On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:21:17 -0700, Garry wrote:

Well, judging from the threads I've read I'm not one of the "very
few." My biggest complaint is that nowhere on the M-Audio site does
it warn that the inputs are hot, the inputs are not adjustable, and
that the card really isn't designed for pro users. An attenuator?
Who would want to buy an audio card only to learn after the fact that
he needed an attenuator to manage input levels?

I can't imagine a pro user who didn't assume he'd have to line up his
gain structure :-)

By the way, I feed my card through a mixer (which I guess makes me a
"serious user.") To get usable levels I have to run the mixer's
output at about half the level I would with another card, like my old
DAL Card D+. I could be wrong but I don't see how a mixer feeding a
low level into a hot card can be a good thing.

It's feeding an appropriate level. Probably your mixer is also
capable of driving a nominal +4dB input. You'd complain if it
couldn't :-)


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