Is it good to play song in PC to main mixer ? (better song quality for preamp?)
1249374
I wouldn't say it has better song quality but it is good to play songs through. You can't beat the price on this im using it right now to make a beat. This product is very reliable
1110899
as long as your computer gets you a digital out, either coaxial or optical, then you can enter the dac , then from the dac to your amplifier with a very common rca (red + white) cable. If I may, go for the highest quality file format on spotify, not sure if you have flac there, or any other lossless format, but aim for the highest bit rate. This dac turns a great source into wonder, but won't turn highly compressed mp3 crap into musical heaven.
1497284
It depends what your doing but a soundcard wita preamp like a focusrite scarlett
94597
While anything is possible, you'll need some adapters for PC input or output. There is a phones output and a monitor output which could be adapted into a usual line-in on a PC, but there are no midi inputs. Most of the input channels have line-level inputs in 1/4" phono format, so almost any audio source could be mixed in here. Its not the best thing for DJ-style mixing, however: there is only a single (stereo) output bus, so no cross-fading here.
1928442
From personal experience, if you are planning on using this for DJing (which you may not be since most mixers have a phono preamp), these receivers are not the way to go. Because of the processing, etc, it will cause a large delay between the audio you are getting from the mixer and the audio you will be hearing over the speakers. I use a separate, basic receiver for DJing with separate speakers instead of using the home's surround sound (which would have been awesome). Hope that helps.
1479011
It will not be as noiseless as a higher-end pre-amp or A/D interface, nor will it have as much gain as a dedicated pre-amp. It's a more fast-and-dirty solution than a home studio centerpiece. Chose instead a dedicated USB audio interface if you need studio quality, but if you're just doing youtube voiceovers, it'll sound fine.
1218073
run it through a splitter, OR get an external mixer with multiple outs. thx!
879218
There are several issues here. If this DAC is better than the one your computer uses to output analog audio (out front panel or rear panel), which is likely, your computer has a digital optical and/or coaxial audio output, which is also likely, you have really good headphones or better a good audio system (preamp/amp/speakers), and you are generating the digital audio signal from something better than a MP3 file (from CD or HD audio source), then yes it should sound better! Also, I note the DAC which I no longer own only supports PCM, so that means CD quality at best. Finally, I note the DAC does not have a signal gain adjustment which may be very import if you are just pugging in headphones as the signal may be too weak (I can't test that since I since as I said I no longer have the DAC).
1419038
What are you using this for? Mixers are for live performance, not the best way to record. The Alpha is a good VALUE but not the best, You buy this because it is 1/2 the price of the Persons or Focusrite interface
450566
Absolutely. Another way would be to send it to a mixer, which is what I do, since I also have a Monotribe and a VolcaBeats running as well. Those go to the interface, then to the DAW. Those provide plenty of options for boosting the signal. One note about the jack: it sends a mono signal so make sure you switch your interface over to mono as well.
278740
So, I deleted my earlier post. Getting 2 audio sources to play simultaneously is actually pretty easy. The mixamp has a line in for spdif (optical) and your typical aux 3.5mm jack. I hooked my computer via spdif and my TV via aux. You'll get both AND be able to toggle the balance with the right earcup game/VoIP switch. (I initially thought it didn't work, as I was 100% to my computer source, hence my deleted answer. Don't make my mistake). I would recommend the spdif from your console and aux from your computer, you'll get better in game sound. The balance feature is really nice, and it is tailored to your exact needs.
1624177
Yes, to an analog soundcard. All you need is a 1/8" stereo to dual-RCA cord. Mixer has both input and output RCA capability, so you could feed the output of the mixer to the line/mic of the soundcard or feed the output of the soundcard (line out/speaker out) to the input of the mixer. There is also a headphone jack on the mixer so that could also be patched back to the soundcard's line in/mic. For me, I am usually running the PC speaker out to the mixer RCA input -- the volume is controlled by the Main, and then I can either use headphones from the mixer or run the 1/4" output into my guitar amp. Hope this helps.
450564
I pull mine through a mixer, into my interface and into my DAW. The only thing is is that you need to do this with mono cables otherwise your output will be terrible. I love how the volcas sound, so any effort you put into this will be well worth it. PS; I had low output until I switched to mono cables.
494936
I use Windows 7.,MS2, preamp, and amp hooked to serious speakers. The sound is superb. You will have 3 volume controls: One on your streaming website, one at the bottom right corner of your windows screen, and the preamp volume control.Set them where ya like them.
1640993
There is an RIAA EQ built into every phono preamp. If you plug a phono preamp into a phono preamp, the result will be bad sound.
1693050
No, on the top it's a 6.3mm (big audio plug) and an XLR (3 pin) for your microphone. What are you using it for? I recommend a USB audio interface; I have one by Behringer and use it with my mixer for studio / singing. Like $30. Or not you can just plug the audio from this preamp to your PC and use a USB sound card if you don't have one. ;) Peace.
1715346
I use the Behringer QX1002 playback source to listen back through the mixer. Not sure if on the computer one is disabled to avoid feedback or how to hear both through PC speakers. You can hear both through Mixer though. Go to computer sound mixer and change playback source to Behringer. Also push the appropriate buttons for FX to control room, and USB/2TR.