Need help putting together a Neumann System for Desktop PC Audio.

[Marcurius]

Interfaces for MA1 correction: Komplete 6 MKII, E2X2 OTG

DDC with volume control: PO100 2024

Then connect everything via SPDIF.

To add a physical volume knob to the PO100, you can purchase a generic USB volume knob.

This will send volume up/down commands to your PC, which will forward them as UAC2 Hardware volume commands to the PO100, which finally applies digital signal attention on its Xmos chip.

Hi, thanks for all of this first of all.

What do you mean with forward them as UAC2 to the PO100? Will it override the system audio & output level be decided by the PO100? Or do you mean that we can control the system audio with the USB volume knob?

 

[staticV3]

Hi, thanks for all of this first of all.

What do you mean with forward them as UAC2 to the PO100? Will it override the system audio & output level be decided by the PO100? Or do you mean that we can control the system audio with the USB volume knob?

Volume is controlled by the system slider, USB knob, or keyboard shortcuts, but the actual signal attenuation happens inside the PO100.

 

[Marcurius]

Volume is controlled by the system slider, USB knob, or keyboard shortcuts, but the actual signal attenuation happens inside the PO100.

Thank you again. Sorry for a final question since you are so helpful - is there a way to add more volume steps? I use a third party application for each step to be 1 increase in windows audio but it just becomes too loud already at around 7-10 since the PO100 is outputting at 100% it seems

 

[staticV3]

Thank you again. Sorry for a final question since you are so helpful - is there a way to add more volume steps? I use a third party application for each step to be 1 increase in windows audio but it just becomes too loud already at around 7-10 since the PO100 is outputting at 100% it seems

It's possible that installing SMSL's custom device driver will change the volume curve, or if you're using it already, going back to the generic Microsoft driver.

As an example, here's a thumb drive DAC that behaves like this:


If this doesn't help, then you could apply a software pad using Equalizer APO etc.

Simply add a Preamp block and set it to -10 or -20dB.
That would increase the usable range of the default Windows slider.

 

[Marcurius]

It's possible that installing SMSL's custom device driver will change the volume curve, or if you're using it already, going back to the generic Microsoft driver.

As an example, here's a thumb drive DAC that behaves like this:
View attachment 456440

If this doesn't help, then you could apply a software pad using Equalizer APO etc.

Simply add a Preamp block and set it to -10 or -20dB.
That would increase the usable range of the default Windows slider.

Thank you again, had to set a -35dB but it works perfectly now.