Chris Tondreau
Member
Here's something I've never been totally clear on.
I'm using VST 5.1 with a Delta 44 soundcard. When I'm setting my input levels, there is a meter in the soundcard mixer applet, and of course, the input meter in Cubase on my channel. The input meter of the soundcard seems to be a little less "forgiving" of high inputs than VST. The Delta meter will hit red before Cubase does.
My question is this....
Am I correct in assuming that if the soundcard meters go red, then I'm overloading my DA converter and getting distortion?
Am I correct in thinking that if Cubase's meter goes red on the channel that I am recording on, that the DA conversion has already taken place, and therefore don't need to worry about introducing distortion in the recorded track?
Thanks in advance;
Chris
....oh, yeah.... if this is mentioned anywhere in the manual, I don't have a problem with simply being directed to the proper page. I'm prepared to take the same medicine I give out.
I'm using VST 5.1 with a Delta 44 soundcard. When I'm setting my input levels, there is a meter in the soundcard mixer applet, and of course, the input meter in Cubase on my channel. The input meter of the soundcard seems to be a little less "forgiving" of high inputs than VST. The Delta meter will hit red before Cubase does.
My question is this....
Am I correct in assuming that if the soundcard meters go red, then I'm overloading my DA converter and getting distortion?
Am I correct in thinking that if Cubase's meter goes red on the channel that I am recording on, that the DA conversion has already taken place, and therefore don't need to worry about introducing distortion in the recorded track?
Thanks in advance;
Chris
....oh, yeah.... if this is mentioned anywhere in the manual, I don't have a problem with simply being directed to the proper page. I'm prepared to take the same medicine I give out.