Noise floor

[fiveyearslater]

I use a Behringer UB1204-Pro mixer and a M-Audio Delta 44 soundcard which produce like -80,5 db of noise.. How much noise produces your stuff without recording?

 

[Stealthtech]

How much noise produces your stuff without recording?

Translator please

 

[TexRoadkill]

-80 isn't horrible but it's not great. Anything under -100 is pretty good and under -120 is excellent.

 

[fiveyearslater]

Translator please

Is my English that bad you don't understand it? I meant: where lies the noisefloor of your studio?

 

[patsplat]

where lies the noisefloor of your studio?

hmm...Mine is -80.8

 

[quixilver]

-80 isn't horrible but it's not great. Anything under -100 is pretty good and under -120 is excellent.

Mine is -84.4dB without gain; some -50 ~ -60dB with mic connected and 60% of gain. Is it normal ?
I think it's a really big.....huge.....problem

FYI, I'm using M-Audio Firewire410, Rode NT3, Belden cables w/ Amphenol connectors and Cakewalk Sonar 3 Producer Edition.

How could you measure it for something under -90dB ?
I can't find any meter-level lower than -90dB in Cakewalk Sonar 3.

Thanks