[Mattlock]

I'm about to pull what little hair I have left out....

I purchased a Soundblaster Live USB soundcard and I am trying to "Calibrate my Soundcard" per the REW Guide.... Keep in mind that this is all new to me so it could be I've just missed something very simple...

I have an output running directly to an input and I've been running the calibration but I'm getting a message stating that the "highest DB is -72.2 which is too low".... I double checked my settings and I do not have any "monitor recording" options selected (per the REW guide)

The only way I can get what appears to be a normal test is by selecting "what you hear" in the Input mode vs. "Line In". The graph is perfectly flat except for a slight dip at the beginning but something is telling me this is correct....a perfectly flat line because nothing is 'being heard" when the soundcard is looped from output to input?


Anyone got any ideas?

thanks
Matt