Topic: Setting MT levels using UA5?

[vwmule]

Going to give my new MT a run tomorrow, but not having used it before I'm unsure about levels. I'll be using S/PDIF, so aside from making the UA5 peak light flicker, what level should I reach for on the MT?

[willndmb]

DON'T make the peak light flicker (or at least focus on it flickering)
set the advance switch (on the back) to ON
set the knob on the front to 48/96
those 2 settings will give you 24/48 or 96
adjust the gain knobs so that the "slow delay" bars on the MT are at peaking around the -4db on the MT
you can see in this image where that is http://www.sonicstudios.com/mt2496rv.htm
set your mt to spdif and automatic sample rate

you are good to go at 24 bit5 and will not have to worry about clipping

[manitouman]

I had the same discussion a while ago. Here is what I found out...

http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,89314.0.html

From what I found out the levels on the MT are disabled and you only have to mess with the gain settings on the UA-5. I have yet to try using the MT but will have 5 shows in about a months time so I should be getting pretty good here soon.

Hope that helps!

[rodeen]

adjust the gain knobs so that the "slow delay" bars on the MT are at peaking around the -4db on the MT
you can see in this image where that is http://www.sonicstudios.com/mt2496rv.htm
set your mt to spdif and automatic sample rate

This is great advice.  Once I figured it out I was able to set my levels better with the MT than I ever could with my M1 DAT. 

The UA-5 > MT is a really good combo!

[bdasilva]

Great Combo.