[LAU] Ardour: exporting woes

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Thu Mar 24 18:18:57 UTC 2016


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


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