[jakelm]

I understand.

Could the soundcard Line In calibration be used on the mic in side as well? Instead of looping the soundcard through to the Line In, if I disable all effects for the mic In, could I loop it through the mic side? Or is the mic side input too sensitive and too off, to calibrate correctly?

The problem is, my soundcard has this auto/detection , that I have to keep turning off. The soundcard is built to change its outputs. the Line In becomes surround out, the Speaker out, becomes main speak out and the mic out becomes center out. if I am not careful and pay attention to whats going on, things can and do change in the settings. The soundcard is almost too complex.

Tonight, I will go over the Line In and make sure it stays at Line In and not switches to Stereo In or some other thing.