Reply 20 of 27, by kaputnik
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wrote:AFAIK the lower the resistance for the mixer, the less sensitive to noise it will be, but the load on the outputs will be lower. I used 10kOhm resistors in my mixer, which is a bit noisier than I'd like but useable, but I've seen projects around the internet using 1kOhm resistors. Also, if all your cards have amplified outputs, they can probably handle lower impedances better. But for two cards on the same computer running a P2-P2 cable from the PCI card's line out to the ISA's line in (and unmuting the line in in the card's mixer) works well.
I think I'll try the passive mixer, as that'll let me deactivate the AWE64 in Windows. If it doesn't work well enough, I'll go with the other suggestion. Putting together that mixer won't take long at all, doesn't really matter if it turns out to be for nothing 😀
The AWE64 doesn't have an amplified output. However, I think it's better to use the line out signal in any case, as line levels and related impedances are somewhat standardized if I've understood it right.