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Originally Posted by DVDdoug
You mean the gain/level knob doesn't do anything? That would be obvious with your ears... (and REAPER's meters)...
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Yes, I didn't have the signal sent properly so when I ajusted the gain level knob there was no change in volume of the tone. (But I squared that away and I'm now hearing the change in level)
[/QUOTE]I
assume that's -30dBm or dBV (analog). That's not necessarily going to calibrate to 0dBFS (digital) so you need a calibrated hardware signal generator and/or you need to measure and adjust the
voltage out of your soundcard/interface.[/QUOTE]
Sorry I didn't specify what they asked for: it was -30dbu (but this voltage terminology is new to me so I'm trying to figure out what the dbu is when my meter says -30db. I'm assuming they are different units of measurement) Does reaper have toggle that allows for the meter to read in dbu?
[/QUOTE]And since
preamps are analog, you'd to measure input and output
voltages. Then you can calculate the (analog) gain.[/QUOTE]
Once I got the tone sent properly I used my Big Meter to get a visual of each stepped db value on the faceplate. I noticed as I increased it in increments of 6db, the increments (according to the meter) were not accurate to what was marked on the faceplate. From 28db to 34db on the stepped pot, the meter indicated only a 4db increase. From 34db to 40db was only 2db increase. 40 to 46 was >2 and so on.