Originally Posted By: nichollstj

Mac..I had been trying to set up all of this using the laptop internal speakers which needless to say have something to be desired. I have since set up external speakers for when I am at home. Initially I wanted to be very portable for when I am travelling. Therefore I checked with the internal speakers first.



The Internal Speakers will not work with any external sound device such as that M-Audio. It requires its own set of amplified speakers.

If you have BB or RB set to output through anything other than the laptop's sound device or "soundcard" then your greatly reduced volume situation is likely due to that fact. What you are hearing may be simply "crosstalk" and not the desired signal at all.

And you found that out when the Return to Factory Settings invoked the MME or Windows Sound, which would use the default soundcard inside the laptop.

Lapotop speakers are terrible for music work. Not only not enough power, not able to move enough air, but they simply cannot cover the needed frequency range due to their small size.

Use of headphones might help a lot in that situation. Or a small set of powered speakers, plugged into the earphone jack.


--Mac

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