I agree with Mac. I'd better, because I learned this theory from him!

It's also something I discovered years before by trial and error. The reason I said that just about any external interface (like M-Audio Fast Track, that sort of thing) would do is that any interface will work at line level. Mac has explained why you need to emulate that as best you can with the headphone jack, by setting it at high volume.


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