scichosysdom
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Hello,
So I picked up a Blackbird recently and the input seems very quiet to me. On my old Behringer input (and frankly all other mixers/inputs I've ever used), I'd just turn the gain straight up and levels would be good. On the blackbird, I have to really crank it to get the same levels. Off-hand, I'd estimate the gain knob has to be turned to about 3 o'clock or more just to equal the same level.
I'm running it in the exact same way as the old interface, so no cabling differences or settings changes or anything of that nature.
I have looked at the actual db readings on the knobs on both devices, but at this moment I don't remember well enough how they compare. I do know that it seems like I have to push the Mackie really hard to get good levels out of it whereas straight up is the default position for just about everything else.
Something else I've noticed is that the output seems to clip on these real bad, even though there's no evidence of clipping in the mixer. Not sure how to describe, but the output seems like it's pushing too hard (such that on playback I often hear the typical clipping pops when volume is up and it goes away when volume is decreased slightly) on the software side of things and the input isn't pushing hard enough. I checked the software mixer and even reset to default just to be sure.
Any other Blackbird owners out there have similar experience?
This is actually my third Blackbird that I've purchased used, the other two were both returned: one because it wouldn't connect to the computer (firewire just flashed on and off despite driver installs/reboot/etc) and the other was returned for the exact same low input level so I thought it was bad. But now this one is behaving the same and I'm wondering if that's just how these are. It seems off to me.
So I picked up a Blackbird recently and the input seems very quiet to me. On my old Behringer input (and frankly all other mixers/inputs I've ever used), I'd just turn the gain straight up and levels would be good. On the blackbird, I have to really crank it to get the same levels. Off-hand, I'd estimate the gain knob has to be turned to about 3 o'clock or more just to equal the same level.
I'm running it in the exact same way as the old interface, so no cabling differences or settings changes or anything of that nature.
I have looked at the actual db readings on the knobs on both devices, but at this moment I don't remember well enough how they compare. I do know that it seems like I have to push the Mackie really hard to get good levels out of it whereas straight up is the default position for just about everything else.
Something else I've noticed is that the output seems to clip on these real bad, even though there's no evidence of clipping in the mixer. Not sure how to describe, but the output seems like it's pushing too hard (such that on playback I often hear the typical clipping pops when volume is up and it goes away when volume is decreased slightly) on the software side of things and the input isn't pushing hard enough. I checked the software mixer and even reset to default just to be sure.
Any other Blackbird owners out there have similar experience?
This is actually my third Blackbird that I've purchased used, the other two were both returned: one because it wouldn't connect to the computer (firewire just flashed on and off despite driver installs/reboot/etc) and the other was returned for the exact same low input level so I thought it was bad. But now this one is behaving the same and I'm wondering if that's just how these are. It seems off to me.