#WAVELAB 6 AUDIO CARD SETTINGS SOFTWARE#

#WAVELAB 6 AUDIO CARD SETTINGS SOFTWARE#

For now, my goal is to ensure that the test setup (Montage settings, computer settings, software settings) is not introducing error. Recorder is a different level than the USB.ДЄlso, analysis was done with Wavelab - but what recorded the USB Main L&R stream? If a DAW - then DAWs have gain staging themselves and you have to unity gain all of those various levels and ensure no other settings are affecting the recorded volume. I wasn't sure what your settings were when I asked - but I was thinking IF the recorder takes the signal after the Main L&R gain boost/cut and the USB is after the USB output boost/cut - then a difference in these settings could explain results where the Perf. You can play/record the same note with the two extremes on output settings and see what your audio software (Wavelab) shows in the output levels. Use a Performance that has a fixed velocity like 'Init Normal (AWM2)' which is a piano sound with no velocity sensitivity. But you can experimentally determine if the output boost/cut is pre-recorder by setting the values to extremes (maximum cut -XXdB, maximum bost +XXdB). There's not a 'schematic' that shows where in the signal chain the Performance Recorder taps in.

TIP: so far in my tests every 10 units of the master volume (out of 127) on Montage's mixer page corresponds to 1.8dB. To my surprise, the wave was not only distorted but it also had an RMS peak of 0.38dB. Everything sounded great and I recorded it internally. Yesterday I recorded some industrial techno and was experimenting with how loud I could go without distorting the mix or overcompressing it. I turned off all master effects and recorded with the master volume at 117, 97 and 77.ДЄudio analysis was done with Wavelab using the same 45-second audio segment.ДЄll recordings showed the internally recorded waves with both peak and RMS levels 0.39dB higher than the audio recorded over USB from the master out. I simultaneously recorded using the internal wave recorder as well as the master USB out with Wavelab. The volume of wave files recorded with Montage's internal recorder is 0.39dB higher than the master out USB data.Д«oth internal and USB master out data should be identical - right? If you're brave/foolish enough to record a mix that peaks between -0.3 and 0.0dB, you don't want the recording to distort because the internal recorder slammed it to zero. Update: I found the culprit - see my post below.

Wavelab 6 audio card settings