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2009-07-21 by apostulate
I was trying out my Emax I the other day and set the input level to like 20db's and on playback I got a really distorted, crunchy sound throughout the sample. I know that the manual mentioned that noise/distortion would be introduced if the input level is too high, but I just wanted to be sure that this is normal behavior and not indicative of bad chips. Thanks.
2009-07-22 by el macaco
Why don't you try lowering the gain and see if it distorts then? + 20 dB is a lot of gain. To: emax@yahoogroups.com
From: apostulate@...
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:27:27 +0000
Subject: [emax] Is the Emax I supposed to distort heavily when the input level is too high?
I was trying out my Emax I the other day and set the input level to like 20db's and on playback I got a really distorted, crunchy sound throughout the sample.
I know that the manual mentioned that noise/distortion would be introduced if the input level is too high, but I just wanted to be sure that this is normal behavior and not indicative of bad chips.
Thanks.
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2009-07-22 by Julian
it's not supposed to (ie designed to as a matter of course) distort the input signal, but if you have the gain cranked way up, and then put in a high level signal, then yes, it will. Try backing the gain way off, try again, and see what happens. On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:27 +0000, "apostulate" <apostulate@...> wrote: > I was trying out my Emax I the other day and set the input level to like > 20db's and on playback I got a really distorted, crunchy sound throughout > the sample. > > I know that the manual mentioned that noise/distortion would be > introduced if the input level is too high, but I just wanted to be sure > that this is normal behavior and not indicative of bad chips. > -- http://bleepin.com -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different...
2009-07-23 by apostulate
Well, I took it down to like +4db and got distortion on the first go round but then I tried it again at the same level and it came out fine. Weird. Is there anyway to listen to the input signal when sampling? I haven't found anything in the manual to indicate this is possible. The distortion that I reported was only after I had already recorded the signal and was playing it back. Thanks. --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Julian" <jujulilianan@...> wrote:
> > it's not supposed to (ie designed to as a matter of course) distort the > input signal, but if you have the gain cranked way up, and then put in a > high level signal, then yes, it will. > > Try backing the gain way off, try again, and see what happens. > > > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:27 +0000, "apostulate" <apostulate@...> > wrote: > > I was trying out my Emax I the other day and set the input level to like > > 20db's and on playback I got a really distorted, crunchy sound throughout > > the sample. > > > > I know that the manual mentioned that noise/distortion would be > > introduced if the input level is too high, but I just wanted to be sure > > that this is normal behavior and not indicative of bad chips. > > > -- > http://bleepin.com > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... >
2009-07-23 by jammie
being digital the highest level is odb before clipping so lower that level
----- Original Message -----
From: apostulate
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:29 PM
Subject: [emax] Re: Is the Emax I supposed to distort heavily when the input level is too high?
Well, I took it down to like +4db and got distortion on the first go round but then I tried it again at the same level and it came out fine. Weird.
Is there anyway to listen to the input signal when sampling? I haven't found anything in the manual to indicate this is possible. The distortion that I reported was only after I had already recorded the signal and was playing it back.
Thanks.
--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Julian" <jujulilianan@...> wrote:
>
> it's not supposed to (ie designed to as a matter of course) distort the
> input signal, but if you have the gain cranked way up, and then put in a
> high level signal, then yes, it will.
>
> Try backing the gain way off, try again, and see what happens.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:27 +0000, "apostulate" <apostulate@...>
> wrote:
> > I was trying out my Emax I the other day and set the input level to like
> > 20db's and on playback I got a really distorted, crunchy sound throughout
> > the sample.
> >
> > I know that the manual mentioned that noise/distortion would be
> > introduced if the input level is too high, but I just wanted to be sure
> > that this is normal behavior and not indicative of bad chips.
> >
> --
> http://bleepin.com
>
> --
> http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different...
>
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