Hey,
I use a dinky little mixer as pre-amp basically. I plug my mic/source into the mixer and then run the -10 outs into my line in.
Now I try to keep my signals around 0 on my mixer (maximum +5, then clip) in order to stop clipping/distortion. I assume this is the right thing to do.
However the meters on my recording program (cubase) don't read anywhere near 0. They read about -20ish for this sound level.
So basically everything seems fairly low coming into the program. The line-in on my soundcard is at full, and I can't turn the mixer up anymore for fear of distortion.
Why the inconsistency in the 0 range between my mixer and my tracking program?
I use a dinky little mixer as pre-amp basically. I plug my mic/source into the mixer and then run the -10 outs into my line in.
Now I try to keep my signals around 0 on my mixer (maximum +5, then clip) in order to stop clipping/distortion. I assume this is the right thing to do.
However the meters on my recording program (cubase) don't read anywhere near 0. They read about -20ish for this sound level.
So basically everything seems fairly low coming into the program. The line-in on my soundcard is at full, and I can't turn the mixer up anymore for fear of distortion.
Why the inconsistency in the 0 range between my mixer and my tracking program?