My recording source does have some adjustment +/- on its S/PDIF output but as it's set to zero I would have expected correct recording levels with the attenuator chain fully open?
I've changed the recording format from 16 bit to float's and all the visible clipping is gone.
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- Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:33 am
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Clipping when recording from S/Pdif
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- Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:57 pm
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Clipping when recording from S/Pdif
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Clipping when recording from S/Pdif
I would have expected that when recording from an optical S/Pdif source the level controls would be greyed-out but on my SB Live card they remain active and when set to 100% audacity display clipping in the recorded Waveform. Oddly, the recorded audio does not sound distorted so I wonder if the red ...
- Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:05 pm
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Is there a plug to set recording levels in pre-scan phase?
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Is there a plug to set recording levels in pre-scan phase?
I am copying some old analog recordings from tape and vinyl and would find it useful if there were an automatic record level setting utility which can pre-scan a few minutes and seek optimum record level using an RMS / averaging technique so as to help ignore the odd transient click. My present meth...