3. Re: was: What is a good nature sound recording?

["Raimund" animalsounds]

> It would be very useful for those who do technical tests on field recorders 
> to discover, in recorders with digital gain controls, what the unity gain 
> setting is; that is, the gain setting that makes the converters' clipping 
> point match full scale code.

Dan,

I think that digital gain control after the converters might only be found in 
extremely cheap recorders. I believe that at least all the models that I tested 
so far have their recording level controls in the analog signal path before the 
converters. 

The impression that there was a digital gain control after the converter might 
originate from the digitally controlled analog attenuators in those recorders 
that adjust the recording level through buttons from the menu. 

Regards,
Raimund