On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:03:38AM +0200, Martin Pelik?n wrote: > Hi, > this you might already know, but good rule of thumb is to set the > levels manually for each source (according to its dynamics), having > peaks around -6dB to -10dB. If you have manual volume/gain control on > your recording device/preamp, I'd set all levels in the computer to > 80% of the scale and then control everything by hand, on the box.
but what does "80%" mean? that could be either some attenuation, or a lot of gain. depends on the mixer control. > This probably doesn't apply to OpenBSD, but in Linux there have been > serious distortion trouble with levels set to 100% on some older cards again, that depends on what "100%" means, which varies greatly. > - the only solution is AFAIK try it out and use what your ears tell > you. ultimately, yes. > The good news is you can do other stuff while your LP's spinning and > recording :-) well, that depends on *what* you're doing and *how* you're recording. -- jake...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
