[LAU] Ardour: exporting woes

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:18:57 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:11:13 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:29:51 -0700 (PDT), Len Ovens wrote:  
>>>:)  It depends on what your audio equipment after the 1010LT is
>>>looking for. Most anything with RCA inputs thinks that -10db actual
>>>level is it's version of 0db. Most profesional equipment (balanced
>>>inputs) thinks of +4db as it's 0db (often having headroom up to
>>>around +30db). So if you are going rca out to rca in, you should
>>>assume it is "looking for" -10db which means setting your DAC level
>>>to -14db.    
>>
>>No, it's less than -12.
>>
>>-10dBV is < -7.8dBu
>> +4dBu is < +1.8dBV
>>
>> 4 + 7.8 = 11.8
>>10 + 1.8 = 11.8  
>
>Or am I mistaken? Perhaps it's
>
>7.8 + 1.8 = 9.6

Not my day today, this would be a similar mistake as 4 + 10 = 14 ;).

It's around 11.8 :).