Dr. Marvin Monroe
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Hi all,
a question regarding levels:
I hooked up a Torpedo Live for silent recording today and currently I am trying to find the right settings to replicate
the sound of a ribbon mic into a Chandler TG 2....I am sure this is going to be fun and I' am pretty interested if I can make it happen....
Nevertheless, since I don't want to slave my whole DAW setup to the LIVE, I will not make use of the SPDIF output.
This means to use the line out and feed my BURL ADC to convert to my DAW. Now on the BURL the highest setting for the input is -12db
and actually that is exactly the amount that I need to increase the output on the LIVE in order to have a usable signal level.
While that pretty much is logical, the question for me is if there is anything I can do to avoid the need to boost the signal?
What could be an idea to have a different gain staging? Is there any deterioration of the quality of signal when boosted that amount of DB
and how is this boost done. Prior to entering the DA or after it?
Thanks for you input.
The Doc
a question regarding levels:
I hooked up a Torpedo Live for silent recording today and currently I am trying to find the right settings to replicate
the sound of a ribbon mic into a Chandler TG 2....I am sure this is going to be fun and I' am pretty interested if I can make it happen....
Nevertheless, since I don't want to slave my whole DAW setup to the LIVE, I will not make use of the SPDIF output.
This means to use the line out and feed my BURL ADC to convert to my DAW. Now on the BURL the highest setting for the input is -12db
and actually that is exactly the amount that I need to increase the output on the LIVE in order to have a usable signal level.
While that pretty much is logical, the question for me is if there is anything I can do to avoid the need to boost the signal?
What could be an idea to have a different gain staging? Is there any deterioration of the quality of signal when boosted that amount of DB
and how is this boost done. Prior to entering the DA or after it?
Thanks for you input.
The Doc