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Yamaha doesn't want to design their own ASIO driver, simple solution is to recommend people to use ASIO4ALL which is just a WDM driver wrapped in an ASIO container (which is crap). However it is class compliant on a Mac and it just works. So I guess using it with GarageBand on a Mac might be a better / easier solution? but the hardware remains the same. SoundCraft and PreSonus both make mixers like you mention where each input has it's own channel over ASIO / OS X. They are more money though.

You are 100% correct. Integration of USB into Analog mixers is confusing for this 1 reason. It's a single channel on the mixer that is dual purpose. One for use stand alone / input to mixer and output from the computer. I neglected to mention that on Ch 9/10 there's a button to send the audio to the computer in either Mono or Stereo.

You shouldn't have to do anything with Xfinity box, I'd put it back to the default setting. Bridge mode may be limiting what types of connections are getting through. Also consider resetting your WRT1200AC and setting it up again to clear out any reservations from the previous modem router that was attached to it.

3.5mm jacks on a motherboard or on a PCI / PCI-e card are not fully shielded and will pick up noise from the computer and you'll hear it in the audio. The gaming sound card companies will EQ the low end and high end of the card so you don't hear the hiss. When you go external through a digital connection you're going into a shielded enclosure with grounded outputs that have a much lower noise-floor and you'll be able to listen to audio at a much greater depth of quality than anything on-board or in the box. with a Digital Out, if you're running Stereo any external DAC will do. Go with a quality box if you can, check out https://www.schiit.com/ (the name is funny but the gear is real). DACs can get expensive, most consumer grade stuff is sub $500 where better Pro DACs can reach into the thousands. RME ADI-2, Benchmark Media, etc. While DACs are popular because of their size, if you have a surround sound receiver that has SPDIF or TOSLink input, you can go out of digital audio output of your computer (if it's on the mainboard or on your soundcard) into that and use it for your game audio surround sound decoding and most receiver have a 1/4" headphone jack that you can use with a good pair of headphones.

I hate to say this but this is where reading the manual actually helps. Yamaha has a great book on how audio mixers work. "Yamaha Guide to Sound Reinforcement" That aside. The signal path goes like this: Mic Input --> Gain Knob --> EQ --> Pan --> Input Volume to Bus (Knob at bottom) --> Input to USB (9-10). The first issue may be that you're using a dynamic microphone, the SM58 is driven by the air moving across the diaphragm. You may want to consider getting a phantom powered microphone so it is louder (more sensitive) to your voice / music, etc Using a Beta 58 or other condenser mic will help greatly. The 48V button is the phantom power to electrify the diaphragm so you don't have to work so hard to get audio to be picked up by the microphone. The second issue is that you need to set the gain before adjusting the channel volume. The gain knob should be able to go to about 12 to 3 o'clock on the dial to get enough gain on the input. Then as this is a Mixer, each white knob adjusts that channels input to your 2 channel mix, which is 9/10 that is being sent to your computer over the USB connection. As another poster mentioned, make sure the button below the XLR jack for HPF is NOT depressed, this is a high-pass filter, unless you are trying to weed out high frequencies on the input. You DO NOT want to turn everything up because then you'll get the noise floor of the mixer and it will sound bad, and distorted. Once you set the gain where you have good level on input, then adjust the white knob for how much of that channel you want put into your mix. Then on channels 9/10, there is a white knob but that's only for playback, the gain and channel mix knob is all that feeds the stereo mix that then goes over USB to the computer. Once the audio is in Audiacity, select the audio that is low and in the options select "Normalize" to bring all the levels up to Normal levels. This may enhance the noisefloor so you'll need to adjust your gain and the channel mix knob to get the sound you want. Then you're done! Seriously though, Yamaha probably has all of this written out in the manual with step-by-step instructions on how the signal path works. Most people hate manuals, but then consider the time spent fiddling with it vs getting your project done.

Another idea I have for you is along the lines of the informative / educational. I really liked the LIGO facility - Gravitational Waves video and the IBM Model M video, you're probably scratching your head on more content to do like that. Reminds of PBS programming here in the US, a lot of that content came from Canada as I remember. There was a program called NOVA that delved into the deeply scientific topics that you're getting into. You could expand on the LIGO video by doing a Part 2 and go to Fermilab near Chicago in Batavia, Illinois, they are connected to LIGO and CERN (Part 3?) in France, the tours are free and AWESOME! If you remember the lab in Tron? (the original), it's like that and cooler. - http://www.fnal.gov/ Here's an image from inside the facility deep underground, they have it all lit up with nice lighting for effect here. Another good video would be to talk about Moore's Law and where modern computing ends at the point where silicon melts and what the future has in store and how soon will it be here? Details could review Supercomputing / P-Type vs N-Type doping, etc, you could call it, what if we could run CPU's at 5GHz speeds at room temperature? Great work with what you're doing, keep up the great work.

Linus, You like to review expensive things with sometimes dubious quality / specification claims, since you're building a big home theater in your studio / home / pool, this would make for an interesting video review. Hi-End Stereophile gear prices can be through the roof, it's referred to as "luxury audio" by JBL who has a whole division dedicated to building products for the same customer that would buy that HP Omen X monitor you just reviewed. We all know that ferrite magnets are put on some cables to reduce RF on audio and data cables. But as for the digital media going across a data cable having it's audio quality differ because of a ferrite magnet? A hi-end audio home theater cable company in the US has come out with a "special USB-C" cable that is "tuneable" (??) that's supposed to give you better audio by massaging the data (?). http://www.stealthaudiocables.com/products/usb-cables/usb/ This company has a product called: STEALTH USB –T “T” stands for “tunable” – the sliding ferromagnetic collar allows to fine-tune the sound. They claim "Such a sliding collar proved to be quite efficient on our AC cords, loudspeaker cables and the Sextet V14-T, and it works as efficient for the USB cables. The user moves this collar along the cable, while listening, and at a certain position the sound comes into focus – the same way as it is with a photo lens. This is a tedious procedure, and it usually requires several hours of careful listening, but the ending result is definitely worth the effort. The Select version is made of all hand-picked selected parts and wires; the cables is hand-tuned using our proprietary measuring equipment, it is a labor intensive and lengthy procedure, this is why the price for the Select is higher." PRICING The suggested Retail for the standard STEALTH USB is $850 in 1 meter, and $200 for extra meter; The suggested Retail for the USB-T (user-tunable) version is $1250 in 1 meter, and $200 for extra meter; The suggested Retail for the USB-T SELECT (user-tunable SELECT VERSION) version is $1650 in 1 meter, and $350 for extra meter

FooBar is a media player for bit accurate wav and other audio formats capable of playing the maximum quality of your Digital to Audio Converter (DAC). It's not very pretty to look at, but very powerful. https://www.foobar2000.org/ If you're wondering who else into hi-fi, Harman (aka JBL) has an entire division devoted to "Luxury Audio", Japan is the biggest market for these products. https://www.harmanluxuryaudio.com/ There's also an old print magazine that still cranking out magazines called "StereoPhile", it will go as deep as your pocketbook will let you. https://www.stereophile.com/ Also check out the AVForums.com - https://www.avforums.com/ If you want to go to studio high-end, consider visiting the pro audio forums over at www.gearslutz.com, don't let the name fool you. It's pro audio playground over there.

Fast Finger Keyboard (keys arranged in alphabetical order) for the Hunt and Peck Typist. My 10 yo so is really into mechanical keyboards, 2nd in his 5th grade class typing 65wpm (from playing OSU) watches all your videos, has your Bro Shirt and he's got a collection going now including the E-Element Z88 (which drives my wife and I nuts from him playing OSU), Corsair RGB K70, even a Model F and Model M, among others you've reviewed and loves to talk shop about keyboard switches. He joked with me about if there was a keyboard that was in alphabetical order and I said "no way" then I found this Fast Finger Computer Keyboard For The Hunt & Peck One Hand Typist for $32.99 on Amazon with a 4.5 star total rating!! Of course he wants it for xmas. I told him let's look at Linus' video, not only can I not find a video from Linus, I can't find a video on this at all. He said he'd do a video if you don't!

A quick video about store bought audio (headphones, speakers, monitors with speakers) have an EQ Curve that rolls off the low end and rolls off the high end to make compressed audio sound better. Even a quick overview of compressed audio standards to help mom and dad (and the occasional millenial)

My first post here: Linus I really like your in-depth historical / educational fun videos. The one on Vista was a good one, the iBM Model M had me go find one for my 10yo son who asked me for days to drive around to find one. Yet interestingly enough the subject of how AMD and Intel are reliant on each other would make a great video and educate everone along the way, even those who chose to forget. From this reddit thread from a year ago: Intel made x86, AMD made AMD64. They license from each other. AMD Licenses SSE and AVX from Intel. Without each other the CPU market would not exist. This would make for a great video told by you.