merry christmas, glen

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I thought some would get a kick out of this.

A message i sent to ---- customer service:

"Hello,

I write with a question I haven't been able to answer from the manual or by common sense. For the most part, I bypass the input pres on my [digital 8track] and I'm able to use the meters on my external pres to level the source.

When using the on-board pres, though, I'm having trouble. The meters, it seems, are only illustrating monitor volume, not signal volume, evidenced by the somewhat bizarre "rec level" knob.

Basically, how can I guarantee that a signal is coming in at line level?

Thanks very much,
Tom"

and the answer....


"You really can't. My suggestion is get as much level as possible at both the inputs and the master (rec level) without clipping.

Thank You,

Guy"

Would someone please draft me a reply? I'll send it and see what happens.
 
Well, technically speaking, his answer is right. :D

I just don't know if I'd necessarily call it helpful.

Without knowing what you're currently working with ... does it have anything akin to "Unity Gain" setting?
 
Why "merry Christmas Me"? It's not exactly a gift I asked for to hear yet another custy service hack giving out bad information. :p

Just tell the asshole to learn a little something about gain structure, and not to pay so much attention to closing rate on his service tickets.

;)

G.
 
Daisy said:
Well, technically speaking, his answer is right. :D

I just don't know if I'd necessarily call it helpful.

Without knowing what you're currently working with ... does it have anything akin to "Unity Gain" setting?
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That was my next question. If the crazy [rec level] knob had some numbers on it... I would be able to leave it at unity and move on from there. But, in the end, I'm just going to meter off my external pres. no reason to go crazy.
 
starbuck26 said:
Hehe. See? I knew you would like that.
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Awww shucks; now I'll have to get you something. ;)
starbuck26 said:
That was my next question. If the crazy [rec level] knob had some numbers on it... I would be able to leave it at unity and move on from there. But, in the end, I'm just going to meter off my external pres. no reason to go crazy.
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Aren't the meters on the 8-track at least graduated? If you're sending what you know to be 0VU out of your pres and through your comverters (via your external metering), you should be able to turn that knob until the on-board meter reads -18 or whatever your converter's conversion level is. Then mark that knob position as unity gain.

G.
 
SouthSIDE Glen said:
Awww shucks; now I'll have to get you something. ;)Aren't the meters on the 8-track at least graduated? If you're sending what you know to be 0VU out of your pres and through your comverters (via your external metering), you should be able to turn that knob until the on-board meter reads -18 or whatever your converter's conversion level is. Then mark that knob position as unity gain.

G.
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Just got it. I put a keyboard through the external pre and got an fairly exact 0VU coming through... and then matched that with the [rec level] knob until I had -18 coming off the daw and on the meter. It was somewhere around 10 o'clock on the pot. Go figure.

Anyway, that'll do. The whole thing is retarded though. My meters should be reading the input level, not the monitor level. The mixer I have between my 8track and my monitors showa my monitor level. :mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
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