Re: Zoom H2 line in?

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

>  > How much effective gain does the
>>  pre have?
>Now that's a good question.  I've been puzzled for some time about 
>how to express such a thing.  If there's a standard way to do it, 
>please let me know.
>
>In the absence of that, I was thinking along the lines of dBFS/dBV. 
>That is, if a -40 dBV (10 mV) signal produces 0 dBFS (that is to 
>say, full scale) in the recorder,

Sounds good to me. Call that figure "minimum input level for 0dBFS."

>then the input has a gain of 40 dBFS/dBV.  A more sensitive input, 
>or one with the mic input turned up higher, would have a higher 
>number.

Not sure about the unit. dBV/FS?

-Dan Dugan