Senor Cactus
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Anyone ever recorded into computer from a DAT machine?
I'm trying to record something from a DAT tape into my mac. I've got the sound card set to SPDIF (sp?) so the digital signal is going directly into the computer without any routing through my mixing board.
My problem is in monitoring the levels. I can see the playback levels on the front of the DAT player and I can see the input levels on the computer screen (using Peak to record). Both levels look fine. But when I record it, the recorded soundwave is at a much higher level than what was playing off the DAT. Sometimes it is so loud that it clips above 0db. But since the signal is going directly to the sound card, there's no place to turn it down.
What I can't understand is: why is it recording louder than it is playing if it is directly receiving a digital signal?
--Cactus
I'm trying to record something from a DAT tape into my mac. I've got the sound card set to SPDIF (sp?) so the digital signal is going directly into the computer without any routing through my mixing board.
My problem is in monitoring the levels. I can see the playback levels on the front of the DAT player and I can see the input levels on the computer screen (using Peak to record). Both levels look fine. But when I record it, the recorded soundwave is at a much higher level than what was playing off the DAT. Sometimes it is so loud that it clips above 0db. But since the signal is going directly to the sound card, there's no place to turn it down.
What I can't understand is: why is it recording louder than it is playing if it is directly receiving a digital signal?
--Cactus