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<blockquote data-quote="daboyfrumdabx" data-source="post: 7153423" data-attributes="member: 617760"><p>Use #3(60hz in phase). It&#039;s be nice if you could find a -5dB or -3dB, but those are all 0dB and will work. 0dB gives you basically zero clipping so it&#039;s really best, but I guess you could say in most cases, it&#039;s too &quot;conservative&quot;. The more negative you go, the higher the chance of clipping, but it&#039;s perfectly fine for most music and most people will take that risk and let their ears be the judge. If you choose a -6dB track, you&#039;ll be okay in most cases, but you have to be aware of what clipping is and sounds like and if your music sounds to be clipping, you know to set it lower than where you have it. With experience, you&#039;ll learn to trust your ear a lot. Using a DMM is nice, but it&#039;s not perfect. Oscilloscope would be much better, but not everyone has one available. I personally set gains by ear 99% of the time. When I first started doing so, I&#039;d set it by ear and then double check my work with a DMM and I was just about in sync every time.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="daboyfrumdabx, post: 7153423, member: 617760"] Use #3(60hz in phase). It's be nice if you could find a -5dB or -3dB, but those are all 0dB and will work. 0dB gives you basically zero clipping so it's really best, but I guess you could say in most cases, it's too "conservative". The more negative you go, the higher the chance of clipping, but it's perfectly fine for most music and most people will take that risk and let their ears be the judge. If you choose a -6dB track, you'll be okay in most cases, but you have to be aware of what clipping is and sounds like and if your music sounds to be clipping, you know to set it lower than where you have it. With experience, you'll learn to trust your ear a lot. Using a DMM is nice, but it's not perfect. Oscilloscope would be much better, but not everyone has one available. I personally set gains by ear 99% of the time. When I first started doing so, I'd set it by ear and then double check my work with a DMM and I was just about in sync every time. [/QUOTE]

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