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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Low recording volumes (with original firmware)Re: Low recording volumes (with original firmware)
From: gerald clark <gerald_clark_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 13:53:02 -0600 I would suggest you use a 0db reference tone. Using the Archos "db meter" to set a 0db level from a music source is hardly a scientific test. I am supprised you got within 3 db. Personally, I expect nothing but bugs from the Archos software. From my experience, you are lucky if it records at all. Sweth Chandramouli wrote: > Just got an Archos Recorder 20, and have been trying to > record using the Archos' Line In, from the stereo out of a mixing board. > (I haven't yet gotten around to trying out the Rockbox builds with > recording enabled, so I'm switching back to the default firmware for > these recordings.) I'm setting the recording levels on the Archos so > that they are just barely clipping during the loudest parts of the > recording, but in the resulting mp3s, the volumes are rather low--those > same loudest passages are never louder than about -3dB when I convert > the mp3 to a WAV and open it up in SoundForge, for example. Is this > normal? I would expect 0dB on the recording meter to be 0dB in the > resulting mp3. > > TIA, > > Sweth. > -- Gerald L. Clark Aero TerraTrike #1 http://www.wizwheelz.com/images/clarkaerotrike1.jpg Member: Sky Soaring Illinois, U.S.A. Archos Recorder JBR20101 1.28 0x302 positive 0x200 positive 11.0592Received on 2003-01-25 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |