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    Some Confusion with -10dBV and +4dBu

    Hello. Hoping to get some help with a few devices and how to best run them, as I am struggling finding anything about this in the instruction manuals. I am using an Apogee Duet 2 Interface. Firstly I am using KRK Rokit 5 Powered monitors. In the output I have the option of both -10dBV and...
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    Microphone vs Instrument Input/DI Gain Staging

    Hey guys. I always try to keep my levels at between -18 and -15 in my DAW. I have an Apogee Duet 2 that I use. My microphone inputs allow me to do this, yet my instrument inputs even with a low gain single coil fender strat runs about -13 with 0DB of gain dialed up on my preamp. Because of this...
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    How Sensitive is your Apogee Duet Instrument Inputs?

    Hey guys, wanted to compare with some other Duet users. I have a Duet 2. My microphone inputs don't get any signal at 0DB in Maestro and have a nice gradual gain increase. They work great and can really get me through most of my needs with any mic. With dynamics I am usually running around...
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    Sending drum tracks from daw, to my tape machine (tascam 388)

    Hey guys I am working on an album and the drums will be tracked in a studio. I want to take the drum trucks home, open them on my Daw and overdub on my tascam 388. I will be dumping 8 tracks into my computer from the tape machine to the daw. To keep them in sync, I thought maybe I could do...
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    Tascam 388 on the way/plunging into analog/some questions

    hey guys, to anyone who was reading my last Teac thread, I am taking the plunge on a Tascam 388. Hopefully it is in as great as condition as the guy says it is. 1. When it comes to the unit being worked on, can guys who work on studio tape machines still work on these? I know two studios that...
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    interested in buying a teac, but how would I integrate it with my needs?

    I have A LOT of questions about how it would be patched and how the whole thing would work and integrate for my needs in general. I am 21, a big fan of analog recordings and have done extensive recording work digitally. I am not an engineer per se, but have been recording myself and working in...
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