I'm sure this has been discussed many times but I didn't find anything on the search that met my needs. I'm trying to get enough volume through a micro mixer to be heard in the Paltalk music rooms. I'm mixing a guitar and my microphone and attempting to feed them into the sound card - but even cranked up to the max I can barely hear myself. And I don't want to fry my sound card (been told it is very easy to do).

Will a small pre amp help with this issue? Do I need to use two jacks, one for mic and one for guitar, to get what I want? Anyone who has done these things I'd certainly appreciate some assistance.