Distorted Sound Due To Pre-Amp To High

Does anyone have any further information on the unresolved problem of the pre-amp level being too high resulting in EQ settings with high base (such as R&B) causing distorted sound?
Please see this old thread that was never resolved to see what I mean:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2259598

I was able to find a solution...if you go to http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodTopCategory?cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=18703&dest_pag...
Choose your exact system (you can also access this from your support assistant by going to find help and choosing access online resources for your PC) - then choose software and driver downloads - choose your operating system - Choose driver/audio and pick one. I chose the one from 2012-8-13. Save it the download to your desktop and run it.
WMP, quicktime, & itunes are all working again. The performance issues have also abated. Good Luck and best regards!

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>the E-MU which you refer to is the USB Box version. I use the PCI version. I'm not sure they're the same. What do you think?
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hey fellas---
thanks for the replies. to answer some of the overriding questions:
budget: I'd probobly like to keep in in the range of a few hundred dollars, no more than a grand. if i can get a better sound out of my existing mic by getting a decent pre, that'd be ideal. if i need to upgrade mics, that might take time. still, trying to keep it around $500-$800.
application: EVERYTHING. anything from male vocals to voiceover work to film ADR to acoustic guitars. everything EXCEPT drums. wont be doing any drum or percussion micing anytime soon. lots of acoustic instruments like guitar and solo violin. might also, if its doable, run electric guitar and bass through the pre-amp if that will help with my electric guitar signal (like i said with the mic, the e-guitar is going straight into the instrument input on the presonus firebox, nothing between to sweeten, warm, or strengthen the signal consistently).
preference: a clean, dry sound with faithful reproduction. but to be honest, i wouldnt mind a little warm colouring. something with a stronger bass response, but still accurate and faithful mids and highs.
its been suggested to me that i stick with solid state mics for now, but a tube pre-amp wouldn't hurt. I've got a tube preamp, but im not happy with it so i havent used it in ages (the ART Tube MP Studio V3)
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Digital Pre-Amp

My Mac-Mini has an optical audio input.
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Without the use of an external soundcard ?
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Johan Lemmers

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Grtz.
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the Netherlands

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Hello i bought the Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Professional Series Xtreme Gamer with 64 mb X-Ram soundcard and was wondering if there is pre-amp on the soundcard for the line in/mic jack. I want to know this so i can decide if its suitable for recording from a Mic for studio/production/mix work. Thanks in advance

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I opened a project that was created in v4 with v5.5 in order to edit it.
I needed to add some slide with audio and change some of the audio on some of the existing slides.
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Is there a pre-amp plug-in for microphones?
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Is there a pre-amp plug-in for microphones?
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I haD the same issue, and was thoroughly ticked off until doing some research and then trying couple things.
I was able to change the volume limit, that WAS set at half. I adjusted it to max volume, set a lock passcode, and away I drove.
Then, upon hitting "play", I began to get a little ticked off. I realized after a few minutes, I couldn't hear anything playing.
It was so quiet- and I-95 is noisy, with me regretting buying another Apple product, after is wrote not to.
So- after reading through a couple of these threads, I just adjusted the volume limit, and VOILA!
It reverted to 50%.
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I adjusted the volume limit to 100% immediately afterwards, set a new passcode and then.....
Hit play.
It worked. Plays just as loud as my original 3rd Gen iTouch.
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When it happened, I was just installing a few things with the volume set low, and the alerts suddenly sounded very distorted and remain that way. I didn't blow the speakers by playing loud music or anything like that.
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Any ideas/insight anyone?
Thanks!!!

At higher volumes you can even see the speaker cones vibrating.
That is normal. If they don't move, they don't work.
However, it could be that someone else overloaded the speakers and caused them to fail. I think the first step is to see if the speakers have been damaged. Use a pair of external speakers or headphones and test the sound.
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I've just set up an Apple TV device to try and stream audio from my laptop Pro to my DAC, then into my pre-amp. Set it up using the TV screen
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Hello Draxa,
To troubleshoot this issue where you are getting no audio output from your Apple TV, please follow the steps in the artcile linked to below.
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Troubleshooting audio issues - Apple Support
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
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