I'm setting up to do some voiceover recording. My soundcard is a Terratec DMX 6-Fire and (for want of anything more appropriate) I'm using an Audio Technica ATR-55 zoom mic.
The soundcard gives me 3 different ways to adjust the level of the signal. I've got a mechanical gain knob on the break-out box, a software gain control on the soundcard's software control panel (0 to 18db), and an attenuation control on the software control panel (0 to -45db). I expect this is a similar scenario to the Audigy souncards.
I know about avoiding clipping/distortion, but can anyone give me any specific advice on the optimum way to set up these three "overlapping" controls for the best signal? Particularly what is the difference between attenuation and gain, and how do the 2 gain controls play off against each other?
thanks
The soundcard gives me 3 different ways to adjust the level of the signal. I've got a mechanical gain knob on the break-out box, a software gain control on the soundcard's software control panel (0 to 18db), and an attenuation control on the software control panel (0 to -45db). I expect this is a similar scenario to the Audigy souncards.
I know about avoiding clipping/distortion, but can anyone give me any specific advice on the optimum way to set up these three "overlapping" controls for the best signal? Particularly what is the difference between attenuation and gain, and how do the 2 gain controls play off against each other?
thanks