[LAU] Ardour: exporting woes
Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Thu Mar 24 18:21:08 UTC 2016
On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:18:57 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>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
Not my day today, this would be a similar mistake as 4 + 10 = 14 ;).
It's around 11.8 :).
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