M Audio Delta - How does the Monitor Mixer work exactly ?

[Jules]

Hi there,

I've been trying to figure out the values of the input / output levels in the Monitor Mixer in the Delta 410 Control Panel:

I'm sending a sine- wave generated with soundforge @ 50Hz with maximum amlitude (100%). It is is received via the input port, directly connected to the output port of the Delta 410.

I'm expecting that there is no distortion of the sent signal, so that a mixer has to display the output like: 0dB and therefore the input like: 0dB.....

That doesn't happen.

On the 'Hardware Settings' tab of the Ctrl Panel, I have set the "Variable Output Signal Levels" to -10 dBV (no other Value is explained exactly or makes any sense) .

Why is the maximum Master Volume and Wav Out 1/2 on the Monitor Mixer -6dB then (OK, it isn't [dBV], but it has to be like 100% = 0dB, or not) ?

If I change the "Variable Output Signal Levels" to CONSUMER, why does only the input level change in the Monitor Mixer?

If I send a signal with 100%, why does it clip at the input then?

Does this mean that the input is more sensitive than the output
(at a higher "Variable Output Signal Level" than -10dBV) ?

Is there a scheme behind this?

 

[LemonTree]

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Ever thought about working for NASA?

 

[Jules]

No man, I'd just like to know what it is exactly that the mixer shows me.

Any M Audio Delta specialists here?