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In Reply to: "Line Level" and M-Audio...help! posted by Jim Austin on December 30, 2005 at 04:53:05:
Are you CERTAIN that the clipping is occurring at the input to the unit, and not somewhere else in the chain (including playback)? How have you verified this?I have an M-Audio Audiophile 192 card in one of my computers, and feed it signals from mic preamps, stereo preamp, and Revox tape recorder, and never had an overload or clipping issue.
If you need a fast and reliable resolution, you probably should call M-Audio. They are pretty good at resolving this kind of question.
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> > Are you CERTAIN that the clipping is occurring at the input to the unit, and not somewhere else in the chain (including playback)? How have you verified this? < <The software that's included (Ableton Live) shows the input going off-scale, and the unit's red clipping light comes on.
It seems, however, that in the front inputs ("instrument level" with a 20dB pad and the variable input control set near it's lowest level, I've got enough headroom.
Thanks,
Jim
OK, that's good that you've found a way to get some headroom. On the other hand, if you're accomplishing it by intentionally mismatching the two components, you might want to take a look at your signal-to-noise ratio and your frequency response performance. Both can be affected. It seems strange that a line output from a consumer product would overload a high quality sound card. I still think you should call M-Audio. My guess is that they've dealt with this before.HTH
Yep, you're right. I'll give 'em a call.Jim
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