Anyone know what unity is on this? I read through the threads and couldn't figure that out, so sorry if I missed it.
Posted reply copied below in this thread, but easy to miss so here's another view:
Quote from: fmaderjr on January 11, 2010, 03:14:00 AMguy-can you test for the approximate unity gain setting?
Also it'd be great to know if there is a level below which you would still get clipping if you had to set the level below that point to keep the meters from going over 0 dB. I made a very informal test line in to try to determine this approximately and it looked like that point was probably very low (possibly around 1/10 on the wheel). This ratio to the highest level appears to me to be a good bit lower than on Sony DAT's and MD's which is a good thing.
When I was using a Korg MR-1, I found your testing results of these issues invaluable in making flawless recordings.
GUYSONIC REPLIED: Going in
LINE jack with REC level knob set at #6 and with deck set for LINE (not headphone) output, the LINE output jack signal equaled the input giving unity 'system gain.'
My impression was lowest stable REC knob setting is about #1. In other words, suggest that no lower than #1 REC level setting be used to assure not overloading the deck showing maximum signal indications at or near 0 dB VU FS.