Evert wrote:
> [own remark: In both cases this is done by letting the same signal
> go thru the same opamp, but with 1 resistor more or less in the
> circuit. So overdriving the opamp will happen at the same SPL no
> matter the switch position.]
Hm...? The "1 resistor more or less" is the resistor setting the gain of the
op amp. The lower value (Ohms)- the higher op-amp gain, the lower headroom
and the more distortion you get when input goes high. Observe that such "too
much" never shows on the meter!
Klas.
>- Models without a switch have a gain of roughly 25 times.
>
>I haven't seriously tested the difference between the hi and low
>setting, I will do it next week. But what is the reccommended setting?
>
>I always thought it was best to record to about -6dB to -3dB. I try
>having as little analog gain as possible, and having almost no
>digital cutting (attenuation).
>Because when you have a microphone preamp in a mixer (large studio
>device type) it is common - recommended, I should say - to have the
>fader at zero dB (no attenuation at the end of the chain), and have
>the preamp setting with as little as pre-gain as possible (as little
>gain as nessecary in the beginning of the chain)
>This instead of a high gain at the beginning together with a high
>attenuation at the end of the chain because this way the hiss and
>noise is way higher then the first mentioned approach...
>
>You might know that I always use the low gain setting of my MZR55 and
>have the digital recording level almost always at 75% to 100%.
>
>Is this approach wrong? (judging from what I have read last week I
>tend to think it is wrong, but why?)
>
>Should I use more analog gain and then digitally bring down the
>recording level? Has anybody already tested this with results that
>could be repeated by performing the same test based onm the test
>procedures?
>
>Regards, Evert
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