seem to want to listen anyways.

[Dreamcaseal]

lol, I now use a quadcapture audio interface and letm e tell you what. It has caused several issues with the games I play. If I use this card to record with for example badicam the audio will stutter to the point it's not usable. There are a few other issues too. Some of the issues I have worked out. Soem I haven't. It's causing Tribes Ascend to lock up but I think I fixed that but it also seems to be eating up all my RAM and when I close the game it freezes. It overloads my computer if I have quite a few tabs open with google chrome slowing it down big time. Shit's ridiculous. I tried using my motherboard soundcard a while back with a 1/4 to 3.5mm and honestly I couldn't tell much of a difference and it worked but I decided to get a audio interface and a new mic. I think at this point it doesn't matter because this is only encouraging me to stop doing video game commentaries.

[Foggy]

Stuttering = too small a buffer , you should increase that .
RAM being eaten = memory leak in the game coding

I use my Echo Audiofire when playing games (PS1) sometimes and it does not change the computer/game performance whatsoever .

[Dreamcaseal]

Stuttering = too small a buffer , you should increase that .
RAM being eaten = memory leak in the game coding

I use my Echo Audiofire when playing games (PS1) sometimes and it does not change the computer/game performance whatsoever .

I accidentally installed windows 7 32 bit instead of 64bit so it wasnt using all my ram. my bad. but it was stuttering in another game when i was using bandicam but not in another. i need to check that now. i feel better about the interface lately.