distortion?? help...

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vithal

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Topic Posted on 02/27/2006 at 06:45:12

hi.
I just bought the emu 1616m to record samples and also various instruments with a microphone.
I had problems before to easily record and listen music with wavelab without changing settings every minute, but now when i record something, it only plays it with alot of distortion, it's almost only distortion... does anyone has an idea why...?

thesparrowband

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2 Posted on 03/08/2006 at 16:48:01

maybe your levels are set too high. clipping

sta-Maestro

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3 Posted on 03/28/2006 at 16:53:50

And how can you change the levels. please

thesparrowband

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4 Posted on 03/28/2006 at 18:26:21

You have to set the levels before you record, from your mixer

your mixer should have 2 LEDs, one that says SIGNAL(green) and one that says O.L. (red)

play whatever your recording as loud as you will be playing it, and adjust the volume so that the green is on as much as possible, without the red ever (OL) ever turning on. The red (OL) light signals clipping, and that causes an electronic distortion. NEVER LET THE RED LIGHT GLOW!

This process is known as "Setting the Levels", and you should do it before every recording.

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