[linux-audio-user] Recording Level using Audacity and a Multiface card

[Sampo Savolainen]

On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 21:27 +1000, D. Sen wrote:
> Just wondering if I am doing things right. Trying to record a 94 dB SPL 
> sinusoid using a B&K microphone connected into the analogue input of an 
> RME multiface card, I see levels at about -37 dB. This is when the 
> hdspmixer is set such the recording level is the most sensitive.
> 
> Is this about right? This means that I can potentially record very high 
> levels but I am worried about missing out the lower levels.

So you don't have a microphone preamp? The line inputs of your multiface
are meant for line level inputs. A microphone produces very low output
compared to line level, that is why microphone pre-amplifiers are used.

If you don't have one, you need one. Trust me. :)

-- 
Sampo Savolainen <v2 at iki.fi>