On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:03:38AM +0200, Martin Pelik?n wrote:
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> Hi,
> this you might already know, but good rule of thumb is to set the
> levels manually for each source (according to its dynamics), having
> peaks around -6dB to -10dB. If you have manual volume/gain control on
> your recording device/preamp, I'd set all levels in the computer to
> 80% of the scale and then control everything by hand, on the box.

but what does "80%" mean?  that could be either some attenuation,
or a lot of gain.  depends on the mixer control.

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> This probably doesn't apply to OpenBSD, but in Linux there have been
> serious distortion trouble with levels set to 100% on some older cards

again, that depends on what "100%" means, which varies greatly.

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> - the only solution is AFAIK try it out and use what your ears tell
> you.

ultimately, yes.

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> The good news is you can do other stuff while your LP's spinning and
> recording :-)

well, that depends on *what* you're doing and *how* you're recording.

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