I think the r09 unity is 13...although a lot of people seem to think that 8 sounds the best.
Yes and don't ever set it below 8. It has been reported that if you need to set it below 8 to keep the meters from hitting 0 dB your recording may brickwall. Setting it at 6 could be the reason your recording brickwalled since you say the show you recorded was loud.
Unless you had the ST-9000 set at +30 dB or it had a bad battery, the settings on the R-09 is the most likely reason for the problem.
is it really 8 (or 13)? That's probably at least a part of it, I had it in my head it was 6 for some reason...idk where that came from, lol. I'll read up and figure it out
Admittedly, partially just to see what I could crank out of this thing, I did have the pre at +30 in order to get a hot signal to the R-09. If I had cared more about the bands...probably not. It did get me a hot signal as I was aiming for and came out a good volume. But now I'm doubting the 9000's battery is the problem (tested it, fine) and I'm thinking that with a higher level on the R-09 I can get that same gain without cranking the pre as high.
just sorta thinking out loud, as always though comments are definitely appreciated!