I've read that the UCA202 has a poor headphone amp, so I wonder if it's posible to use the one built in in the laptop. Or would that be even worse?
I'm not sure about the details of my setup since I set it quite a while ago with jackc and wineasio to play guitar through a preamp I built, then to the UCA202, then to the laptop. I use an inexpensive but decent Superlux HD-668B headphone set to listen to the crap I play.
Let me know if I need to provide more info cause I don't really know what I'm doing.
Can I use my laptop headphones out with my Behringer UCA202?
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Re: Can I use my laptop headphones out with my Behringer UCA202?
Hi, how are you?
Using two different audio devices is possible, but it is a notorious pain in the patella. Unless you are experiencing issues with the headphone output of your Behringer interface, you're better off just using it.
Using two different audio devices is possible, but it is a notorious pain in the patella. Unless you are experiencing issues with the headphone output of your Behringer interface, you're better off just using it.
Re: Can I use my laptop headphones out with my Behringer UCA202?
Hi Michael, and thank you. Truth is the headphone out of the 202 works fine with my Superlux headphones. It doesn't have a tone of output, and the noise floor is not great (although that might be for other reasons, I don't know) but it's perfectly usable. It was more out of curiosity, to compare both and stuff. If you could give me some pointers that would be great. Just a link or a short explanation to give me an idea of where to start looking for info, because I couldn't find anything in my google searches, i f you don't mind. Thanks again.
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Re: Can I use my laptop headphones out with my Behringer UCA202?
There are a number of ways to use multiple audio devices, depending on if you are using ALSA or JACK. Please follow the links listed here to get started: viewtopic.php?p=95025#p95025
I don't have any experience with that Behringer interface, maybe somebody else can give you an idea as to whether the not great noise floor is common. I have my suspicions that the noise floor may not be any better with your on-board device, but of course I don't know that for sure.
I don't have any experience with that Behringer interface, maybe somebody else can give you an idea as to whether the not great noise floor is common. I have my suspicions that the noise floor may not be any better with your on-board device, but of course I don't know that for sure.
Re: Can I use my laptop headphones out with my Behringer UCA202?
Thanks, that looks really helpful. I'll go through those links.Michael Willis wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:02 pm There are a number of ways to use multiple audio devices, depending on if you are using ALSA or JACK. Please follow the links listed here to get started: viewtopic.php?p=95025#p95025
I don't have any experience with that Behringer interface, maybe somebody else can give you an idea as to whether the not great noise floor is common. I have my suspicions that the noise floor may not be any better with your on-board device, but of course I don't know that for sure.
I think I'm using jack, at least I have to start it before I fire up Guitar Rig, but I'm not very knowledgeable about these things. There's a "driver" setting in jackc and that's set to ALSA
Re: Can I use my laptop headphones out with my Behringer UCA202?
Turns out all I needed to do is to go to Advanced settings in qjackctl and set the output to whatever the onboard audio card was. Dead simple.
I don't think it made a difference in terms of sound quality, but at least I have that option in case I need it in the future.
Thanks again
I don't think it made a difference in terms of sound quality, but at least I have that option in case I need it in the future.
Thanks again