arcticranger
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I'm running Reaper with this setup: 7 synths go into a Mackie mixer and I use the Alt 3/4 button to send one synth channel at a time to my Focusrite interface.
My mono synths go into the mixer mic /line channels which have gain knobs so I can get a solid signal centering on 0 on my levels meter. My stereo synths go into the stereo channels which have no gain knob and even at max volume most of them don't hit 0db (I'm using the pre-fader switch to gauge input signal). My Yamaha Motif barely reaches -7db.
Any ideas on bumping up these weak signals or a better strategy for recording multiple hardware synths? Mackie support said I probably needed preamps for these synths.
My mono synths go into the mixer mic /line channels which have gain knobs so I can get a solid signal centering on 0 on my levels meter. My stereo synths go into the stereo channels which have no gain knob and even at max volume most of them don't hit 0db (I'm using the pre-fader switch to gauge input signal). My Yamaha Motif barely reaches -7db.
Any ideas on bumping up these weak signals or a better strategy for recording multiple hardware synths? Mackie support said I probably needed preamps for these synths.