[LAU] question related output level and sound card

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 09:56:49AM +0100, Djého Youn wrote:

> there were two mixers. Main console and small Yamaha in between. 

Which explains a lot. If the input gain on the main console
was set too high, it wouldn't be able to take a fulll level
signal form the Yamaha. If at the same time the faders on
the main console were too low (to compensate), the whole
system would start clipping even at low output levels.

And that confirms the following rule: if you give a non-
technical user N level controls in series, the probability
of having them set up correctly will be around exp(1 - N).

Ciao,

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