[LAU] Focusrite Scarlett 18i8

Fons Adriaensen fons at linuxaudio.org
Wed Jan 8 16:24:02 UTC 2014


On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 05:04:38PM +0100, Robin Gareus wrote:
 
> > O dBu ? So you measured the line inputs, not the mics ?
> 
> I don't think I did. I used an unbalanced jack (out from a 4th
> soundcard) -> balanced XLR (pin 2,3) to calibrate.

*  O dBu into a mic preamp giving -18 dBFs ???
* -20 to +20 dB gain on a mic input ???

Very very strange - not to say impossible. I suspect something went
wrong there.

Ciao,

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