Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

what kind of sound card are you using ??

-- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Clay" <bass17yl@y...> wrote:
> The SPDIF outputs are quiet by design.  The idea is that if you 
> have some really wacked-out filtering going on, your resonance 
> could get so loud that it would clip, so EMU dampened the 
> SPDIF output.
> As for having the same problem when using the 1/4" jacks, I 
> don't know what to tell you.  I use 1/4", and I actually have to 
turn 
> my XL7 down in order to hear the other gear in my setup.
> 
> Clay
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "pranaearth" <pranaearth@y...> 
> wrote:
> > Thanks for your reply Jesse,
> >  
> > I am using the SPDIF output directly into the SPDIF in of my 
> > soundcard.
> > In the mixer applet for the soundcard, the SPDIF volume is 
> turned 
> > all the way up.
> > The meters are registering at around 10 when I play mt XL7.
> > This is with my volume knob on the XL7 turned al the way up, 
> and 
> > with the indiviual volume of each track turned all the way up.
> > In contrast, my volume slider on my Karma, and XP60 are 
> turned 3/4 
> > of the way up, with the volume slider in the applet turned to 3/4 
> of 
> > the way up, and the meters are going into the red and the 
> sound is 
> > distorting.
> >  
> > 
> > The problem exist if I use 1/4 inch cables too.
> > 
> > I just don't understand how this beast can be so quiet.
> > 
> > 
> > prana
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "jesse_medway" 
> <medway808@h...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Not sure what you are doing wrong but the xl-7 is fine volume 
> wise.
> > > If its not the volume knob then maybe you have a midi volume 
> set 
> > low
> > > or the input of you mixer etc... i set lower.