cvince
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When using computer as source, should the sound card be cranked to 100%, and the volume on amp changed? Or should it be some other balance between the two?
Optimal volume levels?
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100% from soundcard, control your volume via amp. That is what people say on here.
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Not really.
100% if you are using a digital output. However, with an analog output like cvince is using you want to hit the point of best dynamic range from the sound card which is most likely below a 100%.
A practical way to find out is to install RMAA in loopback mode and adjust the output volume/recording volme untill you hit maximum dynamic range. I did this for a USB connected microphone amp and while tedious it worked pretty well.
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100% if you are using a digital output. However, with an analog output like cvince is using you want to hit the point of best dynamic range from the sound card which is most likely below a 100%.
A practical way to find out is to install RMAA in loopback mode and adjust the output volume/recording volme untill you hit maximum dynamic range. I did this for a USB connected microphone amp and while tedious it worked pretty well.
Cheers
Thomas
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Quote:
Right said.
| Originally Posted by thomaspf Not really. 100% if you are using a digital output. However, with an analog output like cvince is using you want to hit the point of best dynamic range from the sound card which is most likely below a 100%. Thomas |
Right said.
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Is that only true for sound cards with an amped line out?
What about sound cards with unamped line outs, like the Juli@?
| Originally Posted by thomaspf Not really. 100% if you are using a digital output. However, with an analog output like cvince is using you want to hit the point of best dynamic range from the sound card which is most likely below a 100%. A practical way to find out is to install RMAA in loopback mode and adjust the output volume/recording volme untill you hit maximum dynamic range. I did this for a USB connected microphone amp and while tedious it worked pretty well. Cheers Thomas |
Is that only true for sound cards with an amped line out?
What about sound cards with unamped line outs, like the Juli@?
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Hard to tell. I did run RMAA on the Juli@ at some point in the past but I don't quite recall what the optimal parameters were.
It's really a case by case decison where you need to look at the dynamic range of the output but I have seen sound cards show weird behavior at 100% volume even for their line outputs
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It's really a case by case decison where you need to look at the dynamic range of the output but I have seen sound cards show weird behavior at 100% volume even for their line outputs
Cheers
Thomas
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Oh well, it won't matter soon anyway as I am getting a DAC and will be using the digital coax.
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