13 Oct
2004
13 Oct
'04
12:34 a.m.
Mark Knecht wrote:
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>>> 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).
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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.
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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