Massive Master said:3) Gear is designed to run at 0dBVU -- NOT -0dBFS
Massive Master said:3a) If you don't understand #3, don't complain about "not sounding pro."
SouthSIDE Glen said:If you're running a line level out from your mixed into a Mic In on your soundcard (you mention "soundcard pres", which makes me wonder) you could easily be overdriving your signal.
G.
Massive Master said:That's one of those things that bugs me... I know a card or two with preamps (namely, M-Audio's Delta 1010LT - The "LT" meaning "Lettuce and Tomato" if I'm not mistaken).
If there's no pregain *KNOB* on there, where does the gain come from? Is it taking a deliberately low signal and boosting it digitally?!?
Is it taking a "mid level" signal and attenuating it digitally?!?
Either way, it just seems wrong somehow...
mshilarious said:While I don't really know, I do know that codecs often have some sort of level control, exactly what that does in the chip I don't know, but presumably it operates some sort of analog variable attenuator before the ADC . . . we can hope
SouthSIDE Glen said:1. The job of the tracking engineer is to make the job of the mixing engineer easy.
2. The job of the mixing engineer is to make the job of the matering engineer easy.
3. The job of the mastering engineer is to make the job of listener easy.
G.
Cazzbar said:I'm using a Aardvark Direct Pro soundcard and a Peavey RQ2316 mixer... connected using XLR leads. There's no gain knob on the soundcard's breakout box, that's all controlled using software. The gain there is set at '0'.
Jeesh just had a thought whilst explaining this, if I'm using XLR leads to connect to the soundcard.... it might assume it's a microphone and naturally boost the gain. Maybe I need to RTFM again after all these years, but thanks MM for highlighting a problem I've just kinda ignored.