Yeah I said nvm because I think I'm fine with 1228mhz core and 3500mhz memory :P
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ooh jelly. what kind of voltage is that?
new case just arrived here so i'll be busy for today moving parts and hopefully <2 weeks i'll have my classifieds including waterblocks + other missing watercooling parts. (pump,top,coolant, few extra fittings, some extra screws and fan power hubs)
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What I don't get is how nVidia are allowing voltages to be boosted to that extent with Classifieds. I also suspect EVGA disabled the thermal downclocking, which nVidia wouldn't like either.
With the cooling that DCII has, if I allow temps to wonder into the 90's (still totally safe) and voltage to hit 1.35v...good god those overclocks...
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Keeping temps low through high voltage doesn't change the rate of electron creep/leakage. Just a friendly reminder...
Hmm yeah. I've realized that the audio signal sent from "analog" audio devices like mics and guitars is extremely PC-unfriendly to say the least. For me nothing works without amplification, period. It's no wonder DJ's and live concert bands use those huge sound boards/mixers to get the job done.
I tried plugging my mic directly into the Xonar's mic in, the audio signal received in Audacity (or Sound Recorder) was like a tiny *blip* despite me yelling at the top of my lungs straight into the damn thing. And this thing is supposed to be super-sensitive. Tried the same thing with my guitar, same results of receiving nothing more than an incredibly weak signal.
Everything needs at least 10-50x amplification for proper quality, at least as far as my audio equipment goes. Integration between computers and live recording equipment turned out to be a lot more messy than I had thought.
Well at least I know the first troubleshooting step.
1) Signal too weak? AMPLIFY THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH AN AMP
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@ Xuvial: Any particular reason you went that route rather than a soundcard with D-sub/XLR in?
EDIT: Question asked before your post. Had the tab up.
Bought the soundcard almost a year and a half ago, wanted max quality for music and gaming via HD558's (and later SP2500). All this audio stuff is really new to me, especially XLR cables.
The more I learn about audio equipment the more it scares me away, especially the prices of the more premium stuff. I think I'm done with audio for now...I've got headphones, speakers and a solid mic, no more shit required :S
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I meant a secondary sound card to get the signals straight from the guitar rather than through amplifier/speaker
Don't know much about the musician's side, all I know is that a friend's step-dad is a musician and used to do it like that.
Oh. Yeah I do have something like that for my mic, it's this:
Even though it's got a USB connector and can act like a separate soundcard, I don't use it like that. For me it's SM57 > Ci1 > Xonar STX > PC. Moar amplification.
Regarding guitar, I only plugged it into the soundcard for testing purposes, the overwhelming majority of guitarists would never do that. You NEED a proper guitar amp for all the effects/filters done at the hardware level.
Even the best of the best guitarists (Satriani, Pettruci, etc) use the same setup when recording in a studio for the best quality - a dynamic/condenser mic facing an amp. It's just the equipment they use costs in the region of $5000-10,000+ :P
If the guitarist has a certain amplifier+mic combination they REALLY love (not uncommon), for a live concert he'll simply bring along that amp+mic setup on stage and blast it out of the big speakers.
For stereo sound they get 2 (or more) mics and stick them on different parts of the amp so you get a really rich mix of trebles, mids and bass to make the guitar sound really powerful/deep like what you hear in your standard studio tracks. I could possibly do that waaaay in the future (splitting mono into stereo is easy for now), but only once I get a bigger amp.
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put a hdd hot swap bay on the front of my case, the damn thing is noisy with a drive in it lol
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