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https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00EK1OTZC/ref=pe_3044161_189395811_TE_SCE_dp_1 |
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> > OK, that device is pretty simple. If you set this device as the default |
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Alsa device can you get simple audio, from YouTube for example, out through |
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the headphone jack? We know the mic input works. If both of those work then |
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what does discord do? |
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> I'm lost here. The headphone jack in the interface is just a monitor. |
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> I don't think there's any connection with the headphone jack in the |
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> motherboard? (I can't test it anyway with my headphones---different |
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> jack sizes) |
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I understand the jack size difference. Your MB jack is 3.5mm, the headphone |
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jack on the Behringer is 1/4". All the headphones I've purchased for years |
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came with an adapter to plug into 1/4" jack but if your didn't they can be |
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purchased at Amazon or general stereo/TV type stores. (Best Buy as an |
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example in the U.S.) Search for "3.5mm to 1/4 adapter". |
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I'll explain the headphone monitor function in a moment. You are correct |
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that the headphone jack on the Behringer has nothing to do with the |
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headphone jack on the computer. The Behringer is a complete sound card with |
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2 inputs and 2 output at the end of a USB cable. It has phono jack outputs |
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on the back which would allow you to hook it to your stereo inputs to hear |
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computer audio. In that sense it's no different than a CD player or tape |
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deck. To use the outputs on the back would simply come down to telling |
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Linux I want to use the Behringer USB device as my sound card and all sound |
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would be router there. Once the audio is correctly going to your stereo you |
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should also hear the audio over the headphone jack. |
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The monitor function associated with the headphones is different on cards |
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like this. Notice that the switch says "Direct Monitor". Imagine that I am |
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recording a song. I already have some of it recorded, say drums, bass and |
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piano. Now I want to record vocals so (wearing headphones so I can hear |
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what I'm supposed to sing along with) I sing into the microphone but there |
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is latency in the system. The vocal gets converted to digital by an |
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internal A/D converter, sent down the USB cable, routed to the recording |
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application - in Linux lets say that's Ardour. Ardour records it onto disk |
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but it also sends my vocal back to the Behringer so I hear myself in the |
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headphones. The probably is that my vocal is delayed by 25mS or more. It |
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sounds out of time and I'm confused. It sounds like an echo. |
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Look at the diagram here to see what I'm trying to explain: |
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https://manual.ardour.org/synchronization/latency-and-latency-compensation/ |
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Direct monitoring changes the signal path in the picture on the Ardour |
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page. It still sends my vocal down the USB cable and Ardour still records |
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it but it __ALSO__ sends my vocal __DIRECTLY__ from the mic to the |
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headphones skipping the whole digital path in the picture. There is no |
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delay. I hear myself in time with the music. It feels natural and I perform |
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my part of the song brilliantly and go on to make millions of dollars. |
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(Well, maybe...) |
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Direct monitoring probably won't matter i your application because the |
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real-time nature of what you're speaking won't be effected very much and |
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probably discord or zoom won't send it back out to the card, but only send |
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it to the people you are meeting with. |
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Hope this helps, |
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Mark |
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