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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: DMBprez on July 09, 2010, 12:35:27 AM
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I recorded UM tonight, and the peak light was on pretty consistently. I did this with the advice of other tapers. The levels came out WAY too hot. What is the deal with this light? Do I want it on time to time? Not at all?
The last recording I did lacked low end and had weak high ends. Almost no UMPH, to it. No pun intended. So I turned the Sensitivity knobs up tonight, and lowered the output volume, apparently this was not good. Here is a sample, anyone know if I can do anything with this one? Or is it a lost cause?
Thanks in advance.
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The clip light comes on at -3db...I usually run my levels a little hot and the clip light will occasionally come on but you definitely do not want it on all the time. At least in my experience.
I always ran optical out or spdif out and never had output volume problems...don't know what to tell you about that one.
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The clip light comes on at -3db...I usually run my levels a little hot and the clip light will occasionally come on but you definitely do not want it on all the time. At least in my experience.
I always ran optical out or spdif out and never had output volume problems...don't know what to tell you about that one.
My experience as well.
Terry
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So I turned the Sensitivity knobs up tonight, and lowered the output volume
This suggests you're running analog-out of the UA5 and analog-in to a recorder.
If you're running digital-out of the UA5, there are 3 opportunities for overloading:
- mics
- UA5 analog inputs
- UA5 ADC
If you're running analog-out of the UA5, the opportunities for overload include the three above plus:
- recorder analog inputs
- recorder ADC
Can you confirm the recorder you're using and whether or not you're running analog-out of the UA5? Knowing the answer to the question will help us help you troubleshoot what happened. Also, a screenshot of the waveform, both zoomed in quite far, as well as standard view, might help some people provide feedback.
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Regardless of recorder used, you want that peak light to just flicker, definitely not stay lit...
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So I turned the Sensitivity knobs up tonight, and lowered the output volume
This suggests you're running analog-out of the UA5 and analog-in to a recorder.
If you're running digital-out of the UA5, there are 3 opportunities for overloading:
- mics
- UA5 analog inputs
- UA5 ADC
If you're running analog-out of the UA5, the opportunities for overload include the three above plus:
- recorder analog inputs
- recorder ADC
Can you confirm the recorder you're using and whether or not you're running analog-out of the UA5? Knowing the answer to the question will help us help you troubleshoot what happened. Also, a screenshot of the waveform, both zoomed in quite far, as well as standard view, might help some people provide feedback.
iRiver 300.
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Yes, just have it flicker once in a while.
I assume the H300 has rockbox? Set the AGC to "safety clip", and set the gain on the H300 to about +5.
Then adjust the headphone knob to get a nice signal on the iRiver. Once you have that headphone knob nicely adjusted, put a piece of tape over it and leave it alone.
From then on, get in the habit of leaving the headphone knob alone, setting the iRiver gain to +5, and then use the UA-5 individual gains to make the H300 happy, which should be at that point where the light flickers occasionally.
If the H300 sees a little hot spot, it may automagically turn down the gain a notch. If the gain drops below zero you are running too hot into the H300 and you may start to get serious distortion.
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Yes, just have it flicker once in a while.
I assume the H300 has rockbox? Set the AGC to "safety clip", and set the gain on the H300 to about +5.
Then adjust the headphone knob to get a nice signal on the iRiver. Once you have that headphone knob nicely adjusted, put a piece of tape over it and leave it alone.
From then on, get in the habit of leaving the headphone knob alone, setting the iRiver gain to +5, and then use the UA-5 individual gains to make the H300 happy, which should be at that point where the light flickers occasionally.
If the H300 sees a little hot spot, it may automagically turn down the gain a notch. If the gain drops below zero you are running too hot into the H300 and you may start to get serious distortion.
Many thanks!
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The clip light comes on at -3db...I usually run my levels a little hot and the clip light will occasionally come on but you definitely do not want it on all the time. At least in my experience.
I always ran optical out or spdif out and never had output volume problems...don't know what to tell you about that one.
+1 same here and the SUV-1 saved my a$$ a few times. My only analog experiences were w/ live matrix and I would have to turn the one knob almost all the way down usually so I would not peak.