[WriteLog] Sound Card Spec Nomenclature?

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

I had years of great success with WinXp and the cheapest Soundblaster 16
card.  Worked and sounded great.

Unfortunately the new Dell computer only has PCIE slots so the SB16 had to
be retired.  The newer more powerful sound cards are not as forgiving about
impedance and level mismatches.

Randy, K5ZD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:writelog-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of bemeier
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:52 PM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Sound Card Spec Nomenclature?
> 
> I may be way out in left field here, coming in late to the thread, but
> have you run the WriteLog Soundboard test program on the downloads
> page?   I use that program to tell me if the soundcard is going to work or
> not.  I have NEVER had an onboard soundboard work better than the $29.00
> Creative Sound Blasters.  (I am also running XP).
> 
> 73,
> Bruce - N1LN
> (aka: NC4KW)
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 1/24/12, K6UFO Mark Aaker <k6ufo at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: K6UFO Mark Aaker <k6ufo at arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Sound Card Spec Nomenclature?
> To: "writelog at contesting.com" <writelog at contesting.com>
> Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 1:53 PM
> 
> 
> Rick, I'm no expert, but this problem of combining Mic and Line input
> 
> simultaneously has been affecting people since Vista, and now on Windows
> 7.
> 
> There is a Writelog note about this at:
> <http://writelog.com/downloads/sound-board-check>
> 
> Microsoft has this to say:
> 
> <http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-
> US/w7itprohardware/thread/32d12439-928e-4bbc-9723-5ae8a51f156d/>
> 
> Some discussion about this on an Audio Forum:
> <http://www.audioforums.com/forums/showthread.php?28557-Mixing-Line-In-
> and-Mic-Windows-7>
> 
> I had heard it can be overcome by using an external mixer, or TWO sound
> 
> cards, or by using Virtual Audio Cable to combine the sources digitally,
> 
> (or by switching to Linux). Also, your particular sound card may support
> this
> 
> feature in its hardware and own specific driver and control panels, even
> if
> 
> the standard Windows 7 controls can't do it.
> 
> Mark Aaker K6UFO
> k6ufo at arrl.net
> (408)857-4329
> 
> 
> 
> > To: Writelog user group <writelog at contesting.com>
> > Subject: [WriteLog] Sound Card Spec Nomenclature?
> > From: Rick Tavan N6XI <rtavan at gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:30:43 -0800
> >
> > Is there any way to tell from the published specifications of a sound
> > card (or a computer that contains a built-in sound card) whether the
> > card is capable of looping input mic audio through to its line output?
> > What named "feature" would I be looking for?
> >
> > Motivation for question: I'm currently having trouble getting mic
> > audio through either the internal card in my T61p or an external
> > Griffin iMic
> 
> > card. With either one, I can record messages to WL and play them back
> > to my rig but I can't use the mic in real time without disconnecting
> > it from the sound card and connecting it directly to the rig. This
> > used to work for me but that may have been with a predecessor computer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > /R
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