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So much for "expectations". The RCA outputs on the Behringer UFO-202 contain a mix of the RCA inputs and the computer sound that is output through the USB connection. So the headphone output and the RCA outputs have the same signal.billw58 wrote: As for the RCA outputs, I'd expect them to contain only the computer output signal.
And for those of us who want a better soundcard than that delivered in their PCs - and one that is isolated from the noisy electrical environment of a PC (especially laptops). Plus you get a device that is portable between all the computers that you now use (and future ones for as long as USB inputs survive).billw58 wrote: ... the main purpose of those units is for computers that have no line input, or those of us who want a quick-and-dirty (actually not so dirty) phono preamp.
Probably very little, because you could (for the price of another RCA > TRS adaptor) connect your input directly to the line-in anyway to get the same level control (with possibly more noisy sound in both cases due to doing the conversion to digital inside the computer rather than inside the Behringer then over USB ).billw58 wrote:Are you talking about the headphone output? It contains a mix of the input and output signals. So, yes, you could cable from the headphone output to the line input of the computer and control input volume that way. But once you've selected the line input, don't you get volume control in the computer sound control panel? So what's the point?Gale Andrews wrote:If you recorded input in the UCA/UFO 202 and then cabled from the output to the computer, does the output contain the input? I guess most people use UCA/UFO because the computer has no line input, but if it did and the Behringer outputs contain the input, you could control the input level into the computer that way.billw58 wrote:Regarding UCA/UFO-202, the only way to control the level going into the computer (via the USB connection) is by controlling the level input to the device.
Gale Andrews wrote:Hopefully someone can clarify on the summary review page what the situation is with volume control on the different OS'es and if Behringer drivers allow volume control.
That's becoming rather a long topic now and I can't find your recent comment.Gale Andrews wrote:I've added/clarified comments on Sound Card Reviews concerning lack of input control on the UCA/UFO 202.
And since it just scales the digital signal from the device my guess is that it would not help if the input to the UCA-202 is being overloaded. Same problem as when the Audacity input slider used to be able to do that - you think you've turned down and avoided distortion but you haven't.steve wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:Hopefully someone can clarify on the summary review page what the situation is with volume control on the different OS'es and if Behringer drivers allow volume control.That's becoming rather a long topic now and I can't find your recent comment.Gale Andrews wrote:I've added/clarified comments on Sound Card Reviews concerning lack of input control on the UCA/UFO 202.
On Ubuntu 10.10 the recording level of the UCA202 can be changed by the system volume control applet. This does not change the "gain" in the hardware, it just scales the signal that is sent from the the device.
Precisely the point I was making regarding "don't let the input get too hot" http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 53#p113076billw58 wrote:my guess is that it would not help if the input to the UCA-202 is being overloaded.
The anchor link I provided goes straight to the first post (where the overall summaries are):steve wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:Hopefully someone can clarify on the summary review page what the situation is with volume control on the different OS'es and if Behringer drivers allow volume control.That's becoming rather a long topic now and I can't find your recent comment.Gale Andrews wrote:I've added/clarified comments on Sound Card Reviews concerning lack of input control on the UCA/UFO 202.