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Posted by A.B on Oct-14-2009 00:00:

Clipping at lowest level - help

Ok, sorry if this has been asked before.

My Line in Record level is at its lowest setting possible.
Both channels and master on mixer are not in the red.

When I look at the waveform of my mix, the peaks are of the scale.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks in advance

Posted by DJ_Rafnel on Oct-14-2009 00:56:

If you provide some more info maybe it would help. What are you using to record software wise. What interface are you using...what are you recording out of on your mixer?

Posted by A.B on Oct-14-2009 01:04:

Using Wavepad and recording through standard soundcard installed in computer.

Have tried recording from master out, booth out & record out and on djm 3000

Posted by Tony Morello on Oct-14-2009 01:17:

is it a line in or a mic in? if it's mic in, is the boost enabled? if so you should disable the mic boost and give that a try

Posted by A.B on Oct-14-2009 01:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
is it a line in or a mic in? if it's mic in, is the boost enabled? if so you should disable the mic boost and give that a try

Line in dude.

Posted by DJ_Rafnel on Oct-14-2009 02:36:

Try going from booth output and lowering the volume of the output from the mixer. Say like...halfway?

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Oct-14-2009 03:58:

Do you have a screenshot of what you are talking about? Other than the waveform being "off the scale" as you put it, what indicates that you are clipping? Is the output audibly distorted?

Posted by Jarvmeister on Oct-14-2009 06:29:

quote:
Originally posted by SPAWNmaster
Do you have a screenshot of what you are talking about? Other than the waveform being "off the scale" as you put it, what indicates that you are clipping? Is the output audibly distorted?

Good god..... HE'S BACK!!!!!

Greetings my friend!

Posted by DJ RANN on Oct-14-2009 07:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Jarvmeister
Good god..... HE'S BACK!!!!!

Greetings my friend!

Dang! very true....been a long time. Welcome back.

Anyway back ot, as tony was getting at, the problem is that you have the mixer connected to the line in, but I would bet that you have the audio settings on the computer as "mic in", thus making it clip (I doubt you have separate line in and mic in ports on you built in soundcard)

Other than that, your mixer could be malfuctioning and outputting way to hot on the master outs (but that is incredibly rare) or the wavepad setting are wrong or it's malfunctioning.

I really think you have the audio settings on the PC set to mic in though.

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Oct-14-2009 13:06:

Thanks for the welcome back guys . After a brief stint as a skydiving coach (with over 200 skydives and a handful of BASE jumps) the music called me back.

Stand by for pictures of my rad new set up in the "post your setup pics" thread.