Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] [OT] recording levels (mismatch)
From: Erik Steffl (steffl_AT_bigfoot.com)
Date: Wed Oct 13 2004 - 05:16:37 EEST
Mark Knecht wrote:
...
>>>> I am trying to record from a receiver (not sure if that's the right
>>>>name, it's the amp/tuner, the thingy that all other components like CD
>>>>player, tape deck, video etc. connect to) and it seems like the levels
>>>>are too low (the soundcard is soundblaster live platinum, using alsa
>>>>drivers that come with kernel 2.6.5).
...
> 1V amp PP output -> 1000 Ohm output <---cable----> 1000 Ohm input
>
> In the above pirture to voltage the input receiver sees is 50% of the
> voltage actually driven.
...
> This stuff comes up a lot when interfacing studio equipment. This, and
> the levels provided as per the post from Andreas, are generall the
> root cause of this sort of problem.
that might be the case, I see the signal being at about 20-40%,
compared to about 50-70% 'normal' signal (in vu-meter).
the big Q remains - what do I do? (I didn't try the headphones output
yet, but everybody says that headphones output on the consumer receivers
is of poor quality (then again, I listened to it via headphones and it
was good enough for me...)).
erik
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Wed Oct 13 2004 - 05:19:31 EEST