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DB level of test tone for setting gain
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<blockquote data-quote="trumpet" data-source="post: 8244549" data-attributes="member: 628688"><p>Nobody is claiming to be perfect here, and I'm certainly not saying to only tune by ear. That takes guidance and some experience to learn what things are supposed to sound like. Someone who has never heard music with live instruments as well as hearing those instruments in person, unamplified, cannot possibly know when a trumpet on a recording sounds like a real trumpet, a voice sounds unaltered, and on and on. A basic example of this is autotune for vocals. I'm sure a lot of people have no clue how to hear when it's happening, but someone with vocal training can pick it up instantly.</p><p></p><p>The worst thing you can do if you're trying to make your system sound the best it can is to stare at a meter while setting gains and then assume you have to leave it that way, "because voltage", because an LED turned on, because a sine wave is not flattening off at the peaks and troughs. You have to LISTEN.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trumpet, post: 8244549, member: 628688"] Nobody is claiming to be perfect here, and I'm certainly not saying to only tune by ear. That takes guidance and some experience to learn what things are supposed to sound like. Someone who has never heard music with live instruments as well as hearing those instruments in person, unamplified, cannot possibly know when a trumpet on a recording sounds like a real trumpet, a voice sounds unaltered, and on and on. A basic example of this is autotune for vocals. I'm sure a lot of people have no clue how to hear when it's happening, but someone with vocal training can pick it up instantly. The worst thing you can do if you're trying to make your system sound the best it can is to stare at a meter while setting gains and then assume you have to leave it that way, "because voltage", because an LED turned on, because a sine wave is not flattening off at the peaks and troughs. You have to LISTEN. [/QUOTE]
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